Hi there! Just wondering for those who’ve worked in retail or anyone really if it’s normal to be super stressed at starting a new job and ending up crying after work like twice? I (22F) recently got into a new job as a merchandise leader in a popular retail store and it’s going to be my 3rd week there and I’m still in training. A month ago before I got the job there, I left my job at another retail store after 4 years of being there and working as a manager. I left because I wanted to try something new and meet new people and also from my old job all of my past co workers left and I got a new manager so I didn’t want to be there. I figured working at another retail store would be somewhat similar but I was well prepared to experience many differences and prepare to learn new stuff.
Well… it hasn’t been so great. A lot of my trainings involve so. Much. Reading. But I cant even fully read them or even skim through them properly because of how much they rush me and they rush my training out on the floor and then expect to know everything by now. It’s a really fast pace environment and I’ve experienced working with that but it’s definitely a lot more difficult trying to learn how everything works and at the same time being expected finish everything on time. Plus they make me keep a binder of literally everything I need to know and I have to constantly take notes and remember all kinds of math for business acumen.
Anyways, I could ramble on how much I hate the way they train but I’ve already cried twice after two of my shifts and one of them was because of how frustrated my manager has been with me because I ask questions and I do end up forgetting things just because how anxious and nervous she gets me. The other time was today and it was my 2nd time closing the store by myself but she was there as background and once we counted the money I apparently was over by a lot and she had to recount all the registers but turns out she miscounted the deposit and I wasn’t off at all so it was more on her end but she just rushed me so much and there was so much money I couldn’t focus properly on counting the money with how she kept pressuring me, but thankfully I wasn’t off. I am a sensitive person but I was never this overwhelmed at my old job to the point where I’m never happy when going there and I’m constantly stressed.
Overall I dont know if it’s my job that’s doing too much or if it’s just me and new jobs are always difficult when starting out. I really will appreciate any feedback on here. Thank you!