They told me this role would be '70% strategy, 30% execution.' Reality is 90% putting out fires and 10% wondering when I'll get to do the strategic work I was hired for. Was I sold a fantasy, or does the job description ever match the actual job?

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You never get to hear about the fires and issues before accepting that job. This can be a great opportunity to turn it around and show your achievements in it.

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Both can be true. You were bait and switched, and descriptions rarely capture everything a job entails. I've learned to take them with a big grain of salt.

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First rule: the new guy is never getting the best store/position.
Second rule: If you do too well, you will become their fix-it person, You will go from problem store to problem store, trying to set things straight, like some retail Scott Bakula ;)

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