This work environment is toxic. It’s a horrible system that exploits and takes advantage of your kindness and breaks you, all for 15 dollars an hour, and that’s better than a lot of people have it. I feel so overworked and under appreciated.
Everyday I leave work broken, stressed, and exhausted (I walk about 8 miles a day for my job). Some weeks I’m on the clock for more than 50 hours. I’m so beaten I don’t have the energy to better myself. I have no time or motivation to apply for jobs. The nights before I often struggle to sleep because I’m having anxiety about the next day. I’m starting to realize this job has made me depressed. I am such a positive person, but I can feel the negativity building up in me.
Just a few things I have had to deal with:
After 9 months, I have built up a total of 7.98 vacation hours
I have faced disciplinary action for asking a coworker how her day was going and having a 90 second conversation when I had 55 minutes left to complete an order. I also had an official “conversation” because I wasn’t working for 10 minutes… because I was taking a shit
Bosses who openly talk shit about my coworkers, whether it’s their work ethic, health, etc.
Randomly being scheduled at 3:45 AM multiple days a week without any discussion of it beforehand. No heads up, no asking if it was okay, nothing. No common decency.
This is just my experience, but I know I’m not alone. Everyone I talk to at my store feels similarly. My fiancé works in a different store, but her experience is just as bad. I know there are many of you out there in my boat as well. Please, if you have any options, stay away from retail if you value your physical and mental health.