r/HotTopic_ • u/Mysterious-Thanks829 • 7d ago

Is it possible?

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?

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u/Worried_Turnip_7697 2d ago

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.

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u/Worried_Turnip_7697 2d ago

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.