to preface; i’m 17, i’ve had 3 jobs (all for less than 6 months) and i’ve only been fired once.
okay here goes. so my first job i got right after my 16th birthday, it was a seasonal job at a Christmas store. I was there from august 2021-december 2021. i fucking HATED it there. the customers were so fucking entitled and rude bc it was in a rich tourist town, they would bring their kids ofc bc sAnTa (even tho no kid ever wanted to be there bc it was so loud and bright so they would just constantly scream) not to mention most of the shit in the store was made of glass so shit was always breaking. i only stayed there the whole season because of the money. i was working 8hr shifts 4-5 days a week on top of high school. in the middle of november i actually got hospitalized for mental health reasons and i did not want to continue working after that but my parents ofc made me. then after the season ended my parents IMMEDIATELY started hounding me to get another job.
in april 2022 (or may maybe?) i found a new job, a sandwich shop (ofc why not). the pay was shit but the job was slightly better. after a couple months of being there Roe v Wade got overturned and i lost my shit, quit my job the next day, and went to the hospital again for an OD (not my greatest moment lol) anyways after that i took a while off working and my parents kind of backed off a little. until the beginning of this year. they started hounding me again “when are you gonna get a job” “you should look for a job” “how are you gonna pay for college if you don’t save up” yada yada. it took me 10 applications to finally get a job but in April i did get hired at another sandwich shop (feel free to laugh). i actually enjoyed working there for about a month and a half, until my manager decided to promote me. that’s great right? promotion? yeah no. 1. the pay was a $2 increase from 11.50 to 13.50 (less than i was making at my first job) 2. i was now working 8-12 hr shifts 5 days a week. the training was supposed to take 4 weeks and consist of me having one practice “manager shift” on wednesdays and fridays. (a 12 hr shift) and i wouldn’t even get the raise until after my training was done. well only 2 weeks into my training, i came into work and my manger fired me. the reason? her friend’s boyfriend (my 22 year old coworker) had started flirting with me. he quit so she didn’t get the satisfaction of firing him, so she fired me.
i fucking hate working & honestly wish i never had to do that shit again.