Hi everyone, I’m a second year uni student in England and applied for a job at a corner shop. It was a simple walk in, where the manager gave me his email address, and asked me to send him a cv and my availability. When he got back to me, he said he wanted me to work a five hour trial shift. The email lacked any kind of grammar, looking very unprofessional. I don’t know if this is just some gen z entitlement speaking, or my inexperience with business practices, but five hours seems excessive. Especially for a corner shop, and judging by the fact one of my housemates works in a shop and their longest shift has been 5 and a half hours.
I’ve had longer shifts at other places, but the unpaid inductions/trials lasted an hour or less.
Another housemate also found some very negative reviews online, mentioning dodgy business practices and poor treatment of employees.
If I decline and look for a job elsewhere, would I have dodged a bullet?