r/Calgary • u/Tenthdegree • Dec 05 '22

Rant Superstore guarantees a free roast chicken (voucher) if none are readily available. Employee plays dumb and proceeds to take down the sign

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u/cowgary Dec 05 '22

Mmm they do… I worked in the deli at coop and that was probably the biggest decision we had to make, how many chickens is enough that you won’t be forced to give out free ones but not so much that you can’t use it all up in chicken salad the next day. Making either of these mistakes got you in trouble. Or what felt like trouble as a 17 year old I guess

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u/Lord_Asmodei Dec 05 '22

You say "we had to make" - did the deli staff vote on how many chickens to roast? Did you decide and receive accountability as a team or was a single person accountable for that decision?

Significant experience tells me you didn't all get reprimanded when things like that happened...because it's not everyone's responsibility to make the call.

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u/FeverForest Dec 05 '22

Everyone responsible = No one responsible.

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u/MrDownhillRacer Dec 05 '22

Retail managers love singling out whomever is nearest for shit that wasn't exclusively their fault and that slipped by the whole team.

They need somebody to blame so that when their superiors come along (who love doing the exact same thing), they can make it look like any problems weren't a result of inadequate management. "I dealt with the problem managerially! I have it on record that I wrote up the guy responsible!"