This time last Saturday, Papa John's in Jacksonville was a coporate owned store, and I was a driver.
Today, Papa John's in Jacksonville is a franchised store, I am still a driver, and I've been offered $600 a week (plus monthly cash bonuses) to be store manager.
Wow.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Dang, do it man.... Looks good on a resume...
Congrats....
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Wow, congratulations!
Being a manager can suck sometimes because you've got more responsibility for running things and have to deal with some of the shenanigans of the minimum-wage people who don't always have a good work ethic (not that I have personal experience, but I remember how my manager at the bagel shop a year ago had to handle things)... but I'd say that this is a great opportunity, even if you only work it for a few months or a year.
Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Take the job. Responsibility will do it bigtime for any future employer.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
COngrats on the offer, Snay!
Management DOES look good on a resume - but let me tell you, after managing at Hollywood Video for over 2 years, I couldn't be happier that they finally allowed my demotion to go through Management was only okay when I could focus all of my energy on it. Once the other jobs came, and school started, the extra responsibility of management (and being the one responsible for EVERYONE, ALL of the time) became the biggest burden ever.
Just don't let it all go to your head, okay?
~LOA
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
I was an assistant manager at Domino's Pizza, so it's not like I'm new to the tasks at hand (although re-learning how to do inventory is going to suck).
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
So Jeff is going to become some kind of power-mad pizza restaurant manager? Isn't that how Blofeld got started?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Hey, congrats, Jeff. I expect a free pizza when I come to visit you.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
Can you do delivery to Toronto?
You're the manager right? You can do anything, right?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
I think I'd get in trouble for delivering to Toronto, especially since I'd probably have to pay the driver $100 in mileage or so. So, uh, no.
And I still have to talk to the owner about it ... he asked me last night, and he wasn't in today. So maybe I'll see him tomorrow night and say, "I accept!"
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Yes, and that empty pizza box ends up in a MI landfill....
On the other hand, we get your garbage and you get my step son, which, even if we gat all of Canada's trash, is a very fair deal.....
Now we need to work out a deal for the nuke waste you are taking.....
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Oh good, they forgot to mention the "catch" ... yipeee. I love the "catch" ... especially when they take this long to tell me. Oh well, we'll see how it goes.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
If they ever refer to it as "Catch-22", run.
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
Best. Book. Ever.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
while it looks good on a resum�, it is also a helluva task to keep a restaurant running. Be wary of what they do to you.
So sayeth the former Assistant Store Manager and Interim Acting Store Manager of Scituate McDonald's.
favorite management memories: -> Halloween 1999, requiring all crew members to wear Starfleet uniforms if they didnt come in costume.
-> Promoting people to crew trainer only if they would admit that they saw five lights, not four.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Are we allowed to be told what the "catch" is then?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
The catch is that he either has to get rid of the Jeep or dress like a ballerina while at work.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
The catch is they want to pay me $6 an hour for the next six months while I work as a "training" manager before I get the big dough.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
How much are you making now?
It's a pretty big "catch". They are assuming that you wish to stay for more than a year.
Up to you though.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
I make $5.50, plus tips. So, in a good week, I'll make $7 - $10 per hour, not including my paycheck.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Don't do it.
Seriously. Remember how much managership sucked at Domino's? Plus, when would you have time to do it what with school & all? Next thing you'll know, you'll be there for 18 years & the sherriff thing will have been pissed out the window with the grease.
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
agreed.... don't do it...
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
Alternatively negotiate. Say you are willing to commit to 3 months rather than 6 as a training manager on the salary they suggest. On the understanding that after those three months you move up to full manager and big pay check. If you make it clear that the $6 an hour is effectively a pay cut and that you can't sustain the loss for more than 3 months they might be able to accomodate you. I do a similar thing all the time with training courses the company pays for. You are supposed to sign up to a further 2 years with the company for everything they pay for. I have always managed to get it down to 6 months. Might be worth a try.
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Management was only okay when I could focus all of my energy on it. Once the other jobs came, and school started, the extra responsibility of management (and being the one responsible for EVERYONE, ALL of the time) became the biggest burden ever.