Sandra Zimmerman
Area Coach
Tacala
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
Took on a full time job at McDonald's in the beginning of high school and kept grades up.
Graduated high school, moved away from home, and started college, and took on a management position at Taco Bell.
I struggled to adapt to the stress of school, management, and marriage. I gained weight from emotional eating, not adjusting to change and marriage well, and not prioritizing important things.
Flunked out of college.
An epiphany! I was not happy with my life, so I started a diet and exercise regime which gave me more energy, higher self esteem, happiness and motivation to be productive. I re-enrolled in college!
Took on a management opportunity half way across the county and chose taking an RGM role over finishing school.
I moved closer to home due to a family emergency. Took a demotion within company to have a place on the team.
I was able to grow even more from stepping backwards and taking in a new perspective. I promoted into an RGM role, a MTM role, and now I am training for an Area Coach role!
Education
High School
Cocke County High School
Cocke County High School
Bachelor
Accounting and Business/Management
East Tennessee State University
Accounting and Business/Management
East Tennessee State University
Career
Area Coach
I work with teams and leaders to help run successful restaurants, grow people capabilities, and plan for future success!
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Business
Food
Working with Others
Day to Day
A work day is going to be traveling around store to store and finding ways to celebrate accomplishments, plan to be better for the future, and make the customer experience even better.
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Bachelor
Accounting and Business/Management
Accounting and Business/Management
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"Fast food is the bottom of the food chain. It's dirty and people who work there are people who have failed at life. If you don't fit in with everyone no one will like you. There's no reason to be so happy at work; stop being annoying. "
