Recent content by FlowTeamChick

Wow. Guess they're not going to last much longer.

I've also heard about employers ghosting interviewees and think it's incredibly rude. You could call the store and ask to speak to HR, say that you're just wondering if you could get an update.

As @StaticSun says, that's something that doesn't happen these days. Which is exactly why you should send a note - it'll make you stand out. If you send it by snail mail, you can send it to the store address with "ATTN: name" on the envelope. If you send it by email, that might be trickier -...

Wow, I'd be steamed too. Recently kept waiting for nearly an hour on a cold day, sitting in our cars. One TM who gets dropped off waited in another TM's car. You can check your state's labor laws about payment in a situation like this - could be that it's addressed, but no surprise if it isn't...

Listen to the TMs on the unload line. The TL who runs our unload process had a great TL to teach him the ropes (ETL was also new to their job and didn't know about unload), but he tried to be lazy with it, getting TMs to do things he was supposed to be doing. And that generated some complaints...

Yeah, you hit compliance. However, I did this many moons ago when I was still in my first 90 days. The ETL talked to me and I had to sign an acknowledgement of violating meal compliance. And that was the end of it. If they were looking for a reason to say goodbye, they'd use it. But it sounds...

What make a TM a 1, 2, or 3? Agree about the "let's try and help them get better" mind set. Seems like a lot of hand-holding and babysitting to me. But then, I'm old school about these things.

Are they aware of your disability? When I was the hiring manager for a small company, I always appreciated a heads-up if there was some kind of difficulty on the interviewee's part. If it wasn't given in advance, that was fine, but then at the beginning of the interview was good so I wouldn't...

And I didn't like wearing pantyhose and heels when I worked office jobs where those things were part of the implied dress code. But I needed to pay the bills. Won't say I complain now about wearing sneakers to work now, and this job has lower stress. But it pays nowhere near what I made before...

Plenty of jobs, not just in retail, have dress codes. I once worked at a minimum-wage job that required me to buy a logoed shirt, with the cost of it being deducted from my first pay check. You can bet I bought only one and washed it a lot. I've worked in other jobs where the implied dress code...

Call HR and ask what's up. When I was the hiring manager for a home care agency, I hired someone as a caregiver contingent upon their background check coming through as clear. It did not so I had to rescind the offer. (Turned out the applicant lied on their application about being convicted of...

Also highly recommend thrift stores for work clothes. I've found good quality khaki pants at thrift stores in my area. Way cheaper than new and I don't care if they get to looking sort of worn. Even though I don't wear jeans for work (too hot), I buy my jeans at thrift stores too. They're...

Wow, that's pretty significant. Would be good to get rid of slackers. What about the *kids* who stand around chatting and not working? (They're not teenagers, in their early 20s and should be old enough to know better.) I wonder if someone is going to monitor the time clock? A lot of my store's...

There are definitely some teens at my store who are trouble - spraying shaving cream around is my personal peeve. They'll open and sniff so many bottles of body wash, like it's their entertainment activity for the day. Or giggle in the aisle with birth control, pregnancy tests, and sex toys. Or...

Depends what I'm pushing. I'll *play* math games while taking product out of a box, or park my u-boat up against an end cap and alternate valleys on either side. But mostly, it's boring. And a big part of why I was bummed to see the end of DBO. Let my mind wander - what to fix for dinner, what...