I would love your input about my current job situation.?

Question

I have been working at a retail shop for a while now and have wanted to quit for some time. The reason why I have stayed is for the money. The people are very unfriendly and have at times treated me as well as other employees like we are 2 years old. I have received my schedule for next week and am only scheduled for under 6 hours of work. This is suprising and shocking to me since I have been scheduled over the past couple weeks for 20+ hours. In addition I feel I am a great employee. I have come in as early as 7am to help with new items being brought into the store. I have never complained about early or late work hours or last minute changes. I am really thinking about quitting it has lately seemed that they do not appreciate me or my work ethic. The positives of quitting would be that it would give me a real kick in the pants to find something and spread my wings and find something I could really build as a career. The negative aspect no immediate money coming in.

Answer 1

gurl, first thing to remember when considering changing jobs is>>> never quit a job unless you have another one to go to immediatly like quit on friday and start the new one on Sunday or Monday,but of course you may already know that,the thing is in your field of retail business retail personal have a high turn over basicly because it takes no degree to work,they usually hire teens from high school because they can get them to work in the evenings and the company does not have to pay for insurance when your not considered full time.
You did not say,did you recently get a new manager or assistant manager?Because when these 2 come in they have a tendency to "clean house so to speak' and that's getting rid of those they do not like or want in order to hire some of those they do( the new hires may have come from a store they all worked at).
This could be one of the reasons for the cut hours.
Did the store just hire a few new people?This could be a reason too as they will need some of your hours to train the new ones.It' is possible they are gearing up for the holidays, yep I said the holidays if you have been in this business very long you know what I mean.
The retail business is a very demanding job to have as yes customers do treat you like you the scum of the earth and think your as stupid as dirt and you know the old saying "that the customer is always" right lol... but we all know you have brains for one thing your putting up with idiots all day long.
Now.... if you do decide to leave then you do leave with one thing....EXPIERENCE IN RETAIL, therefore you can go to just about any other retail shop and work if that's what you want.
Go to your manager and ask to talk privately with him/her get to the point right off.
Say " John or whatever their name is, I need to talk to you about my hours..they will say something like ok what's on your mind. then tell them "I noticed that my next week schedule only has me down for 6 hours and I was wondering since I have been working like 20 why the cut? Be honest and up front with them ask why, how,when and what do I need to do to get back my hours back up?
If they give you an answer that you feel is "stupid" or just plain dishonest then you need to move on but be coy about how you move on... tell them "I really need the hours and I"m sorry but I just have to find another job that can give me the hours because I need the money to pay for yadda yadda yadda you'll think of something ....this gets you a good reference when putting them down on a new application somewhere else.....
Haveing retail expierence can get you in doors you might not think you may want to become a manager(highly paid, but get treated like crap from the district managers and home office) you may want to rethink that one lol.
My husband worked in retail as assisstant and manager for family dollar and dollar general and loved the money but the home office and district manager can make you life a living H***.
i have heard everything from them cutting his hours for his employees right at their holidays when he needed more hours to get things done, weekly truck loads of boxes came going from 600 to 800 then jumped to 1600 boxes and was expected to get all this out in 2 weeks time, plus moving the store around,plus redoing shelves it was a very hard job to do unless you were in a bran new store where when you went to work the store wasn't already filthy and had 3000 peices of boxes still waiting to get oput on the shelves plus another 1600 coming in 2 days.
I hope I have enlightened you on a few things but hang in there and do what you feel is best for you! good luck!

Answer 2

You are right to be cautious and think about this, rather than going for a knee-jerk response.

You could certainly go to your employer and question why your hours have been cut so dramatically. Explain that you have put a lot into the company thus far. Also, point out that with reduced hours like that also comes reduced money, and you can't afford to work those hours.

See what they say. Hopefully they will be reasonable and put your hours up again. In the meantime, you could start looking around for something else. Don't close doors before another one opens up. You are clearly unhappy at this place, so it seems an ideal time to move on. However, to a prospective employer, it looks far better to be in a job already and looking elsewhere than to have quit a job. Quitting a job sends out a bad message to future employers.

If your hours are still reduced after talking to your employer, you could at least take advantage of the situation, and use that extra time on your hands to look for something better.

Answer 3

Well from experience I normally leave jobs before I find something else and it has not worked to my advantage it takes time to find the job you want. So if your going to pressed for money my advice to you is still work the few hours they do put you on and take time to interview the other days you have off. Especially is you quit you cant recieve unemployement. But if you feel you need the kick in the pants to find a new job quicker then quit it will be a good motive to get something new!

Answer 4

did you ever see that episode of Friends when they all talked Rachel into just quitting and getting something better? well I know it's TV but it sounds like you're getting the short end of the stick. why not try this? put your resume (i realize it may be short but you can go to resume bulilder.com and get creative) on monster.com and see what you get. you can always stick around (so you have money coming in) for a couple of weeks OR you can just say the H ell with it and get out. Me I just quit a job cold turkey because of the same reasons you've given. But i'm a nurse and my options are a lot different and i get a lot of job offers daily. I don't believe in going to a job where i'm being treated badly or being treated badly in my life period. life is just too d amn short. Good luck in what ever you do and remember....you always have options!!!

Answer 5

WOW! You need to walk away. She has no interest in you other than your cash flow. You're acting like a sugar daddy. It's one thing to do nice things for your partner and not expect it to be reciprocated, but she's abusing your generosity bud. To demand to know why you didn't buy her anything for her birthday is asinine and rude. You should NOT marry this girl, she sounds immature. You can find a girl that will treat you the way you deserve to be treated and not always come at you with her hand out. You're supposed to be in a relationship with open arms and an open heart, NOT an open palm and an open wallet.

Answer 6

Since you are only scheduled for 6 hours next week, use your extra time to search for a new job, if successful all positive and no negative impact.

Answer 7

Speak to the person who made up the schedule. Say that you are surprised and ask if there is a problem.
Look around for something else, because you are not happy there. Give them two weeks notice if you are leaving. You may need them to give you a reference. Don't burn any bridges.

Answer 8

Find a new job, then quit. Working 6 hours a week, you should have plenty of time to look.

Answer 9

if your miserable at your job then theres no reason to stay, but i fyou are there just for the money then what are you going to do once you do quit? what u need to do is first find another job, once you get hired somewhere else put in your two weeks notice, then you can quit your miserable job but still have something to fall back on.

Answer 10

Well it seems that they have just given you the time you need to go job hunting. Find a new job and then quit without giving notice. They don't deserve it.