When I worked in Norway, then I worked ten years with management, in different Rimi food-shops.
Rimi is one of the biggest food-shop chains, in Norway, so I got used with organisation-work as well.
And I have modules from upper secondary school, and university-level, in organisation and management.
And different courses in management etc, from Rimi.
And for four of the years, that I was working in Rimi, I was working as a grocery store manager.
In three different shops.
I wrote an e-mail to ICA AB, in Sweden, regarding the problems with mafia etc., in the different Rimi-shops in Oslo, so then I started thinking more about this.
Because I worked in three different Rimi-shops, as store manager, in Oslo and Langhus, from 1998 to 2002, when I started studying again.
And the first shop that I managed, Rimi Nylænde, had a turnover, of around £2m a year.
And the second shop, Rimi Kalbakken in Oslo, used to be an ICA Supermarket, before it was converted to a Rimi shop, and it even had a staffed meat-department, unlike eg. Tesco Metro, in Liverpool City Center.
So this shop, Rimi Kalbakken, was a bit similar, with the Tesco Metro shop, in Liverpool City Center, I think one could say.
Except that Rimi Kalbakken, had a bit more shelves, I think, (but fewer customers, since it had a Meny-shop next door).
But it had a department where we sold steaks that were sliced manually, like at the butchers etc., unlike Tesco Metro etc.
The turnover at this shop, Rimi Kalbakken, was around £4m a year.
And the last shop I was working in, Rimi Langhus, (there were a lot of problems, at Rimi Kalbakken, with mafia or something like that, like I wrote to the Managing Director, at ICA AB, earlier today).
Rimi Langhus had a yearly turnover, at around £2.5-3.0m.
Something like this.
And at the shops, there were working around 15 or 20 employees.
And as store-manager, I was also like responsible for HR etc., for the employees.
So I think it was a bit strange, that I didn’t even get to an interview, for the team-leader position, that I applied on, at Arvato.
Just something that I remembered now.
But I wasn’t given any explanation.
Expect for that this was a business desition, due to lower call-volumes, in the summer.
But I think this sounds strange, since it was only a three month secondment, I think it’s called.
At least the lack of information, regarding the hirering process, that went on for three months, I think it was, without any information being given, I think was strange, I think I have to say.
But one can’t understand everything.