Trainee Manager Role

psalbmb

Hey,

I'm writing on behalf of a friend of mine, who has been offered a position within a large retail organisation as a Trainee HR Manager and will begin in a few weeks.She is just looking for a bit of advice really of what to expect... will training be provided, what will she be expected to do, hours of work etc? Its for Dunnes Stores and she has to re-locate, which she doesn't mind to much. Can she ask for a transfer over the probation period or how does it work? any advice for her would be great. Thanks.

blindsider

Your friend should really ask her soon-to-be employers these questions. Only they can answer definitively.

In some ways, you'd expect them to offer this info at time of hiring.

Some Irish retail chains do not have an especially good reputation for dealing with staff. EAT findings etc bear this out.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/dunnes-stores-monitored-staff-suspected-of-stealing-goujons-1.1770261

(This is a sensitive area - so I'm not posting other links.)

I have had some unpleasant experiences in dealing with retail managers in certain organisations - and the same people are still in the same jobs - so no change there.


Your friend will work long hours doing a variety of tasks. I would expect that she will spend some time on the shop floor - tills and shelf stacking. I would expect that she will be required to work several 6 day weeks - and sales periods and Xmas will be hectic. I have no idea re transfers etc.

If your friend is happy to learn and work hard, she will gain useful experience - but trainee management positions in Irish retails chains are not easy.

Good luck to her.

psalbmb

blindsider wrote: »

Your friend should really ask her soon-to-be employers these questions. Only they can answer definitively.

In some ways, you'd expect them to offer this info at time of hiring.

Some Irish retail chains do not have an especially good reputation for dealing with staff. EAT findings etc bear this out.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/dunnes-stores-monitored-staff-suspected-of-stealing-goujons-1.1770261

(This is a sensitive area - so I'm not posting other links.)

I have had some unpleasant experiences in dealing with retail managers in certain organisations - and the same people are still in the same jobs - so no change there.


Your friend will work long hours doing a variety of tasks. I would expect that she will spend some time on the shop floor - tills and shelf stacking. I would expect that she will be required to work several 6 day weeks - and sales periods and Xmas will be hectic. I have no idea re transfers etc.

If your friend is happy to learn and work hard, she will gain useful experience - but trainee management positions in Irish retails chains are not easy.

Good luck to her.

I've seen alot of cases etc via the EAT. She is worried I think because she already has a good HR job, just not the same money I Think. I've expressed my concerns to her but its up to herself really to make that choice. She wants to know will she receive training or an induction? I think she is worried that whoever she is working with (hr manager), that if they don't get on, she will be out the door and back to square one...

blindsider

PM sent.

psalbmb

Sorry one more question, I said it would be a good idea to meet with the store manager or HR Manager prior to starting and leaving a good job to ask them about what exactly she would be doing, what would be expected of her etc, but she's afraid to ask and thinks it would be rude. What do you's think? I think it would be a positive move just to make sure ...