If I Ever- Was in Charge

If I Ever Own a Business....

I really would hope that I'd be less concerned over budgets.
I mean, yes, Money is important.
You need to make a profit and such in order to keep the business afloat.

But I definitely would think I'd give my business, or even company if I get that far....a lot of leeway.

I know budgets are there to keep people from going crazy and buying up things like mad.

But I don't believe that a budget should prevent the store from working at true potential.
I mean.

Right now my work is suffering because we're over budget on both supplies and payroll however that happens.
Oh right. People stay late. And things break and need to be fixed.

But anyways. My work is suffering right now.
Where they've cut back our coworker presence.
Though for some reason it's really only my department that appears to be taking the hit.
Which is depressing considering my dept -besides the cashiers- is what really needs a presence especially during the Christmas season. Can you imagine the nightmare it is to work an 8 hour shift by yourself, and then get trapped at work for another hour because customers kept showing up but your coworkers who were supposed to relieve you got stuck in other departments and so couldn't come to bail you out?

It wouldn't have been so bad if there had been two of us. Like there should have been on a Saturday. A busy Christmas filled shopping Saturday.
Instead. It was just me.
Trying to keep up.

Nor is it helpful when budget prevents you from ordering much needed supplies either.
Forcing you to find other means to get what you need done with what you have.

It's irritating.
Very irritating.

I understand that companies need to make money. That companies can't afford to have people going totally crazy with buying things.

But I'd feel like there should be like a....grey zone with the budget.

Like. You tell the stores: "Hey you can only spend this much."
But in reality. They can spend like twice that much.
Because really. Life happens. Things break. More money needs to be spent one month compared to the next.

If you only want to have stores working a certain amount of hours.
Have them work that. But make it grey. You can only have so many hours for your coworkers....but guess what? There's actually a higher cap. Because life happens.

If I was in charge of a company I would want to make sure each store can run to the best of its capabilities.
If a particular store needs to order more supplies due unforeseen circumstances. Go ahead.
If a store needs to bring on more people in order to better cover the store during peak hours.
Go ahead.

Really.
If I was in charge of a store.
I would be less concerned about how much extra money I could make.
I would be more concerned that my stores looked neat, that things were in good appearance, that my workers were happy and getting enough hours. That Customer service could be done with help....

It's when money starts becoming the main focus that things start falling apart.

So if I ever own my own store....
Definitely going to be more lax on hours and the budget until proven otherwise.