Which jobs do you like the most Retail or working in an office?

Question

Did you like working in retail the best or did you enjoy working in an office the best? For me I enjoyed working in an office better than working in a retail store cause the people are friendly and also the customers are much nicer on the phone.

Answer 1

I far have preferred working in an office in high tech legal communications. It is professional, 'even', I am trusted, have been doing this a long time. I found that working retail was much harder in that you never know what someone is looking for, often a simple item, often an argument or a 'deal'..... my expertise has lead to a great reputation and I have been fortunate enough to have this vocation. You have a very valid point when you say that retail would be less preferable, as the distance, I must admit on the phone, offers a certain propriety and in person, people can tend to forget the reality of this. Love your question and I absoloutely agree.

Answer 2

Office, definitely. I worked retail for 12 years, and have been in an office-type environment for the past 11 or so.

People (in general) are not nice. They lie, they steal, they want something for nothing, they rarely put anything back where they found it, etc. I didn't enjoy working retail (and I worked for everything from a truck stop to a nice mid-range department store to a couple of boutiques). Also, retail means (usually) working weekends, evenings, and many holidays...office work often guarantees those things as non-working (or rare occurences).

I'm not lazy, but I prefer sitting (or being able to sit) to standing for 8 hrs and watching my spider veins spread...

I'm not a people-person and definitely got tired of being chewed a new butt for things outside of my control...generally in an office (unless you're working with customers) if someone chews on ya, you can chew back and not have to sit and take it with a smile on your face...

However...if times got tough and I had to go back to retail for whatever reason, I could and would do it...bills gotta be paid and all that...but I don't miss it one bit...not even with the employee discounts...

Answer 3

I enjoy my home office. I contact awesome people every day and there is no cap on my salary. I do the same thing office people do but I get paid in direct proportion to my efforts, and as a result get to be a customer at the retail stores.

Answer 4

Prefer office, but then I do like the customer contact in retail.

Answer 5

I worked in both, in retail for two years, but now i run an office.
I loved both, but if i had a choose it would be office. Keeps the brain working as they say :) I am my own boss now , which is great

Answer 6

you could easily nonetheless get an admin job. in simple terms physique your retail journey on you resume in a fashion that highlights your shopper help journey. rather some places of work seek for workers who've a distinctive history, extraordinarily in shopper help. This shows which you will back up a receptionist and take care of any irate callers for him/her. It additionally helps which you went to college. The BA/BS degree is the recent severe college degree whilst it contains job finding.

Answer 7

i've never worked retail. i've always worked office. as of now, i could do without the office. retail sounds better and better everyday.

Answer 8

I have worked in both, but I would say an office.

I currently work in the charity sector and find the role more rewarding than when I was at tesco.

So Office

Answer 9

I enjoy retail better, because you get to see diffrent products, and to me, it's more fun.. the only thing that sux is working on holidays...

Answer 10

Office jobs are better, the office girls wear nice short skirts and let you take them from behind. lol