I haven't blogged about this yet, but I'm changing my job next week. I shall be moving to the Personnel section, after nearly 11.5 years on checkouts, and 2.5 years when I was a student. I'd always said that I would only consider moving to one other section, which was Admin/Office, but there was only one thing stopping me, and that's no longer the case, so when a vacancy opened up, I applied. The only other person to apply was Daniel, and it was very weird to be in competition with him, as well as to know that however the decision went, we wouldn't be on the same section any longer, after nine years of working together.
I applied on Monday three weeks ago, had an informal interview on the following Saturday, and the Friday after that was called into the manager's office and told that I'd been successful. I'd spent the couple of days after the interview panicking, but really, it was more about the fact that everything will be changing, than that the new job scared me. I had a couple of chats with a former colleague who will be one of my managers on Personnel, and she calmed me down and sorted me out!
I'm pretty sure I'm doing the right thing by coming off checkouts, though there are several people who I will miss working with, but I've said that I'll still do some Sundays for them, and I'll be doing lunch covers regularly as well, plus I'll still get to see people in the dining room before shifts and on breaks, and on social club events and meals out.
Although my new section is called Personnel, my job will mostly be cash office, which I've done under Safeway and Morrisons, and love, and general admin and office type work, with some small personnel tasks like sorting out business dress and lockers etc. I'm looking forward to it now, but wish me luck anyway!
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Congratulations Kirsty! I always wondered which supermarket you worked out now I know! I use to work at M as well, I worked on checkouts for around 3 months in June 2004 but I had to leave and was to embarrassed to say why, but on my exit interview I told the manager my reason for leaving and he offered me a job that was vacant in the office upstairs and I started there a couple of days later. I stayed for around 4 months and then I got the job at the council where I am now…. It was my second stint at M as I worked there back in the 90’s as well but walked out as I didn’t get along with my supervisor; I worked in the staff canteen that time!
Good luck in your new job!
Thanks Alison!
I started with Safeway as a 12 hour a week cashier when I was 16, and stayed for two and a half years, then went back eighteen months later, as a 25 hour cashier, but usually working full time.
I started supervising in June 1999, and we were bought by Morrisons in early 2004, but never converted to a Morrisons store. In October 2005 we were sold to Waitrose, and it's far better now. For one thing, I wouldn't be going to New York if it weren't for our annual bonus!
Congrats on the new job position, Kirstie :-)
I'm sure that you'll enjoy your new post.
Well done!
Hugs,
Lins x
Thanks Lins!
Having got to the stage of knowing my current job inside out, it's a bit nerve-wracking, and I have to admit, I'm a tiny bit sad to give up the *slight* status and few perks of being a supervisor on checkouts, for being the new girl and bottom of the ladder on personnel, but on the other hand, it's new things to learn, new challenges, and less stress! I *certainly* won't miss the customer contact!
Kirstie
xx
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