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shleemies · 8 months ago

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Got promoted at work today! I knew they had their eyes on me for a promotion but the circumstances were kind of unfortunate. My coworker with the position found out that the raise was less than she thought, and that's after they screwed up her payroll big-time last week and only paid her for 2 days. So she's transferring back to our old store as an associate bc it's closer to her house and honestly an easier store to work at. So my manager came up to me right after they talked and was like you're getting promoted btw I was like oh okay 👍. And to be fair the raise is kinda shit lol it's 30¢. But to my knowledge it's more or less the work I'm doing anyways. I've never gotten a promotion or a raise before so I'm pretty happy about that. I've only had shitty bosses promise me raises for months and never follow through. And I know they've been wanting to promote me already bc all the higher ups I've worked with really like me and recognize that I work hard. I had a coworker 2 days ago ask if I was a manager because she said I had that vibe about me LOL. I was like no I'm just some guy. Still not a manager but I am a shift lead. Still so worried I'm going to burn out but uhhhh I'm doing well at this point 👍

#ive been working here less than 2 months #i really wanna share more details about like what ive been doing but i dont want to like dox myself?#the details would be specific enough you could find the store if you knew what state i live in which i think ive pretty opening talked about #fuck retail and all that but i like the place i work #and most of me working harder than some of the other associates is definitely the autism ocd and hypervigilance lol #i simply must make sure everythings right or else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#you know how it is #im still just processing that i actually got promoted bc thats never happened #idk maybe the new position will suck we will see lol but ill give it a shot i really dont think its that much more work

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poyopaan · 10 months ago

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i did some applications today and gotta say? kill me

#miskipz draws #my sona #job hunting #trans #vent art #job hunting gives me such existential dread man #i have no experience which means companies don’t want to hire me but to get experience i need to work at these companies #so now i have to go and fucking call 50 odd places like a week after i submit an application and hope i don’t get rejected then and there #any connections from a professional world that my parents have graciously offered me all fucking turn me down or never respond #and my parents are baffled because they’ve seen the emails i’ve written they see the applications i put in #them slowly realizing how hard it is to get a job in this damn economy that isn’t just retail hell for minimum wage #anyway rant over i’m going to bed

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thecedarchronicle · 4 months ago

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#VENT #VENT TAGS AHEAD !!#so the job is...awful.#i applied for 20-25 hours #they asked if i could do 30 #and now theyre pushing me into 40.#i didn't realize that when i agreed to 30 that was NOT binding (i should have known because it wasn't in my job offer. but i am 19 and--#ive never had a job offer letter before. even tho this is just retail)#and i can't adjust my availability for 90 days.#and since i put full availability expecting 25 hours max #now i have FULL 24/7 AVAILABILITY ON FILE for three months at least #and i have no idea what to do because this means i cant commit to any classes coming up for college #but ive been job hubting for months and barely got anything #and if i lose the job i have to move back in with my dad which is almost worse #whats wirse is my leader/boss is so mean. im not saying this lightly #i dont want to get into it but im barely a week in and he's made disrespectful and pushy comments towards me #has basically told me to stay late (which theoretically i cluld say no; but im still on my three months of 'we will fire you if we want to'#and like i said. need the job.#so he told me to stay late knowing i cant really say no #he's given me a frankly absurd amount of work (instock and i get carts filled woth 2-3x their max capacity unorganized and dangerously--#overloaded) and then he pushes me and snaps at me to get it done in an absurdly short timeframe while im still in TRAINING #im afab and present femme as i haven't transitioned irl and he is so ragingly sexist #he often just refers to me and the other girl being trained as 'girl' or 'that girl #and to top it all off #i took this job over a second interview at a place i really liked #because i thought the hours at this olace would be more consistent #nope! full time! surprise!!#and now im kicking myself so fucking hard over it. i feel like i fucked up so hard #and my friend i moved here with has been home for two months and will be this month so im just. alone. and i don't really have anyone to #turn to. im just so very stressed and tired and lonely

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gobbluthbutagirl · 3 months ago

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crazy how if you google “how many job applications per week” (which you probably shouldn’t google anyway) you get one result saying doing 2-3 a day is good, one result saying doing 5-10 a day is good, and one result saying doing 11-20 a day is good. So basically, do whatever the hell you want forever

#my thing is. HOW many of these jobs are real. HOW many of these places are actually hiring #one of the 2 i did today made you answer like 15 different questions about whether you’ve ever been late for work. ummmm.no #my plan is to apply at least 20 jobs over the next ummm week or two or so #and keep in mind these are all like nothingburger minimum wage retail jobs designed for stupid individuals such as myself #and if NONE of these places want me then i will know that the job market right now is probably bad for realsies #and so between like september 14-21 i will know if i should be looking for a place to stay for october #or looking for a plane ticket back so i don’t waste money chasing something that won’t happen #and IF it’s option B then i will make my brother hire me at dunkin for a few months until a) the job market improves #or b) i have enough money saved up that i could convince some landlord to rent to me while unemployed #because my thing about the money is like. i still have everything i saved when i worked at target #and i still remember what i endured in order to save all that money. so i absolutely am not dipping into that money #until i KNOW my life is headed in the right direction #and also when i got the job at target that was literally the 4th job i applied to in like 3 months #so if i apply to like 2 dozen jobs and none of them pan out then i’ll Know the timing is wrong. the market is bad #anyway pay me no mind i’ve only been back on the west coast 24 hours #i just had to go ahead and think through every possibility before my head asploded. Her ass did not fucking sleep last night your honor

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dwemers · 3 months ago

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I’m so excited I’m like literally shaking

#so I work at like seasonal job multiple stores and shit some more far out and in the boonies than others #and like before I was at my current job I managed this shitshow camp store #literally was so horrible but only bcs my boss sucked and pushed all his responsibilities to me while I still had to do MY JOB #like darkest time of my life trying to keep that store from falling apart until eventually I was like fuck this #transferee to a different property in a different state and like stalked this lady who would come help us and she hired me as her assistant #like truly amazing I love her so much my boss is the fucking best #but now at my property we have a camp store with no manager being run to the ground #so they asked me to go manage it…#and lLIKEEEE ITS IN THE HIGH CIUNTRY #SOOO NO SERVICE LIVING IN A TENT SHARED SHOWER DORMS #IM SO EXCITEDDD #and also I’ll be at 9k feet elevation SO ILL SEE STARSS!#im at 5thoussnd feet rn and it’s just not the same #my shitty store was at 7 thousand but the year before I lived at 8 thousand feet and the stars are so magical #but everyone else I work with feels bad I ‘have to’ go up there and run the store for a few weeks #I’m like literally MY PLEASURE #working in a camp store is literally summer camp vibes #and I’m such a retail girl boss they didn’t even brief me they were like you know how to open and close a store #AND I DONT HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF INVOICESSS #that was my nightmare at the last place like they taught all the managers how to recieve and pay invoices but no one else really understood #sooo like a day before months end when invocies HAVE to be paid I’d get stacks from every store on property #and like just my store was already a lot to go through bcs we did groceries and gas and beer and retail merch #but lol I came to my current place and they have a whole office just for that lotta sweet lady’s in accounting I’m like damn??#they did me so dirty????#best part about being a warehouse girl with previous retail management experience is thissss #pray for me though I haven’t managed other humans in 2 years and they’re union employees so I just have to follow all the rules #love the union but I’m scared of breaking any labor laws since I’ve never managed humans in the state in living in #last state was horrible there was no lunch break laws

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evildogbites · 6 months ago

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There's no one, and that's surprising if you know me, I hate more than the customer-relation girl I become when I work the till. But every gruelling moment I need to help awful stupid dumb customers I remember that anything is better than food-related jobs.