get out of retail

I got a job as an office temp. It’s still not a great way to make money, but is a hell of a lot better than working in retail. Hopefully I won’t have to resort to going back to retail EVER AGAIN. Seven years has been MORE than enough.

so, Ive gotten out of ‘retail’, but am about to find a job in cosmetology, so I may still be in a form of it. Just not as bad as an actual retail store. Maybe.
Huggs,
Marcella

TOTALLY worth it! I have been so happy since leaving retail!

Well, I am out of retail as I know it. I was actually posting on craigslist for my job, trying to hire people, when I came across an listing for an invitation specialist at a stationer store about 5 minutes from my house. The pay was a little less but still decent and the hours are such that I could get a PT job if I needed to. So I sit at a table and assemble invitations and make invitations for people. Awesome. It’s going to be stressful learning everything, but I learn pretty quickly. I am very excited. I start when I get back from my honeymoon at the end of the month.

So for the first time in 5 years, I don’t work in the mall!

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my boss is interviewing for a head-of-store position much closer to her house, so yay for her. this means I will interview for the open HOS position created if she gets the job. Do I really want to be an HOS? I am like 50% YES!!! Absolutely! and 50% eh, not really.

Pros:
-Run the store how I want
-More $$$
-Get to go on cool trips, conferences, and such

Cons:
-I will work all the time. At least now my boss tries to make me only work 40 hours, but w/o someone constantly checking me, I’d feel the need to be there constantly to make sure things are running o.k. It’s hard for me to let go.
-If I do get job, there is a conference I would have to go to that is sunday-thurs of the week before my wedding! This means I will get back thursday in the middle of the night, and have rehearsal friday, wedding saturday. I will be so fried.
-I’d have to recruit someone to take my place. I hate to sound gross, but my shoes are kinda hard to fill, I do a shit ton to run that place. And I am a bad trainer, I think?
-I am rather unhappy w/ current mgmt staff so I’d want to fix that, too.
-The shrink is awful and we get 0 backup from LP dept on this because we’re such a small store. It’s zany in there. To the point where we all have nightmares about people stealing the front tables.
-I honestly doubt my ability to hold people accountable and motivate them all by myself.

As we can see, the cons outweigh the pros, but I am just in a really negative mood right now is all. I am sure there are some more pros somewhere out there….?

indecision. boo. :(

Being of no religious persuasion, to me, xmas was always a nice day to spend with family. Now, it means nothing to me, other than HELL ON EARTH at work. And one day off doesn’t really help amidst 2 months of working until midnight and having to be to work at 5 am the next morning. I dreamt last night that it was september in my mall, and they were playing Christmas Music. I walked over to the customer service desk in the food court and burst into tears, screaming about how this is the only time, the only time I have… or something. I was hysterical and couldn’t really make out what I was saying, exactly. The great thing about crying in dreams is that I usually wake up crying, too. It’s weird. STRESSSSSS.

Anyhow, I hate xmas, xmas music, xmas cards, buying and receiving xmas gifts, and everything that has to do with xmas… all thanks to retail. wait, except for cookies. i have no problem with cookies.

damn the gap and its decent paycheck. i like my job, but it’s shrinking my brain, little by little, each day.

I’ve been in retail for almost 10 years now. And to be honest it’s had it’s up’s and downs as most every day job does. But one thing that i have taken on board, is that it has given me a huge amount of confidence dealing with customers on a day to day bases, that i feel i can move on to a different type of job away from retail all together. The problem is working in retail since i was 16 years old until now. I don’t feel i know anything different but from stacking shelves and taking complaints from customers. This is where the problem lays with me. I was at college studying art and design where i become top of the class but soon after my course finished i was slowly sucked in to working from part time to full time in my job and have been there ever since. If anyone can give me adivce on how pull away from retail and to do something different please reply back

I can’t really stand my job i don’t know how i stayed there for so long. It drives me mentally insane. I lie awake all night most nights thinking about how much i hate my job and spend the majority of my time when I’m not doing something else like out with friends talking how much i can;t stand it. I’m bored to death, don’t really give a crap about sales numbers or any of that don’t get paid commission or any of that and I’m almost 30 make less than $9 which doesn’t boost my confidence others who work there make more course i’m much older and more experience i went to college for a long time and studied a variety of fields. I constantly look for new jobs but i am really confused what i should be looking for really frustrated and have been for the last year or so. There was a time i really enjoyed it being there it was a good environment not anymore. Customers get on my nerves really quickly and i probably lose my tember internally about 10 times a day. I need out