Switch stores for a possible promotion or stay to try and get one?
I've been working at Aldi's for the past 2 years as a cashier and stocker. I love the place and my coworkers however it's been really slow moving to get promoted here. I noticed that another store has a position open for an Assistant Manager position. So now I'm torn between trying to stay and be promoted at a place I like or jumping ship for a potential promotion at a new store. What would you do in my situation?
Switchover stores in the same coming is a great idea as you get to reinvent yourself. You get to lose every awkward work moment you had unless it was a documented conversation. You take the best of you and leave the rest behind. Before I owned my own business I used this approach to get the job I wanted and deserved. It also gave my previous manager the opportunity to see the asset that they had lost. I wholly recommend it but don’t be afraid to test the waters.
2 years is about the right amount of time at a job to move up to the next level. Don't jump the boat until you know for sure that you won't have to start at the bottom again at another job