To want to settle into my new job

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Started working at sainsburys 2 weeks ago on the tills work 12 hours a week
Hv only been on the till 6 times now got called to managers office today said i was doing everything rite on till asking for nectar card etc
Was abit robotic!!
Said i need to do more of a greeting, smile more and end more as they leave
I thought i was doing well alot to remember!!
He had been watching me a couple of times
Has made me feel abit mean now!
I get anxious, dont socialise or hv friends and hate change alot to take on!!
Anyway after meeting started doing as asked
Really need this job

Don't worry. These things take time and most people don't realise that being on tills is not as easy as falling off a log.

You'll be fine, sounds like you have the right attitude.

Sounds like you're doing really well - the other stuff will come. Slightly bad judgement of your manager to mention this early on. Give it time, you'll be fine!

I think it's better to tell you in the early days rather than in 6 months time.

Well done on the job not an easy task in this current climate

I think they should realise, if a good manager, that these things will happen organically. Learn the ropes, then the personality will shine through later.

Thanks ladies

I'm sure you are doing really well, welcome the comments keep positive and give it time.

I made a right twat of myself being over confident when I started my current job. I've toned it down now, whether I live it down is another matter

You've only been there 2 weeks, I think your manager is being a bit hard on you, unless you've made heaps of other stuff ups ? (which sounds like you haven't?) In my opinion, (having experienced several supermarket jobs) supermarket managers aren't human - they look on their staff as machines or trained monkeys. hence the 'watching.' (I find that so creepy). As long as you're not totally rude to people, no complaints from customers, giving correct change, making sure you ID people for alcohol, cigs etc, and getting on with your co workers, you should be great. To be honest i don't care if till person is 'chatty' or when I do my shopping - as long as they don't overcharge me and say hello and goodbye I'm happy!

It's gets better as you relax into the job. I did the tills at Asda when I was in college. You soon get more confident about the chat. Good luck.

The culture in a lot of big businesses is instant feedback. They don't wait until a month down the line. I actually prefer it. I would rather someone say you are doing a hood job, but could improve cuz'. I get more annoyed and blind/are up praise that spme managers think encourage new staff
it does at first, but the when you are given the feedback 3 months down the line its disheartening.

I'm sure you will find it easier, like you say, you have a lot to remember at the moment. Once you feel more confident and everything else becomes second nature, more natural then the smiles will follow. It's quite difficult to smile when you are feeling anxious. It will get easier. Good luck.

Thanks kind ladies

I agree with McHappy. I think best said now than in a few months when you are more confident and think all's well and they mention something else, which they will, unfortunatley, it's the nature of their job!

I know a floor manager at another big supermarket and the pressure on them is huge - the 'Big Bosses' are never happy and it's a trickle-down effect. Put it this way, he did say positive stuff and it sounds like you're doing really well, all the things you're supposed to be doing are being done.

Smile and Wave and you'll be fine. If you aren't a particularly sociable person like you said, having someone watching you must be awful for you, no wonder you sound a bit 'robotic', how stressful for you! Like someone else has said, it's not as easy as it looks.

Forgot i was on a 2 week trial would explaim meeting

Sounds like your manager was trying to be helpful but hasn't gone about it the right way.

Smile and speak to the customers, wave at babies etc. Because it is probably the most tedious job in the world otherwise.