I'm a mid-20's college dropout with very limited work experience. The little experience that I do have is mostly retail, and I just scored a retail leader position this summer. I'm not in love with the place, but I know the products they sell and knew the job would look good on paper, so I decided I'll stick with it for a year and go from there.
It's only been two months. I've been cross-trained in all departments and expected to know everything even though every dept has their own leaders who are probably paid more than me. Low payroll leaving the bare minimum number of people on the floor and making it hard to meet our goals and help customers at the same time. Keep getting scheduled closing shifts and opening the next morning feeling like I've never even left the store. The schedule is only made a few days out so it's hard to plan my personal life without requesting time off, and then they complain there are too many time off requests. My feet hurt 24/7 and I'm starting to limp, but I can barely afford new shoes let alone a doctor to help me ease some pain. It's only been two goddamn months.
And when I think of all these issues, it doesn't help to add on that I asked for an already low wage and they treated it like they were doing me a favor. I should have asked what the rate was instead of them asking me what I wanted.
I don't have many options in terms of work in my area. All the WFH opportunities fell through. I put other opportunities after this job because I feel like a leadership position at any company will make me look better to future employers, but this…. sucks. I keep thinking about my hobbies and if I can turn something into a small business; if I'm gonna be making shit money, might as well be doing something I enjoy a bit more, eh? At the same time, I don't wanna be too financially reliant on other people even if they do support that decision… blah.
Anyway, if anyone here knows what brand of shoes are good for retail work or any remedies for foot pain, lemme know. Or any advice how to get out of retail without other experience… Otherwise, thanks for reading my little vent.