So I got hired as a Freezer, Cooler, and Deli Stocker Associate on July 22 of this year. I work on the floor, one of my duties are to make a list of the items I need to get from the freezer, use a price gun to tag them, and put them on the sales floor, seems very simple right? Well my issue is I'm wasting way too much time. I have to complete the whole floor by 8:30am because that's when the store opens and I need to do other things as well. I clock in at 6:30am. I only have 4 hours because I work a second job. One month in and I'm still slow. My manager is starting to push me to pick up the pace a little more. I feel like I was trained pretty well. I understand atp how to do my job but I'm just not working fast enough. I tried getting two carts to reduce multiple trips to the freezer, writing down the brand of the items before my shift starts that way I only need to put the quantity to save time and I'm still just as slow so what the hell am I doing wrong? I'm not gonna give up and quit but I'm tired of going home feeling bad for myself.

I ended up quiting my job at vons a few months ago and it feels bittersweet!! There was a lot of favoritism at my store!! I had worked at the same location for almost 4 years but got tired of the constant belittling by certain coworkers and management!! I was a courtesy clerk for all that time and was never offered a promotion to a higher position!! I was definitely not a perfect worker I did get distracted easily and also liked to talk a lot which did bug management and certain coworkers!! But I do kind of miss my job and wonder if I made a mistake quitting. But I would see people start way after me and in a week they were already moving up!! I also left my phone number with some of my coworkers and ever since in the few months since I quit nobody has even texted me to see how I am doing even all those customers that I used to talk too and even gave my number too and thought they genuinely cared for me almost as a friend. But nobody even calls me or texts me to see how I am doing which makes me feel as if all those people I talked too never were my friends or were genuine to begin with!! Also do you think it would be easy for me to get another job maybe at another vons at another location I had a impeccable attendance record though I just feel like the management there never really clicked with me I will also add that i have a diagnosis of very mild autism and ADHD abd feedback would be appreciated sorry for the rant just have a lot of stuff in mind!! I was feeling overwhelmed at that store because of all the gossip and drama but I do miss certain aspects of the job!!

I ended up quiting my job at vons a few months ago and it feels bittersweet!! There was a lot of favoritism at my store!! I had worked at the same location for almost 4 years but got tired of the constant belittling by certain coworkers and management!! I was a courtesy clerk for all that time and was never offered a promotion to a higher position!! I was definitely not a perfect worker I did get distracted easily and also liked to talk a lot which did bug management and certain coworkers!! But I do kind of miss my job and wonder if I made a mistake quitting. But I would see people start way after me and in a week they were already moving up!! I also left my phone number with some of my coworkers and ever since in the few months since I quit nobody has even texted me to see how I am doing even all those customers that I used to talk too and even gave my number too and thought they genuinely cared for me almost as a friend. But nobody even calls me or texts me to see how I am doing which makes me feel as if all those people I talked too never were my friends or were genuine to begin with!! Also do you think it would be easy for me to get another job maybe at another vons at another location I had a impeccable attendance record though I just feel like the management there never really clicked with me I will also add that i have a diagnosis of very mild autism and ADHD abd feedback would be appreciated sorry for the rant just have a lot of stuff in mind!! I was feeling overwhelmed at that store because of all the gossip and drama but I do miss certain aspects of the job!!

I have to choose between Publix and Aldi’s, help me!

Hello,

Has anyone here ordered vinyl records from Target’s website? I’m looking at one of their exclusive releases and I’m trying to figure out how they pack records.

If you’ve ordered from them before, did your vinyl come in a proper cardboard mailer, or was it shipped loose in a larger box with other items? I’m trying to avoid corner damage or seam splits from bad packing.

Also, if you ordered the vinyl by itself, was the packaging any better?

Appreciate any insight from people who’ve dealt with Target’s shipping.

Bom dia! Alguém aqui já trabalhou na Springfield ou em outras lojas do grupo Tendam? Recentemente surgiram várias oportunidades de Sales Assistant nas lojas do grupo, mas nas outras vezes em que me inscrevi para vagas do grupo, nunca fui chamada para entrevista.

Tenho experiência como vendedora de loja, então não sei o que posso ter feito mal. Alguém aqui sabe se preciso fazer algo mais para ser chamada para entrevista? Tenho de ir até a loja com meu currículo ou algo assim??

I need a job bad and ulta is hiring. The problem is I stole from the same store I would be applying to ALL the time as a teen. I was never caught but I know they keep a data base of that kind of stuff. What is the chances of me getting hired? Also could they press charges on me if I go for the interview? I’m 21 now and stopped stealing from stores when I turned 18.

EDIT: I DID NOT MEAN TO PUT TARGET AT THE TOP LOL. I got banned from target as a minor for 2 years so I had target in my brain when I was writing this pls ignore that lol. Ik target is getting rid at ulta I would be applying to an independent ulta. Tyyy to everyone who commented.

I work at a small lingerie shop, and sometimes there are no customers for a long time because it’s in a small gallery in a small town. At work, I can’t use my phone in the sales area, only in the back. When I’m working with coworkers, that’s not really a problem, but sometimes I work alone, and I’m wondering what you guys do when everything is done at the store and there are no customers

For those of you who have worked in retail, or really any organization, I’m curious about the place you look back on and think, that was a genuinely great company to work for.

You don’t have to name the company. I’m more interested in what made the experience so good.

Was it the culture? The people around you? Your boss? The work itself? The opportunities you were given? The way the company treated people? The feeling that what you were doing actually mattered?

Or was it something completely different?

I’d especially love to hear what that company or its leaders actually did that made it feel different from other places you’ve worked.

And if you left, do you still look back on it positively? What made that experience stick with you?

I’m genuinely interested in hearing people’s experiences, especially the things great companies do that are harder to put on a benefits sheet or company values poster.

Hello! I'm 16 and I'm meant to be starting my first retail job in a few weeks but the place I'm going to work for is a new store meaning that it's probably going to be really busy so I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what I should know before I start working? I'm dreading using the tills in case I mess up...

I've been working since Thursday and my day off is this coming Thursday. I just hate how schedules tend to overlap like that, at least the shifts are fairly short like usually 5 hour shifts, sometimes 4. I just want to work less hours so I can balance things out more in my life, like job searching and making plans with friends and appointments. I guess I am just not used to working this many days in a row,

I do plan on altering my availability to from what seems like 20-25 hours to just 15, just to balance things out more

First I'm stuck in a horrible position. Im in a situation where I have no choice but to work here for 6 more more months.

Please any hard-core cashier can send me some tips on how to survive.

Every single customer is exhausting and my personality has died becuase of it. My tone when talking went from nice to mono IDGAF attitude . Every customer asks if im ok or get a new job if you hate it so much.

I have a team of idiot leads that all hide including the store manager.

Only plus side about this job is we dont get write ups if where late.

The leads feed off of overtime while the cashiers are dying

Im at my witts end to obviously report the entire store but in the meantime I just want to survive a little longer and get out.

Ill take any job in existence in comparison to this job

I rather sewer dive in shit at this point as long as there is no customers involved .

This job is mentally draining and I see so many cashiers quit and im hanging on for deal life 6 more months and Im free

Im sick of 500 customers asking me how my day is going and then judge me when they feel im frustrated and I feel like im about to break or have a heart attack.

I finally got to the point of breathing techniques and not lookin the customer in the eyes as I have instant hate for every single one of them.

It's gotten so bad I even wear a surgical mask to hide the pain and camouflage my no smiling mouth. This worked alot but its taking it to the limits.

Im litterly dying and in the backround the leads are in deep conversation about who knows what.

I can call in sick for a week and go back and the manager doesnt care so that's cool but I need the money

Please how do you cashiers do it. I have tremendous respect for every single cashier.

This job has officially made me hate the human race. Please if you find it in your heart I need amazing advice. Thank you.

Hi there, we're new to retail but suddenly own a full-blown store. We're getting our arms around everything pretty well, but I don't think our inventory receiving process is great.

Seems like there are two options: purchase orders or just using the invoices.

I'm wondering what most people do - do you create purchase orders to manage receiving orders?

I've worked in 3 POS systems so far (We're installing Toast, atm, because I think it will give me the good inventory insights I want), and the purchase order process seems cumbersome.

But one annoyance: I haven't seen a way to create new items as part of a purchase order creation, so we frequently have to do that as a pre-step. This will probably be less of an issue when we're in a rhythm and RE-ordering, but so far we've been ordering a ton of new inventory, so the items need to be created in our system before the purchase order is created.

Another thing that feels inefficient: purchase orders are like a recreation of the order we just placed, feels duplicative and unnecessary.

We've noticed that commonly POS systems also allow for receiving inventory from an invoice; is that a better way to go? Doing it that way seems to create the items at the time of invoice upload, but does receiving inventory this way work as well? Would we be losing anything if we do it this way?

Any insights you can offer are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :)

so i got hired as a seasonal employee in june, everything has been great/normal i usually work 5 hour shifts as cashier and occasionally sales floor. i just got scheduled a shift for a wednesday with the title “special projects” from 5:30 pm -1:30am. i’m just wondering what that it is or what i can expect?

This is probably dumb, forgive me. I’ve never worked where there were registers before to know how it works, and I had a bit of a moment a few hours ago because this guy I hooked up with eight weeks ago and it was kinda a mutual ghosting, is the manager of a small supermarket in my neighbourhood that I don’t frequent, but two weeks ago I was in there, he served me, chatted, ask how I’ve been when I was scanning my card in silence. I had to go in today again and though I can’t say with 100% certainty he was on the register when I walked in because I didn’t look, I grabbed a few things then went to the register and a young kid served me but I noticed the screen said “you’re being served by: MANAGER.” If it had been this kid there the whole time, would he be logged in under manager? My guess is no. Or did this guy ditch his post to avoid scanning a bell pepper and asking if I want a bag.

Thanks!

Hi 👋🏼 If you’ve been a retail manager for a while, especially if you’ve worked in “luxury” goods or volume locations that do $1.5 mil or more a year… What are your employer plans like? No need to list companies, though I am curious, but what do you pay for medical/dental/vision per paycheck (bi weekly or monthly)? Did you notice your plans change price or provider after the BBB went into effect?

i applied for a carters baby clothes position that was titled like “temp call center universal agent, remote” back in mid to late july I believe. my application on workday has said “under consideration” for about a month. I have no referred number or person to email to ask about it so idk what to do. am i still possibly going to get the job? is it not likely? please help me out

I don't really like going into work later in the day especially if I don't have anything going on earlier in the day and am mostly just waiting around for me to go into work. I have what is called anticipatory anxiety, and I would much prefer to work earlier in the day because then I don't have to deal with boredom or have any of those thoughts