I work at a grocery store with a To-Go department. I’m on the schedule for 30 hours a week. We get about 2 orders an hour, sometimes every other hour. So that leaves me with hours of free time during my shift. I try to do as much as I can throughout the store with helping other departments but when it comes down to it, they all have their own tasks in the department and reject my help. Even with the things that everyone says they “always need people for” like bagging, stocking, cleaning, etc. I can never find anything to do during my shift and due to the low order volume, I end up leaving hours early. I am very open with some managers about the fact that there’s no work to be done and I feel useless. Some of the other managers come by and tell me I need to find something to do.
And at the end of the week, I’m only getting paid 15 hours worth of pay because that’s how long i’m there for. But since I’m scheduled for 30 hours I have to plan like i’ll be there for that time. It feels like a fake job. It feels like I’m an extra helper. I feel stupid.