assistant store manager

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store manager

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Sullivan Family of Companies

A typical day at work for me was to come in and work on any ongoing projects, building new servers installing new software or hardware, maintain company user accounts, looking for ways for other departments to be more efficient in their day to day operations, and as second level support to stores and office users, provide technical assistance and direction to 1st level support desk, at store level and within the company’s main location.  
During my career at Food Pantry, I learned more on the networking side and began to realize how well I was able to work with people, educating them on technology without talking down to them, and potentially making them feel inferior.  I learned (which I think is very important), that when presenting a problem to management to always have a solution or two, this shows that I am actually thinking about the problem and being proactive in my job, not relying on my bosses to figure everything out, even though my solutions may not be the right direction it still shows I am thinking about it.  Learning this, I developed with the help of one of the office managers a template I still use today which describes the problem, my observations then my recommendations based on these observations.  
The people I worked under were good people, especially in the last few years there; they were supportive, understanding and motivational.  They educated rather than reprimanded when I made mistakes, then encouraged me to work and think smarter, gave me confidence in myself and was always there if I was ever in the need to talk to them.
My co-workers were good, when we had to work together on projects we worked well, each knowing what needed to be done, we shared with each other our experience and was always there to help one another out, in times of big projects which sometimes ran overnight, we were able to work together professionally but have fun at the same time, which made the jobs go by faster.
The hardest part of my job was learning new technology with no training, and little time to get the job done, having some new supervisors that were not willing to listen to my recommendations even though I had already developed a good relationship with 3rd party vendors.  Part of my job was to coordinate with mainland 5 star hotels on getting internet access for our stores there, and sometimes it was difficult to explain to a supervisor that we need to adhere to their standards and policies.
The most enjoyable part of the job was travelling, in this company I was able to visit stores in all the outer islands, Florida, California, Nevada and Texas, it also allowed me to meet other people in different cities, developing a good relationship with them.  I enjoyed meeting different people and working and educating them on what to do or who to call if they needed technical assistance.

Worked in the corporate office in Kaimuki in their marketing department. The management are all women and the company is very clicky. If you're not in the hui, then you will not last long and be miserable while you're there. New ideas? Forget getting any credit - Marketing director will steal them and take the credit. The company is extremely greedy and over charge at all their locations. Pay for employees is not the greatest either. There is NO PARKING - you have to park in the neighborhood and that's not easy. Other than the bullying by management, no parking and no job satisfaction, I did like the location of the office and the monthly wine at 5 Thursday's for employees to try new products. But wasn't worth the abuse I took. DO NOT WORK HERE

A Typical day at work would be started by counting register tills, restocking shelves, pricing hot food items and placing in warmer, cleaning and restocking shelves. Welcoming customers when they walk in is encouraged and providing good customer service is rewarded and wont go unnoticed. Usually busy throughout the day and slows through the afternoon and picks up after dinner hours. The store was always busy with taking invoices, restocking items and fronting them, and most importantly tending to customers at the register. The hardest part is getting other coworkers to help watch the front (registers) while you are multitasking or trying to do another task (i.e. Clean, restock items, take invoices, price items). The enjoyable part is that time went fast while working there.

A typical day is reviewing the previous days sales figures, keeping appointments with vendors, working on future advertising, writing orders, preparing markdowns were the most common daily events.
I learned how to run a business from all aspects involving the above mentioned areas.
For management, I had up to 2 assistants to manage and train in helping me run the departments I was responsible for.
It was great having co-workers so close by so we could help each other and use as sounding boards.
The hardest part was being away from my home because of travel to New York and Los Angeles.
My most enjoyable part was bringing in a new vendor/company and having be successful.

This is a very toxic place to work at. 
You keep your head down & still work hard? They’ll still come after you. 
They will make up anything to get rid of you. 
Management & HR don’t care about you. 
I was harassed by one of the managers there for a good 4.5 months when I came back from maternity leave. HR didn’t do anything about it. 
It was great to work there for the first 6 months of opening til they switched management & then it became strict with micromanaging. 
Used to laugh & enjoy working there but management disapproved that. They don’t like seeing employees having fun while working at the same time. 
Save your sanity by not working there. I miss the previous original management. It’s not the same. 

since this was a volunteer organization i only attended a few times in which case i was directing people with getting goods and services they needed at these charitable events for kids and families and  i would have to say that management is super friendly and caring and they are so helpful and everyone i worked with through this has been very nice and kind the hardest is seeing the conditions in which these people live the poverty is absolutely heart breaking but the most enjoyable is that i helped provide a  meal for these people for quite a few days if not more this volunteer position was the most rewarding feeling.

My duties were to come in daily and work in assigned areas of the pantry doing call center, food inventory, office and other donations. I learned how to complete daily appointments and enter them into the pantry's computer system, stock and count inventory and data entry in excel for holiday baskets and other requests. Management was outstanding, very caring people with big hearts and passionate personalities, the workplace culture was easy-going and welcoming, the hardest part of my job was leaving (internship), and the most enjoyable part of my job was working with the staff and being a part of the team

The unique thing at interning at the food pantry is that there was no typical day at work. I participated in activities that ranged from ordering food, writing grants, working the pantry floor, building community gardens, and fundraising projects. Working here I learned how to write grants, organize fundraisers, and work closely with volunteers and members of the community to provide needed assistance and resources. The workplace was causal but professional. The hardest part of the job was the manual labor required, and to obtain the necessary funding required to run a non-profit organization.

Expectations were very high coming from the owner's daughter. Their motto is "Food, Family, Friends and Aloha"...but is it really? Everything you do ALWAYS seems to be not good enough. There's no balance with work and family because of the high expectations. If you work here do not accept a salaried position because that is where you will get stuck. The pay will seem decent until you actually start doing the work. And before you know it  time will have passed and you find that you've missed out on everything...kids' school functions   games   family gatherings  taking care of your health...EVERYTHING.

A typical day at work is just helping the people around our community get food and something to last for a long time. One of the best things I like about the "job" is just putting smiles on peoples faces and just realizing that being homeless or being a family in this generation of poverty can be hard. I would know first hand  by experience with me and my family. I just want to make the people I see either walking, sitting or doing something to just smile and be thankful for what they have. Because you never know when you will loose it all. 
~Learn from Yesterday, Live for Today, and Hope for the Future~

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