Why Is It Better To Be A Retail Manager?

There are college graduates who are newly hired as a retail manager every day, but they are unaware of the sacrifice they must put forth for this position. I have worked for a major car rental company which is a retail company for little over two years now. One problem that I have observed is that the managers they hire are not hired from within the company. According to Peterson, the field of retailing may be particularly vulnerable to high turnover due to work-family conflict associated with conditions endemic in the retail field, notably long hours (including nights, weekends, and holidays), relatively low entry-level pay, and frequent expectations to relocate (Peterson, 2007). This is why it is better to hire within because the associates …show more content…
I agree so because there are systems which are based on seniority and veteran managers. For example at my organization veteran managers work during the day, leaving new managers to work alone at night. Some companies train you to then set your free to learn the company hands on. At various retail organizations such as car rental companies, there are some which are the only company in the airport who will require their closing employees to stay until the last flight, which can be until five a.m. Not only do the associates not get paid shift differential, managers have to stay to manage the employees and any issue that can happen when the late flights arrive. This means a manager can work sixty plus hours a week, especially during the winter hours on a forty hour salary making less than the rental sales associates that they oversee. This is an unhealthy lifestyle someone could work through. Rental sales associates can average between sixty and one hundred and twenty thousand a year but work part time hours because they are only needed when business is heavy and consistent to require their help. A manager on the other hand, right out of college can start out at twenty nine thousand a year, yet work hours that are over their allotted annual salary is based off of. A job will always have low entry pay to give you an opportunity on the job you are seeking but you will pay the price because the pay will not come close to the amount of work you will have to do at the low entry rate. You are required to start from the bottom if you have no experience and it 's simply not fair if the company did not do this compared to people with experience. This has caused extreme frustration because it is not fair to the manager, their family and it does not make them feel valued because of their empowerment structure. While there is conflict about how the job performance does not even come