Feeling DOWN because of the higher UPs.

I work for a popular brand that everyone knows. Our store is a high volume store considering the location is far from big cities.

I am an Assistant Store Manager. My manager went on a maternity leave.

Corporate has been trying to hire someone for contract to take over her position for a year. She was pregnant for many months - I thought that will give corporate enough time to make sure someone will replace her on time.

Guess who’s taking the manager responsibilities? It’s me. No additional pay and still have to do my other responsibilities as ASM. We don’t have any other managers, just key holders. I was trained to do store manager things for less than 8hrs in total. It wasn’t bad but it was a lot. I couldn’t refuse as the store will fall apart and I feel bad - I enjoy working with my coworkers.

I thought I’ve been doing pretty well when my manager left. I am trying my best to juggle all my tasks and I met all my deadlines. However, I start to feel like our DM is micromanaging me (from another state) and not even once showed appreciation for the job I am doing for free. I am starting to feel grudge and anxiety in this job that I used to love. And left wondering when is a new store manager going to appear?

I am moving somewhere far in a few months and this is 95% set but corporate doesn’t know that I’m quitting in my own timeline. So they better hurry up unless they want to be left with key holders.