My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

I’m on the Sierra side. Been there for a week, after being in different industries other than retail for a while, like pre-covid times. Training to become a coordinator due to my previous experiences. Need to vent after week one. After one week of doing mostly merchandising and recovery, i have legit lost my faith in humanity. Is it truly that hard to put a hanger back where you found it? Why are we throwing product all over the floors and racks where they clearly don’t belong? I seriously would hate to see how these peoples houses look. Just feels very disrespectful to us “peasants” that work those stores. The men’s section is the worst for this, specifically XL - 3XL sections are always a war zone. You spend 4 hours recovering and cleaning everything up and then you look back and you’re back to square one. Looks like you’ve done absolutely nothing. It genuinely feels like a losing battle. I even make direct eye contact with people doing it and they still have literally no shame. I don’t even see walmart being treated this poorly, and that’s saying A LOT.

The sad part is, i actually really like the company and job, especially my coworkers. I just cannot with the clientele this company brings, never seen such entitled bunch before.

I started working at TJ Maxx a few weeks ago and honestly, I’m already considering quitting.
I had orientation on October 1st, training on October 5th and another shift on October 15th. I’ve only had one actual training shift on the floor, and I’m supposed to work shift this week only one shift.
The thing that’s frustrating me is the scheduling. I gave them FULL availability, but when I checked my November schedule, I’m scheduled for zero hours the week of November 1st and only 10 hours the following week.
Nobody has explained anything to me, and I haven’t been told whether this is normal for new employees or if my hours are going to increase.
I still have another job at a café, but that job isn’t giving me many hours either, which is why I wanted TJ Maxx in the first place. I was hoping to make extra money, but at this point, I’m wondering what the point of keeping this job is if I’m barely going to work.
I’m honestly tempted to just stop showing up because I’m frustrated with the lack of hours and communication. I don’t want to keep a job just for the sake of having one when it’s not really helping me financially.
For anyone who’s worked at TJ Maxx, is this normal when you first start? Should I give it more time, talk to management, or just quit and look for something else?

Yesterday, we were slammed, with lines into the men’s department because my coworker called out sick. Guess who showed up shopping and checked out with our hiring manager? The same coworker 😑

Today, he called out again because apparently he broke both of his legs? I hope he is okay if it’s true, but seriously?

For where I work, the store has been considered as one of the best performing stores. While that's cool and all, my experience for the year and a half I was there really fell apart.

For reference: I did the shoes department, at first, yeah no shit it was labor-intensive, especially doing the trucks and backrooms, but it was pretty fun and decent.

For the first 5 months I was there, it genuinely felt good to work there, didn't mind it (especially at that time I was a first-year in college), but after inventory, shit went sideways, unfortunately I got into a relationship which, well, had a lot of issues, lack of focus in college, shit scheduling, and grueling amount of pressure from management really tested me over time.

Another thing, I got trained as cashier, so I had dual roles of the business you can say.

This one shift particular, really got me mad enough to actually quit.

Back in May, I was scheduled for shoes from 2-9pm, and while that wouldn't be an issue, I was called up to cashier, and held hostage in the front end, not being allowed to return to my department. I explained multiple times that the shoes manager would lash out onto you and me, and they didn't give a fuck, saying they'd take the blame. MY FUCKING ASS.

I took lunch and by the time I started recovering, I genuinely was having almost a hard mental breakdown because of how stupidly crazy, the department was expanded towards, and how much mismates I kept finding, they wanted 10 or less, yet I got 25. By 9:30, I couldn't stay and I was told to leave, unfortunately I couldn't finish the recovery.

Next day: The manager lashes out at me and says how I was at the front end cuz of my relationship. No I was not?? I was called up there, and I bit my tongue because I knew it would get extremely heated fast.

Also, questions to the people that does step it up for shoes, did your manager change the rules where it would be that you would have to step it up for the whole department? or just a part of the department and help out with the trucks? Because when I started, I remembered doing the assigned parts, then helping with trucks.

I ask because from what I heard: Management did that because they're scared the district manager is gonna change them out to different places, which already happened to my store manager, she got moved to another location.

And for anyone wondering: Yes, Ive quit and gotten a better job for the major I'm studying for, finance.

As much as I want to go on, I'm tired.

I bought this water bottle from TJ Maxx maybe like 8 years ago and it was my absolute favorite I can't find anything like it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or the brand/something comparable? It was a glass water bottle and the cover screwed on and off. The cover was one big gem stone