Hi, so I’m just a TM. I’ve been at my store for almost 1.5yrs and in SFS the entire time. A couple months ago our TL was having issues with TMs who were acting as a TL and pissing a lot of people off, so she started picking certain people to be pacesetters. I am one of them, as I work nights and weekends when she isn’t there. I have no problem being a pacesetter, despite the added responsibility with no compensation. We have a good team, mostly, and have a good flow most days.
However, recently our TL started assigning other TMs to be pacesetters when they abuse the role (they just hang out and “prep”, refuse to help do anything, sit around and flirt with other TMs) Last night I was not the pacesetter but the person who was was also scheduled with their significant other. When the TL is around, they’re mode TMs, but once she leaves, they just goof off and the PDA comes out. Our closing lead and overnight lead saw it and said they’d be reporting it, but also asked me to tell our TL. But these two TMs are part of her “favorites” and she protects them at all costs. I’m scared to speak out and be retaliated against in some way. Our TL gets very defensive and everything is always someone else’s fault.
Do I stick up for myself and the rest of the team, that they weren’t pulling their weight and setting a bad example? Or do I say nothing because I wasn’t the assigned pacesetter, so it’s not my responsibility? I like my job a lot and take pride in doing it correctly, but I’m not a babysitter or a TL. It’s not my job to constantly tell people to do their job. At some point that’s beyond my control, right?
However, recently our TL started assigning other TMs to be pacesetters when they abuse the role (they just hang out and “prep”, refuse to help do anything, sit around and flirt with other TMs) Last night I was not the pacesetter but the person who was was also scheduled with their significant other. When the TL is around, they’re mode TMs, but once she leaves, they just goof off and the PDA comes out. Our closing lead and overnight lead saw it and said they’d be reporting it, but also asked me to tell our TL. But these two TMs are part of her “favorites” and she protects them at all costs. I’m scared to speak out and be retaliated against in some way. Our TL gets very defensive and everything is always someone else’s fault.
Do I stick up for myself and the rest of the team, that they weren’t pulling their weight and setting a bad example? Or do I say nothing because I wasn’t the assigned pacesetter, so it’s not my responsibility? I like my job a lot and take pride in doing it correctly, but I’m not a babysitter or a TL. It’s not my job to constantly tell people to do their job. At some point that’s beyond my control, right?