I'm a 17 year old in his senior year of high school. I had been looking for a job for almost a year now. I had interviews at jcpenney, aeropostale, and mcdonalds and I kept getting rejected. Fast forward to November of this year and I decided to apply at hobby lobby for a seasonal job.
Since I had to bring in an application in person, I thought I had a slight chance of getting the job. 3 weeks go by and nothing. Until one day after school I get a phone call asking if I could come in for an interview next Saturday at 3 pm. At 2:30 pm I get a phone call telling me if I could come in for the interview at 3, I was like ok whatever.
Fast forward, I go to the interview, there was a surprise math test which I think its total BS. But I got the job.
I was pretty happy. The day of orientation came and I was excited but the system was down and I couldnt watch the butt load of videos I needed to watch. I came in another day and spent the ENTIRE day at a smelly hobby lobby breakroom with no food. And my training wasnt paid 🤦
Fast foward to the next week, and im happy. I have a job, the coworkers are nice, but there is one manager who makes sure to make my life hell.
Im coming out of work crying my eyes out almost everyday because she will find any excuse possible to get me in trouble. I have already been written up 2 times for stuff that was out of my control. Im one strike away from being fired. Have I mentioned shes an assistant manager?
She is always trying to find a way to make me feel like crap. She thinks shes god or something. She treats everyone else like theyre her friends and changes her entire personality when I try to ask her something.
We have to clean, organize, walk around an extremely complex store to find a tiny little piece of jewerly, and i stay extremely late on school night to clean.
This job has been so mentally and physically draining. I have been on the job for a month and 2 days now and I hate it so much. No one should treat a teenager or a worker like this. But I have to do this in order to have my own money and independence.
But is it really worth it? Is this job worth it if its making me cry everytime i clock out and get home?
Yeah, just never work at a hobby lobby, even if the pay is kinda good.