Hey, so I am 17 and my ETL/LOD said she wants to make me a GSA, all the GSTL's and other GSA's agreed. They are going to set-up a interview for it(I have worked at my location[my first job] for about a year as a cashier and then switching to service desk). However, I am dating a cashier. My store doesn't know about it. Is this something I should tell them before the interview to become GSA? and also, would it be an issue? I would never be full GSTL, instead a mid-GSA because I am a minor and cannot sell alcohol. So there will always be another GSA or GSTL when I'm working. I don't want to end things with my girlfriend but I also want to become GSA as I think it would look really good on a resume in the future. Any response would be very helpful.
There's no easy way around this. It becomes a conflict of interest if you're a GSA dating a cashier. She works for
you now, and so do the rest of the cashiers. I had a whole post written up as to why, but I'll summarize it.
There's a very fine balance established in leaderships, where there is no bias, favoritism, and everyone is treated equally. You're expected to get the same amount of redcards/get coached on it, don't stand around and do nothing, keep your lane clean, help guests check out etc. If you one day caught Cashier 1, Cashier 2, Your Cashier Partner, and Cashier 4 standing around with extremely messy lanes and it's not busy, you tell them to stop talking and clean up their lanes and fill empties, while the other three cashiers got a particularly harsher talking to, your partner somehow escapes unscathed.
A cashier who feels he or she is treated unfairly will speak up about it, and blame you if after a while people start to notice, HR receives multiple complaints, they'll end up investigating.
It's just better if you don't date a cashier if you're gonna be a GSA. Breaking up won't do anything particularly good unless you guys part on really good terms, but if you guys just hate each other after you break up, how is work gonna be enjoyable together? Especially when you're his or her boss.
I really hate to shit all over you, man, I do, and I don't mean to, I'm just being honest from my POV. If you really want it still, mention it, be completely honest to whomever interviews you, and see what they say. At your age, it's hard to separate you guys between shifts because you're both in school and have limited availability and have to work around pretty much the same time (closing) unless you work on days he/she is off instead. That all just makes it harder than it has to be, though.
TL;DR I wouldn't, conflict of interest comes into play.
