#retail associate

[kingofscoops]

I wish that companies would provide their interview questions before hand so people can properly prepare for them, because it sucks prepping for questions you think that they might ask only for them to ask completely different questions to what you expect...

[hwsforeignrelations]

RANT

[chasing-dreams-since-1995]

Every time I have to deal with customers who are extremely rude and complete assholes

[kanos]

just lost a decent sale bc my associate told someone we didnt have something even tho i told the guy to give me a couple minutes while i waited for the associate to come back from lunch bc i was the only one there and i couldn’t leave the floor but i would grab it when he was back and then he left bc he was told we never had that

also manager left EARLY and said it wasnt busy this morning so it wont be busy at all today but its the afternoon now and its busy and theres only 3 of us scheduled besides her -on a friday during summer mind you- and one doesnt even come in for another couple hours and so its just me and this associate who is good at some things but terrible at other things and im just so tired why does this happen every single fucking job i get i need to stop being so reliable so my managers stop leaving me to clean up and run everything wtf

[mapofthemazeinthemirror]

I finally own a Tomorrow by Together album! Can you guess which version of Tomorrow I went for? :3

[m0thmachine]

I wish all retail jobs making you do a "video interview" (1-way record video responses to questions on the spot) a very fuck off an die

[remesrobotics]

Last time I'm reuploading this, I promise I won't delete it this time akdjasldkjaslkdas

Tokay Woman and @tinyreploid's Agama Woman, having a little off-hours chat... probably about work, tbh, lmao.

I drew this a while ago because I thought the fire vs. ice contrast with similarly work-oriented lizard ladies was cute.

[shleemies]

Got promoted at work today! I knew they had their eyes on me for a promotion but the circumstances were kind of unfortunate. My coworker with the position found out that the raise was less than she thought, and that's after they screwed up her payroll big-time last week and only paid her for 2 days. So she's transferring back to our old store as an associate bc it's closer to her house and honestly an easier store to work at. So my manager came up to me right after they talked and was like you're getting promoted btw I was like oh okay 👍. And to be fair the raise is kinda shit lol it's 30¢. But to my knowledge it's more or less the work I'm doing anyways. I've never gotten a promotion or a raise before so I'm pretty happy about that. I've only had shitty bosses promise me raises for months and never follow through. And I know they've been wanting to promote me already bc all the higher ups I've worked with really like me and recognize that I work hard. I had a coworker 2 days ago ask if I was a manager because she said I had that vibe about me LOL. I was like no I'm just some guy. Still not a manager but I am a shift lead. Still so worried I'm going to burn out but uhhhh I'm doing well at this point 👍

[aparticularbandit]

Laughing at Konata being a Haruhi fan.

Laughing at her having a poster AND a Mikuru figurine.

Even in another show, Haruhi is her own best fan.

[jemgirl86]

Tune in tomorrow for my next rant:

Actually, Sometimes the Customer IS Right

[tweedlebean]

Why don't jobs train anymore!!! I know this is old news but it sucks! How am I supposed to get experience if every job requires prior experience! Take two seconds to show me how a program or tool works, it's not hard!!

[chasing-dreams-since-1995]

So I got to go on an important mission at my workplace today which involves me heading down to the security office at the mall I work at to deal with a shoplifting incident that occurred at our store. I got to come face to face with the shoplifters from our store and The security officer asked if I wanted to press charges and I told them we were not able to since that was the store policy. And I’m not even a manager. But anyhow it was a really exciting mission for me to deal with something major like that.

[transsexualutopia]

THIS TRANNY GOT A JOB ��️‼️‼️ NEPOTISM CAME THRU ‼️‼️

[mysecretaccount1]

My fave thing about retail is when they think someone stealing they want you to watch them and give them extra customer service. Nope. I am not security. I am not trained in that. I am sales associate. The minute you think they are stealing get security. If they are willing ti break one law I am not staying around to see what they think of assault. If I wanted to risk my life I would have become a security guard lol.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers would take up legislation this week to impose the deal that unions agreed to in September.

“Let me be clear: a rail shutdown would devastate our economy,” Biden said in a statement. “Without freight rail, many U.S. industries would shut down.”

In a statement, Pelosi said: “We are reluctant to bypass the standard ratification process for the Tentative Agreement — but we must act to prevent a catastrophic nationwide rail strike, which would grind our economy to a halt.”

Pelosi said the House would not change the terms of the September agreement, which would challenge the Senate to approve the House bill without changes.

The September agreement that Biden and Pelosi are calling for is a slight improvement over what the board of arbitrators recommended in the summer. The September agreement added three unpaid days off a year for engineers and conductors to tend to medical appointments as long as they scheduled them at least 30 days in advance. The railroads also promised in September not to penalize workers who are hospitalized and to negotiate further with the unions after the contract is approved about improving the regular scheduling of days off.

Hundreds of business groups had been urging Congress and the President to step into the deadlocked contract talk and prevent a strike.

Both the unions and railroads have been lobbying Congress while contract talks continue. If Congress acts, it will end talks between the railroads and four rail unions that rejected their deals Biden helped broker before the original strike deadline in September. Eight other unions have approved their five-year deals with the railroads and are in the process of getting back pay for their workers for the 24% raises that are retroactive to 2020.

If Congress does what Biden suggests and imposes terms similar to what was agreed on in September, that will end the union’s push to add paid sick time. The four unions that have rejected their deals have been pressing for the railroads to add that benefit to help address workers’ quality of life concerns, but the railroads had refused to consider that.

Biden said that as a “a proud pro-labor president” he was reluctant to override the views of people who voted against the agreement. “But in this case — where the economic impact of a shutdown would hurt millions of other working people and families — I believe Congress must use its powers to adopt this deal.”

Biden’s remarks and Pelosi’s statement came after a coalition of more than 400 business groups sent a letter to congressional leaders Monday urging them to step into the stalled talks because of fears about the devastating potential impact of a strike that could force many businesses to shut down if they can’t get the rail deliveries they need. Commuter railroads and Amtrak would also be affected in a strike because many of them use tracks owned by the freight railroads.

The business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers and National Retail Federation said even a short-term strike would have a tremendous impact and the economic pain would start to be felt even before the Dec. 9 strike deadline. They said the railroads would stop hauling hazardous chemicals, fertilizers and perishable goods up to a week beforehand to keep those products from being stranded somewhere along the tracks.

“A potential rail strike only adds to the headwinds facing the U.S. economy,” the businesses wrote. “A rail stoppage would immediately lead to supply shortages and higher prices. The cessation of Amtrak and commuter rail services would disrupt up to 7 million travelers a day. Many businesses would see their sales disrupted right in the middle of the critical holiday shopping season.”

A similar group of businesses sent another letter to Biden last month urging him to play a more active role in resolving the contract dispute.

On Monday, the Association of American Railroads trade group praised Biden’s action.

“No one benefits from a rail work stoppage — not our customers, not rail employees and not the American economy,” said AAR President and CEO Ian Jefferies. “Now is the appropriate time for Congress to pass legislation to implement the agreements already ratified by eight of the twelve unions.”

Business groups that have been pushing for Congress to settle this contract dispute praised Biden’s move.

“The Biden administration’s endorsement of congressional intervention affirms what America’s food, beverage, household and personal care manufacturers have been saying: Freight rail operations cannot shut down and imperil the availability and affordability of consumers’ everyday essentials,” said Tom Madrecki, vice president of supply chain for the Consumer Brands Association. “The consequences to consumers if a strike were to occur are too serious, especially amid continued supply chain challenges and disruptions.”

Clark Ballew, a spokesman for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, which represents track maintenance workers, said before Biden’s announcement that the union was “headed to D.C. this week to meet with lawmakers on the Hill from both parties. We have instructed our members to contact their federal lawmakers in the House and Senate for several weeks now.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Neil Bradley said Biden was correct in advocating for the deal already reached. “Congress must do what it has done 18 times before: intervene against a national rail strike,” Bradley said in a statement, and he called Congress enforcing the deal agreed to by railroads and union leaders the “only path to avoid crippling strike.”

The railroads, which include Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and Kansas City Southern, wanted any deal to closely follow the recommendations a special board of arbitrators that Biden appointed made this summer that called for the 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses but didn’t resolve workers’ concerns about demanding schedules that make it hard to take a day off and other working conditions. That’s what Biden is calling on Congress to impose.

[beauzos]

Maybe I set my expectations too high for r/antiwork but I’ve seen this post spread around a lot and it’s such an unbelievably cringe take that it floored me to scroll down and see this guy got 22,000 karma for a post that is usually found in Boomer Facebook and Parler / Gab groups all the time

Antiwork is when (check notes) I have to use self checkout and the door greeter checks my receipt :(

And it’s not even a “the increased focus on self checkout and the lack of cashiers makes shopping even harder for elderly people, parents, and disabled people (and also maybe sometimes we don’t feel like using self checkout so it kinda sucks we don’t have the option)” it’s literally just “I don’t want to use self checkout I’m being bullied by Walmart because I have to bag my own groceries because I also don’t want to wait in line for a cashier. How DARE they make me wOrK” like. Idk man. Grow up. Sorry but I’m just not remotely sympathetic to customers who complain about this shit because they just don’t feel like using self check lol

People like this frequently take it out on retail associates, as if it’s our fault our corporate overlords did this. I’ve had customers bitch at me for the exact reason that we didn’t have enough cashiers, as if we didn’t know, as if there was something any of us could do. It’s not so much the take itself but the really entitled, whiny way a lot of people go about it.

If you want cashiers they’re always hiring, comrade.