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Who has the easiest retail job?
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Ninja Scooter
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they're all easy.
Pedigree Chum
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Flynn said:
So true :lol
Or the old dude that greets you when you enter Wal-Mart.
MrAngryFace
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Just kidding, its a lot of work since stores run on small crews that just have to know their crap. But Staples treats employees well and pays them well too. Best retail ive ever done.
Sure, you can find retail where you dont do everything all day, but where's the fun in that?
MrAngryFace
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You mean like Mall Kiosks? That job would drive me nuts.
Have you all noticed the girl scouts have been deployed? They're bunkering down and creating roadblocks to every enterance of places I like to go.
Have you all noticed the girl scouts have been deployed? They're bunkering down and creating roadblocks to every enterance of places I like to go.
MrAngryFace
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They need a way to let other girl scouts know youve already been had.
Jesus Tapdancing Christ, retail is NOT all easy. Especially when your company thinks it should take a page from corporate america and "diversify" your job to the point where you're wearing 37 different hats in the course of a day and want to reach across the counter and strangle the rich white people with their own ties for being such fucking ingrates...
WHOOPS! How'd that get in there? Seriously, retail is the bomb yo. Yeah, I can't recommend it enough for someone who wants to hate their very existence with a bloody fucking passion and question everything about life. It's the PERFECT vocation. ESPECIALLY management.
OH, and YES I am bitter. And drunk!
WHOOPS! How'd that get in there? Seriously, retail is the bomb yo. Yeah, I can't recommend it enough for someone who wants to hate their very existence with a bloody fucking passion and question everything about life. It's the PERFECT vocation. ESPECIALLY management.
OH, and YES I am bitter. And drunk!
MrAngryFace
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I dunno, you get used to being cross-trained. I can work any position in the store and its ultimately worth it when im with a customer.
HOWEVER, Staples is a different climate from a lot of retail, so its possible youre forced to wear a lot of hats in a super intense environment along with all the accountability that comes with it for free!
Retail isnt easy, but after 4 years of one retail job and 2 of others im on a pretty steady path.
HOWEVER I WORK TOMORROW AND NOW THAT IM ALL COCKY AND FUNNY ABOUT WORK I KNOW ITLL GO ALL SHITTY!
FUCK!
HOWEVER, Staples is a different climate from a lot of retail, so its possible youre forced to wear a lot of hats in a super intense environment along with all the accountability that comes with it for free!
Retail isnt easy, but after 4 years of one retail job and 2 of others im on a pretty steady path.
HOWEVER I WORK TOMORROW AND NOW THAT IM ALL COCKY AND FUNNY ABOUT WORK I KNOW ITLL GO ALL SHITTY!
FUCK!
Nothing could beat working merchandising at Best Buy though. 4 am fridays? 6 am every weekday? Learning a ton of acronyms only sales people care about? Keeping track of every single thing on the goddamn floor?
NOT easy. Considering the fact, I worked in a store full of employees who didn't even know what upstocking was.
Goddamn Best Buy.
NOT easy. Considering the fact, I worked in a store full of employees who didn't even know what upstocking was.
Goddamn Best Buy.
Christopher
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Abercrombie & Fitch you literally and I'm not playing do nothing...you stand there and say stupid catch phrases and fold jeans when no one is around.
TemplaerDude
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The people at the mall kiosks (at least where I live) have it preposterously easy. Most of them just sit around and chat (either on the computer or with actual people) about stuff that has nothing to do with what they are selling. I'd kill for that kind of job.
I can't tell you how many times at the mall I've seen the same people either a. playing some windows game or b. using AIM while at work.ToxicAdam said:
It's ok, I did that at my last job. But it was a desk job, in an office building, dammit. There weren't people walking by my cube every 2.2 seconds.
Staples > Gamestop > Best Buy. JC Penney doesn't count since i worked visual merchandising, which meant absolutely no customer contact.
In twelve hours i'll be working as a part of the remodel crew, which means no customer interaction for a month. After the night i just had, i can't wait to get a chance to get away from customers.
In twelve hours i'll be working as a part of the remodel crew, which means no customer interaction for a month. After the night i just had, i can't wait to get a chance to get away from customers.
oof! For our merch dept. we start at 7am mon-sat and 6am only on Sunday. The job still sucks, though. All other departments dump shit on us. Most of the store doesn't even acknowledge the work we do. Not to mention we've got an asshole for a supervisor that likes the sound of his own voice too much. I wasted too much time at Best Buy and am looking to enter school and find another job. I need to get the fuck away from the place. :lolDyne said:
MrAngryFace
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*psst* staples
DrForester
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Aruarian Reflection
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I'm curious for all you guys with retail jobs: are you doing it only as a temp job until you get a solid career started in whatever field you're interested in, or is this what you plan to do for a living? Maybe it's just me, but I can't imagine voluntarily deciding to spend my life working in a retail store. Anything but that! It just seems like a completely waste.
I dunno, spending my life trapped in a cubicle is pretty fucking terrible in it's own way, and I've done both. Right now, though, I would happily exchange my shit retail management job for a degrading, dehumanizing 9-5 Monday through Friday experience in a cube. In a HEARTBEAT.SnowWolf said:
And although customers are most of what's wrong with retail, upper management has a lot to do with it too. It's fucking RETAIL you ignorant fucks. Don't try to make it harder than it is- it's so fucking simple. ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Drinky Crow
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I don't really consider there to be a whole lot of difference in terms of overall job satisfaction any more. When I used to work retail, I loathed specific customers and passive-aggressive store managers; now I loathe retarded vendor representatives and entrenched middle management. What I gain in having an office and a desk I lose in terms of the adrenalin and sense of action that comes from the retail floor. Say what you will about retail: it can be tiring and emotionally draining, but it is rarely fucking boring if you care about your job. Being a desk jockey, conversely, can be an exercise in total ennui, especially if you're stuck in a dark little cube or office. Some days I kinda miss the dynamic interaction I had back in the halcyon days of yore when I worked retail and IT floor jobs -- every hour was a new little act that could end in joy or disaster.
And I never found retail to be simple. In fact, on a day to day basis, I found it more challenging than my current job, despite having to write code. On the other hand, if you don't give a fuck, I guess it could be simple, but if you're a competent and engaged employee -- always a rarity in retail, thanks to the mediocre pay grades at most stores -- you hafta be incredibly flexible and adaptive. I got more of a mental workout on the floor of my store some days than I ever did debating routing algorithms and ogling network traces at my current job.
And I never found retail to be simple. In fact, on a day to day basis, I found it more challenging than my current job, despite having to write code. On the other hand, if you don't give a fuck, I guess it could be simple, but if you're a competent and engaged employee -- always a rarity in retail, thanks to the mediocre pay grades at most stores -- you hafta be incredibly flexible and adaptive. I got more of a mental workout on the floor of my store some days than I ever did debating routing algorithms and ogling network traces at my current job.
In my experience, management and certain co-workers were most of what was wrong with retail. Sure, customers can be a pain in the ass, but at the end of the day, they're all gone. The retards you work with are still there implementing their bass ackwards logic and forcing you to go along with it.Triumph said:
ChronoMagnus
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Retail jobs suck in general, but they tend to suck even more when you're located in a busy district and your managers or DH's are complete assholes. For any one who has worked at Home Depot they know what i'm talking about. I hate this job with a passion but since i'm in school they give me a 2,000 check for every semester. But i dream of the day when my Home Depot burns to the ground.
Best Job on Earth is working for a Park. Milwaukee County parks threats you like a god and all you really do is clean up the park and mow grass which takes tops 2 hours. the other 6 are yours to enjoy, just find yourself a good hiding spot and take out your favorite portable device and relax. The best part about it is that the park management actually approve of it. Unions FTW! :lol
Best Job on Earth is working for a Park. Milwaukee County parks threats you like a god and all you really do is clean up the park and mow grass which takes tops 2 hours. the other 6 are yours to enjoy, just find yourself a good hiding spot and take out your favorite portable device and relax. The best part about it is that the park management actually approve of it. Unions FTW! :lol
Ive worked at staples for a year and a half at 2 staples stores, one at my hometown, transferred to another one at my new university.
Not that hard, some days i just DO NOT want to sell though...
They force you to push those fuggin warranties up peoples ass though...which can be annoying, at first I didnt care, but then i realized we make bonuses if we sell alot, so I find myself being a little slimeball that i've always hated and pushing for the crap warranties/attatchments........but if you know your stuff, its a walk in the park somedays...but just busy enough to make the time go by fast.
Im cross trained through the whole store, so its generally a breeze for me to help anyone who walks in.
Not that hard, some days i just DO NOT want to sell though...
They force you to push those fuggin warranties up peoples ass though...which can be annoying, at first I didnt care, but then i realized we make bonuses if we sell alot, so I find myself being a little slimeball that i've always hated and pushing for the crap warranties/attatchments........but if you know your stuff, its a walk in the park somedays...but just busy enough to make the time go by fast.
Im cross trained through the whole store, so its generally a breeze for me to help anyone who walks in.
Maxwell House
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I'd imagine that working at a artsy cinema house selling movie tickets, especially at fairly dead ones, would be easy as pie. When I go to the local indie film place the people working the windows are always just sitting there reading a book.
I agree that stores that make retail people push warranties, etc. are lame. For the little wage you get, you shouldn't have to hard sell people as well. It just isn't worth it IMO.
Cubicle jobs do suck but at least you are making enough money where you can have ideas of trying to retire early by sensibly investing your money. Working retail almost forces you to work until you are 65.
I agree that stores that make retail people push warranties, etc. are lame. For the little wage you get, you shouldn't have to hard sell people as well. It just isn't worth it IMO.
Cubicle jobs do suck but at least you are making enough money where you can have ideas of trying to retire early by sensibly investing your money. Working retail almost forces you to work until you are 65.
telling people what they wanted to hear would be easy...
RETAIL people understand this next point:
the problem is most people are very dumb and can not understand what you are explaining. trying to explain it...dumb it down..makes the job hard.
i know you know what im talking about.
RETAIL people understand this next point:
the problem is most people are very dumb and can not understand what you are explaining. trying to explain it...dumb it down..makes the job hard.
i know you know what im talking about.
BobbyRobby
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Working as a third key at Gamestop was extremely easy. I just hated the few monotonous tasks like scanning all the games each morning, and counting the money.
As far as things that you typically get paid for go, interacting with customers is pretty damn fun and easy. I don't get all the people who say it's hell.
As far as things that you typically get paid for go, interacting with customers is pretty damn fun and easy. I don't get all the people who say it's hell.
The Interrobanger
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I also work at Staples (in Canada) and I can second the motion that it's the best retail job I've had. The only thing that really pisses me off is that I'm not an hourly associate, so my job description and responsibility changes greatly. How am I supposed to spend the majority of my time on the sales floor selling when there's a million things that I get in deep shit for if I don't accomplish in the back?
Yes, my job is stressful, but I generally enjoy most of the associates I work with and everyone (...I think) respects me, so when I delegate it usually gets done and makes my life easier.
Yes, my job is stressful, but I generally enjoy most of the associates I work with and everyone (...I think) respects me, so when I delegate it usually gets done and makes my life easier.
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