Update: Next week’s schedule has been made and no manager shifts have been snuck in (yet). Temporary relief.
I’ve never managed anything before. I’m just a host at a restaurant. And while I appreciate the confidence my boss has on me, it’s misplaced. I had a full-on panic attack after two phone calls when I was still training at a call center earlier this year.
My boss is a good man and I’ve known him for years. I have a lot of respect for him, and he’s leaving the job in a month. He and the owner (whom I barely speak to and doesn’t even know my name) are pushing really hard for me to be his replacement. To the point that I’m worried he’s going to schedule me a training shift anyway, despite my repeated and consistent attempts to tell him that I don’t want the job and that I’m not cut out for it.
He’s working on his schedule right now, and has “left me in charge” while he does so. I’m worried he’s doing exactly what I think he’s doing and trying to slide in a manager shift without my consent.
He’s been the only manager here for almost a whole year now. I’ve seen what it’s down to him. He’s tired and he has next to no free time. I don’t blame him for wanting to leave. But I don’t want to be in that same position for even a single second. Everyone is telling me I would be great at the job but no one is taking into consideration what I want.
My plan is to just tell him that I can’t work that position if he does try to schedule it for me. That I won’t work it. I don’t want to lose this job, but leaving is absolutely on the table if my hand is forced. I just really hope it doesn’t come to that.
I’m not sure why I’m posting this, to be honest. I think I just needed to vent into the void. Sorry if this isn’t the place for it, I won’t have any complaints if the post needs to be taken down.