I had to quit my management level job last year due to toxic work environment & how it was impacting my mental health. Despite having four years experience & being one of the only women in my field for this area, i had to take a huge paycut – i went from salaried for 40 hrs/week @ 22/hr to $16/hr while performing the same tasks with an added retail side i’ve never had to deal with in my industry before.
It’s a niche hobby shop & on the days im there i spend all day catering to ppl with disposable income & precious needs while managing inventory, data entry, stocking shelves, & answering phones. There’s also heavy equipment to operate & bulk fragile items im required to assist customers with.
All for 16 an hr. Job opportunities for my indstry in my area are limited & my partner does’t want to move anytime soon so unless i can magically switch careers at age 33, i’m here for a bit.
I resent the fact that ive been here 6 months already & no one has mentioned a raise, but also not surprised.
So. For now i enjoy not being a manager (that last job burnt me out with tension headaches every day) and when i work retail, i get all my inventory stuff done in the morning, and then in the afternoon i wait for my boss to leave and spend the last two hours of my shift making progress on whatever video game for switch im into at the moment and wait for customers to come in.
If they want more effort im going to need more than 16 an hr.