I'm Back at Sears!

I am back working at Sears! For those of you who didn't know I have worked for Sears for the past two summers making this my third summer. It is actually quite interesting how I got this job. I was looking for work after I got home from my freshman year at BYU-I. I applied to a million places online. I even got an interview with Target but never heard back from them after that. I heard from a member of our Stake Presidency that Sears was hiring so I got online and applied. I had wanted to work in the shoe department but they were not hiring for that position at the time so I ended up applying for a job in appliacnes. (I'm so glad that didn't work out!) At the end of the application it had me set up a time for an interview. I was really nervous for the interview since I hadn't really been through very many interviews before. I was interviewed by Kim who was the softlines manager. There were actually quite a lot of people being interviewed for various positions which made me more nervous because I had to sit and wait while others were being interviewed and were then hired. Kim explained to me what the appliances job would include and I was kind of wary. I knew nothing about the different kinds of washers and dryers and doubt I could sell them! Kim told me that they were hiring for a Hardlines MCA and described to me what that job would intail which seemed a lot easier than trying to sell washers and dryers to people. So I accepted the job! I had a job! I was very excited but very nervous!

Now I am sure you are wondering what a Hardline MCA is. Well I will tell you. What it means is that I work in the Tool department!!! I have to say that I love watching peoples reactions when I tell them that I work int he tool department. It always makes me laugh. :) Besides working in the tool department I also work in Lawn & Garden and sometimes in Electronics. Now for what I actually do. A big part of it is putting up all the sale signs. On big sale days this takes a lot of time and can be difficult if the computer fails to print the correct signs in the right size with the right price ect. Now the biggest add set of the week is on Sundays. When Kim interviewed me I told her that I could not work on Sundays. I was quite suprised that she said that this was fine and hired me anyways. Other things that I do are I stock the shelves from the freight that we get on Mondays and Fridays, I do price changes, plaograms and I drive the tractors out to the front of the store in the morning! ( I won't tell you how long that took me the first time that I had to do it by myself) .

So even though Kim is the one that hired me I found out that she was not the person who was over me. Terry is my manager and Anne is my lead. Anne is the one that I work more closely with than Terry. Anne makes the schedule and is the go between the lowly MCA's and Terry. :)

So on one of the few first weeks that I worked Anne scheduled me to work on a Sunday. I was really quite scared to go tell her I didn't work on Sundays since I didn't know her. I went and talked to her and she said she forgot and changed the schedule. What a relief! Well that first summer I worked hard and tried to not make too many stupid mistakes. Anne and I became good friends. When I left for school that fall she told me I better come back to work for her when I came home or else! So I came back the next summer and this summer again to work for her.

Just this past week I was talking with Anne while we were working and she was telling me about some people that she interviewed for some positions in the Lawn & Garden department and I offhandidly mentioned that I thought it was interesting that she hadn't interviewed me when I first came but that Kim did instead. Anne then told me that when she had found out that Kim had hired me and that I didn't work on Sundays she was soo mad at Kim. She was frustrated that Kim had hired someone that couldn't work on Sunday when that is the day that someone is needed the most to set up the adds. Anne told me that at first she was determined not to like me because I didn't work on Sundays and that Kim had hired me anyways. I was kind of suprised when she told me this because I had no idea!! Anne went on to say that she was even a little cold to me when I first started working which looking back I don't really remember, but in the end we ended up becoming good friends and she still respects my wishes of not working on Sunday.

Looking back on all of this I feel so blessed. I have had a good job for the past three summers while other friends of mine have come home and have not been able to find work. I have a job where I don't have to work on Sundays! I am so so blessed. I actually have a cousin that lives in Utah and she works in the Shoe Department and she even has to work on Sundays sometimes. I am also so glad that I have a boss that I get along with and that I am now friends with. While I am at school she texts me every once in a while to ask how I am doing and to make sure that I haven't forgotten that I better come back and work for her again in the Summer! :) Anne is great and I absolutley love her!