I scheduled myself off for only one day (today), after working 16 consecutive days. The SM is out until mid-July for surgery, our softlines lead left abruptly and I am leaving at the end of this month, so the store will have no ASM. It is just the MPU lead and myself for management, and it is about 12 hours from the time the doors are unlocked in the morning until close.
I don't fault my SM for being gone as the surgery was urgent, but district management has been in the know about this situation for at least a week (longer, actually, the SM has informed them of needing an extended leave for this reason since January), yet no one is taking any action. We haven't been getting any "help" with filling the softlines lead position (and other positions in the store) and I highly doubt that a replacement has been found to fill my position. They haven't offered to borrow help from another store or just roll up their sleeves and help out themselves. I didn't know things could go from bad to worse. I have less than two weeks until I begin my new position at another retailer as an ETL/store manager trainee (Target). I can't stay any longer, but on the same token, the store is falling apart with no staff at all levels.
I promised myself to take a day off but I dropped in anyways after running errands. The store lost about $700 worth of merchandise due to shoplifting (a drill, some toolsets, workboots, jeans and a whole bunch of other items); someone ran out of the store with a cart full of merchandise. My HI associate on a midday shift was a no call/no show leaving HI without coverage for three hours. A $8k sale over in HA is probably going to be lost because part of a customer's delivery was pushed back two weeks and I wasn't there to save it. Signing was not done in softlines, one of the two MCAs scheduled for adset called out this morning.
I am beyond frustrated. I need to vent and get this out there...something has to give. My store cannot be the only store that is running on fumes in terms of staffing. Come to think of it, the whole company is running on fumes. Nobody higher up is taking notice. In fact, I was once told by a market leader (district manager) that "she only wanted to hear positive things" when I brought up different concerns during a visit. That's the mentality in the company. Forget about the negative yet factual issues, unless it is the other way around (like being low in SYWR, credit and PAs).
I am just about done at this point.