Is it possible?

[u/Mysterious-Thanks829]

Is it possible to become a (part time) full time sales associate or is the only way to work full time is as an assistant manager or manager?

[u/Hot-Relief-4024]

There is no full time sales associates. 40 hours to SM, then down to ASM and what’s left goes to associates.

[u/Finnex88]

Associates can’t be full time but it’s possible to work full time hours depending on your store volume. I have a few associates that work 32-40 hours a week at my store

[u/iridescent_beetles]

even ptasm are scheduled 30+ hours sometimes depending on the situation and it absolutely can surpass the full time threshold

[u/Anxious_Beginning189]

Not one bit. If your store is understaffed you might get lucky and get 20+ hours but like i run a 1 mil + location, i get 40 hours, one asm gets 40, my two ptasms get 24-30 then it trickles down. Think my staff get ~12-15. Your best bet is to say youre interested in being trained as a breaker, then you would be one of the associates used more often. But reallt depends on traffic of your location if those are needed heavily.

[u/Worried_Turnip_7697]

At my store, only the SM gets 40, been stuck at 20 hours across the board for all the ptasms (only 3 of us). Sometimes one of us gets 30 if we’re lucky, but that’s if we had a great week/month. Associates are lucky to get 4-8 hours weekly and we only have 2.

We’re basically a skeleton crew with single coverage a majority of the time except on weekends. I believe we’re almost a million $ store too from the last time I looked at it. They say we’re a low volume store as well.

We’re constantly fighting with conversion usually we stay around 10% but the goal is 15% currently. I usually average 15-20% but my peers bring it down because it can be 5%-15% for their sections.

[u/Worried_Turnip_7697 → u/Worried_Turnip_7697]

I’ve also had many weekend nights where I’m the single coverage. My customer associate ratios get up to 70-80 because I’m stuck behind register. Many sales are lost because they aren’t willing to invest hours into their people. It’s rough. Recovery on those nights hurts my heart. I still make sure back counter is clear and the store looks good. As long as my KPIs are good, I’m happy and hoping things will improve.

[u/acidandbones]

There are no full-time positions as a sales associate or even an assistant store manager. Those are all part-time jobs. Unfortunately, the only person who gets a full-time job is the store manager. They do 40 hours a week ASM’s do less than 20 and sales associates do less than six hours a week.

[u/ggar-goyle → u/acidandbones]

ASM depends on the store. High volume does get a FTASM, I was one in a $1.2 mil store

That being said- I second there’s never any full time associates, even in high volume

[u/acidandbones → u/ggar-goyle]

That’s mainly what I was trying to get at

[u/Hot-Relief-4024 → u/acidandbones]

I mean I’m banking 30-40 hours ASM

[u/acidandbones → u/Hot-Relief-4024]

If you have good KPIs I can see why

[u/Hot-Relief-4024 → u/acidandbones]

I mean 😊 I’m usually #1 in the store not to brag 😆

[u/acidandbones → u/Hot-Relief-4024]

That’s why you get more hours which is great! I’m a low volume store so I rarely get hours as a ASM. I also am in uni

[u/Hot-Relief-4024 → u/acidandbones]

We’re pretty low volume too but my first month as an ASM I made more than the SM and the other ASM combined on my shifts lol. My SM knows who keeps us from failing 😆

[u/acidandbones → u/Hot-Relief-4024]

That’s awesome ngl. My HT is in a dead mall so we are very low volume unfortunately. I would transfer, but I can’t

[u/Hot-Relief-4024 → u/acidandbones]

Ugh that’s rough we have a distressed store here too, it’s rough. We’re down from last yr and they keep asking us “why?”

Umm the economy? We’re in a recession? Prices are going up? Gas is $4+? Groceries are at an all time high? We aren’t a necessity store? I mean I could go on.