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Originally Posted by kwflatbed
My personal opinion is I think that I get more cooperation from the store managers because I am not one of thier employees and I can go around a lot of thier store policy.
They also know that I have the ear of the DM's and the cooprate office if thier
cooperation is not there for us.
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I know this is an old message, but I'm resurrecting it.
I think the statement above may be one of the silliest things I've ever read on a LP message board. And I have read a substantial amount of silly statements.
You get more cooperation from store managers because you
"can go around a lot of thier (sic) store policy." Is that really how you get cooperation? Going around policies or circumventing the store manager?
Going to the DM or Corporate (or cooprate at your company) Office might win you grudging level of tolerance from the store manager but he will likely bad mouth you to every other operations partner he/she has. It also demonstrates clearly that you have no desire to partner with him/her but instead prefer to ignore his/her opinions, do an end run around the system and if called out, resort to using your real or perceived influence with the higher ups to intimidate your way through.
What happens when that store manager gets promoted and becomes a DM or a Regional or a VP? What is their perception of the Loss Prevention department at the company? Will they see people in your position as partners or as hinderances?
What happens when that person is promoted to a position where he/she has budgetary control over the LP department at that company?
Think about that.