Least awkward way of asking my manager's name?

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This was my first job, and so far, things haven't gone well. I'm technically there part-time (fast food), but they haven't given me any hours in over 3 weeks now. Obviously, I have to get a new job.

However, while filling out an application, I realized I don't know what my manager's last name is.

What's the best way to get this information? Just call in and ask whoever picks up the phone? What worries me is that either the girl who picks up won't know who I am and won't give me the name. Either that, or my manager will pick up the phone and I'll have to tell her I'm looking for other work. I can't quit a job over the phone can I...?

Just call and ask an employee 8
Go in and ask a co-worker 15
Wait until she's in, ask her directly 5
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  • Anonymous Post Author
    9 years ago

    As an update, I did get the name. I was going to call at first, but the call kept going to a fax machine or something. I went in and asked a co-worker, my boss was still on vacation. They gave me her name, though.

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  • anti-hero
    9 years ago

    It's possible that you could find the name online.

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  • dinz
    9 years ago

    Why don't you call them and ask if you could have some hours?

    What do you mean by "things haven't gone well"? You should be proactively asking them on what you need to improve upon, show them you are willing to work out the issues.

    In regards to resigning from your position, do it as prescribed by the company. Normally this is in the form of a written resignation letter. If the reason on why you need your manager's name for the letter, I would address the letter as "To whom it may concern".

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      I don't call them to ask for more hours because that's up to the manager, who doesn't want to give me more hours. Her reasoning for it before was that I wasn't fast enough to work during the holidays. This was after nearly a month of little work due to construction. Then she was gone on vacation. Called back and I'm still not on the schedule.

      I've been there for months, this isn't an uncommon occurrence. I'll go a week or two without work, during which I have to keep calling in every other day to find out if I'm on the schedule since she only puts up the schedules for the next couple days. Then she will give me a single day, usually a Friday, and the cycle repeats itself. The amount of days I've actually worked there compared to how many days I've been an employee there is ridiculous.

      It's not a good work environment and the work itself isn't good, either. I feel I would be happier working almost anywhere else.

      I don't know how resigning is prescribed by the company. So I should write a resignation letter?

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