I used to work in Walmart as a truck unloader. When my boss was sent to work on a remodel in another store I was put in charge due to having the best work ethic in the backroom, making me the temporary back room supervisor.

I did that for about 3 months. And I was pretty much guaranteed the position because my boss ended up quitting after those three months. So I walked in feeling good one day, until I got pulled in to the management office. They proceeded to tell me that it was decided the permanent supervisor position would go to someone else.

The managers I spoke with weren't sure why. It was a decision made from the "higher ups", though I was told that when they were having a meeting about who would get the position all of the managers were really pulling for me. They weren't told why someone else was chosen.

I knew I was the perfect candidate for the job because I was a regular unloader for a year or so, and when my boss was still there I was in charge on his days off, so I had both the work experience as well as the supervisor experience going in to this.

They ended up picking someone who worked in the frozen cooler with very little backroom or supervisory experience. Which seemed like a bad move from my perspective. Turns out it was.

I recently got back with the company in a different position. And on my hire date at least 4 managers agreed "we have to get you in that backroom somehow, we've got to get those guys moving. productivity has been down since you left."

So I was replaced in a position I thrived in for 3 months by someone with little experience and it didn't work out? WHAT A SHOCK! Are you kidding me?