Asked to apply for garden dm
I've been an electronics dm for a lttle over a year. Management asked me to apply for the lawn and garden dm. Any advice?
Posted Feb 12, 2019, 11:21 AM UTC
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Supposedly because of my people skills lol
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Well, don't get me wrong, it can be done. It just depends on who else is working in the department. As long as you will have some people who can do the 40-50 lb bags of mulch/grass seed/etc and patio sets/grills then you're probably fine.
I just wanted to convey that there are some difficulties that management doesn't like mentioning..lol
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Thanks. I know they are picking the team now. Always short handed. The last DM did EVerything. She was amazing.
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The Lawn and Garden area is Hard Mode for Walmart. I was a temporary DM when my DM was in an auto accident and it was quite difficult for me. But then again it was my first time being a DM and you’ve got experience that’ll help you out.
As my old Zone Manager used to tell me, “If you can make it in the Garden Center then you can make it anywhere in the store easy.”
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Thanks for your thoughts. Ill know Thursday if I will be interviewed. I have encouraged a couple of others to apply
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Lawn and garden is a different beast altogether. My store is always critically understaffed for it. It's a pretty physically demanding position since we load bags of mulch and rocks into customers vehicles.
If you're looking to move up in the company it may be worth it, but otherwise I'm not sure it's worth it. Just my opinion.
I'm 62 with bad knees so probably not the best fit.
Honestly I'm not entirely sure what they were thinking, unless your store is very different than the 2 I've worked at.
They must've had something in their head about how it would work. Maybe your store has a better staffed lawn and garden.