My boss, being forgetful, hasn’t sent me any necessary information about a new position that he told me to apply for.
The position is for cafe management, more specifically, GM of my current Caffe Artigiano location. He took me aside on Friday morning to tell me I have a good chance and should definitely apply for the Cafe Manager position for the following week, saying that an email is readily available for all managers to read in the in-boxes of each Artigiano’s business email accounts, and it contains all the info I need. He also informed me that many have already applied, around 4 or 5. Well, I went and checked the Hornby email, and sure enough, nothing. Turns out, some networking error prevented him from sending the email out, so nowhere received it. This means I didn’t get the info. So I phone him, text him, multiple times, no answer, no response. Finally, the next night, I text again and he responds saying he’ll send me everything I need to know. Still haven’t got that. Now it’s Monday night, and apparently the interview necessary for the position is on Wednesday this week. Hmmm. My first question is why as regional manager he didn’t ensure the email was sent to all Cafes. Second would be how did “4 to 5” people apply if no one received the email. Third would be WHY THE SHIT haven’t I received anything yet after personally asking him multiple times, and getting the response that he would send them?
For this interview I’m going to have to answer some tough questions. Basically I’ll have to go in with a game plan, and probably fix up some sort of resume, letter and blah blah. This isn’t an issue really, I’m fully confident that I can do this shit, no problem. I’ve had a few conversations with Dale, who is the owners brother. He converses very specifically, articulately, and thoughtfully; questioning and discussing everything very methodically. This was great because it put me on the spot in business conversations with an intelligent level headed individual who has created and ran multimillion dollar businesses in his past. Discussing things with him confirmed my confidence level dealing with superiors, as high.
Also, at the Cafe, I’m looking at a tragedy. Some of my beloved coworkers will be leaving me. The most impacting for me would be Shannon, since she’s awesome and makes work not work. I figure Kirsten will leave as soon as she finds a higher paying job. Susanna as well, will probably leave me, and even Aces is talking about leaving in favor of another store. And I don’t even know about Geoff or Amy… Everybody’s gotta go sometime, I guess. Maybe I can sway a few minds if I land the GM position.
Sigh.
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