introduction to being the manager

Introduction: fast food, long hours, mc-loving it

Being a MacDonald manager isn't the greatest job, it doesn't pay that great, its not even that good to put on a future job reference. However, it does pay the bills. Paying the bills is why we flip those patties and make the ice cream that is actually working today which is very surprising. Tho being the type of manager that I am I don't focus on the numbers- which my bosses aint so big fans of- instead I focus more on the impact that I have on my workers and the customers that I see daily or weekly. The idea is to give an insight into the heart and soul of why we should be doing this. I’ll only speak on the events that I either was directly involved in or was brought up to my attention by someone. The writings will be about those not so nice customers and the pleasant ones, it will be about my team going over and beyond, the struggles I fight against, the bonds I create, and the overall tone for the shift-weather that's being a good or bad or even terrible shift. Being a second shift manager i of course get to work with the high schoolers who are using us for their first jobs and as well as some adults that probably are the reason why some nights i don't honestly just say screw it and walk out. Though my manager in training could probably handle the floor for the rest of the night with no questions asked really. Who knows i might even know in a surprise once in a while. In no way am i saying my daily work life is the common or is silmair to any of the others managers -whether that's in my store or the one just down the street from your house. My general manager is there about 45 hours a week, i am there about fifty-five to sixy hours a week, so there is a lot that i see. I might not want to see the craziness that the job has but all jobs have them weather we like it or not so i just put the big manager pants on and go deal with it. My team isn’t just the people that i care about only at work, i care for them outside of work and, with certain information left out due to personally its not my place to disclose some certain details, i intend to showcase thier hard work inside the building as well as outside of the building. Not quite sure if im gonna write on my days off but knowing that even on my days off the nice old work drama still finds a way to my cell phone i’ll probally have a topic in mind for that day as well. For those wondering if i could get in trouble writing all these stories about the events from the time i clock in to the time i clock out and everything else. No. i actaully went out and asked one of my boss’s if i could write about the advangutues we go on and he said yes. The plan is to do one a day but knowing some nights i might throw out more then one. Some events just need to be givien their own personal story. Being in the hectic job evermiont it is not always the greatest place to be despite macdonalds being the so called happiest place to be, however with my team surrounding me there isnt anywhere else i wanna be at.