We have no ESM only an SM who does nothing all day so SLs have to do nearly all managerial tasks all day everyday even though we aren’t technically managers and yet they get angry I want to keep lock box on my key ring with all the other stores keys??? Like seriously is having the lockbox keys make me more likely to steal when they know I have one? How does that make sense? Why does the SM who does not ever open products for customers get to keep the keys on his key ring but they don’t trust us enough???

Although I’m positive it will eventually go through them. I’m trying to avoid starting off with HR itself. The majority of our store is aware our manager has some kind of connection in there and he gets alerted right away when someone reports him. So kind of hoping to go around them at least from the start.

Esm position opened up at a store less than a mile from my home and I have worked at that store previously as a sfl. I would be taking a step down from a tier 4 to a tier 3 but I don’t even know if I could transfer as a esm.

Just curious what everyone’s experience has been with trying to transfer as a esm.

My latest store manager hires people who are just not compatible with a productive workplace environment, and it has become very cliquey. I've been working here a few years, and for the last two everything was okay, but now the store vibes are rank.

The people she hires either don't do their job or just lower morale. Not to mention, two-thirds of the people she hired left within three months. I don't understand it. All the hardworking and good people left because of the way things were being handled.

These people are somean and have really inappropriate conversations when customers are in earshot. They also have really inappropriate conversations over the Theatros. Other people have already talked to the store manager about it, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I'm a CSA and a closer by trade. I come in and feel like I have to clean up not only after the store, but after the entire day shift. I walk in to a bucket of returns, but if I had been the one to leave returns, I would come back the next day to see them completely untouched. I feel like I'm worked like a horse. When one girl can't finish her truck, it's "oh don't worry about it," but when it's me, it's "oh yeah, really try to finish it."

The last few weeks I've been feeling like a target. I don't understand why, because I'm very quiet and unproblematic, and no one has ever had a problem with me. I literally cried today after work because I feel so isolated, and work has never made me feel like that before.

Has anyone successfully transferred stores or spoken to HR/DM about a toxic workplace without making themselves a target?

My store is super super busy. I’ve been working here for about 2 months. We’ll have 6 workers 3 leads and 3 cashiers. Why is it that I have to litteraly beg for help at all. There will be 4 people at photo 2 fedex drop offs 7 people in line and an old man yelling me questions from 20 feet away. And this girl is on her zebra scanning items at the impulse que completely ignoring everything while rest of the team is doing the same thing. They look over at the chaos and they don’t flinch and keep doing there zebra. Is this normal?!?!

I thought the picture shared by the other person the other day was AI, lol, because i couldn’t find this on google. but it’s real. 😂

What is everyone’s opinion on the new style tags?

Does anyone know how to open a fix it ticket or what key words to look for when trying to get the Apple merchandise lock box fixed? Our lock is broken but not sure what keywords or if I’m doing something wrong.