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submitted 11 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

shift work without overlapping shifts

That is 100% wage theft as someone has to work overtime. either come early or stay late.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Come on time. And if someone stays late they should be paid for staying late 100% of the time.

    But they also shouldn't have to stay late. People work jobs so they can afford life outside of work. Making people stay late is stealing from their life outside of work no matter how much they're paid.

    When I was a retail manager, I was a hardass on people coming in so late that it would impact coworkers. I covered the floor in those situations, but I couldn't cover multiple departments, but when 3 people are out sick and 4 are late, I can't do it all.

    I also fought corporate to authorize more hours so I could have coverage for people to get sick or stuck in traffic, but corporate were a bunch of assholes after our chief competition bought us out and slashed staffing.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    If retail jobs paid better than minimum wage, maybe the teenagers that are hired will be more willing to come in on time.

    Crazy, I know.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    We paid decently for retail. It was a few years back, but it looks like they pay about 40-50k now for floor-level staff. It's not amazing, but way better than others.

    What hurt more with the corporate buyout was the number of employees let go and the end of some truly great perks. Manufacturers had programs to get us credit towards free products in return for selling their stuff, and since almost all the companies had the programs we didn't even have to shill one brand over another.

    My better salespeople bcame experts in their products because they didn't just see all the products as things they'd never be able to afford, which helped both our sales and helped inform the customers. And they'd get 10k+ of high-end products a year. In my best year as an underling, I got over 20 grand in freebies. But the new corporate overlords banned employees taking part in those programs because they were afraid staff may sell the freebies on the aftermarket.

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