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Today marks the official last day of my seasonal retail halloween job, and even though I still have about a week to tear the store down, I wanted to talk a bit about all the things I love and hate about this job. To be clear, this is my 3rd year working here and my first as an assistant manager. (Ew, I know, I'm the 'man' now) I am super lucky to have gotten this job in the first place, even if it is still retail hell and also minimum wage (although I do, as an ASM. make about $2 above it). But! There are a lot of nice things about working here.
Such as, all the people I work with. I'm not a very social person, so the opportunity to be in forced contact with interesting people is really nice! I meet and befriend a lot of cool people each year, even if I struggle with extending that friendship outside of work. The money is also really reliable, especially now that my schedule is always much closer to 40 hrs than not. It's hard to overstate how much reliable pay really effects quality of life, even if there are a good amount of downsides as well.
For example, I won't have a day off until this weekend, which I'd like to point out, means I will work a full 10 days without a day off. Yes I am already feeling my shoulders and neck get tight from stress. I also never love how absolutely FRANTIC and IMPORTANT everything is, which is absolutely a personal issue as I have a tendency to be FRANTIC about everything. And yes, I really really hate giving rude people exchanges and returns. I hate having to be more in charge than the actual store manager at times. And worst of all? I have messing up at work. Counting a register incorrectly, doing something at all incorrectly, it all sends me into a state of panic.
I usually struggle with handling the usual minimum wage jobs, my mental health issues always end up getting really bad so I do my best to make money doing other things, but I do think I will be looking for a part time retail gig, if for nothing more than the weight off my back from having a reliable income. But alas, the season is over and all that's left to do is pulling down the product and packing away all the walls. I'm going to have bruises, like every year.
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Erah Mar
I hope you're able to find something that isn't nearly as taxing that you can use to help keep yourself afloat. Right now, I know that a lot of people could use that little extra.
After your 10 days of breakdowns and returns, I hope you remember to take some time to replenish yourself, and try to be kind to yourself, too. 🫂
Aw, I appreciate! I hope you also do the same, the holidays can be a rough time of year for a lot of people, even without economic/work stress.
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It really can be. I have a coworker that really doesn't like the holidays due to family shit growing up. It's a really stressful time for her to have to work in retail.
by Erah Mar; ; Report