u/Impossible-Taro-752

I’ve been job searching in a new area for a few months. I’m a retail and operations manager but I’ve also been applying to entry level positions.

So far I’ve had a few interviews but not a lot. A few have been amazing but the others it felt as if the interviewer who was usually a higher up manager was uninterested in me completely and didn’t care to hide it. Just responding with “mkay…” with a passive aggressive attitude or just seeming irritated anytime I asked questions that weren’t part of their script.

I’ve had interviews go really well but no response for days and I politely call just to make sure I’m not getting ghosted and get an attitude about interrupting during sales hours…

I’ve called stores to ask about an application or even ask a detail of a position they posted and getting told no with an attitude when asked if I could talk to a hiring manager and when I asked if I could leave my name so they could call me back I got hung up on.

Maybe it’s just the area I’m in but I’m fed up. I’m a very nice, professional person. It feels so vulnerable to look for jobs now. I feel like I’m constantly embarrassing myself for acting desperate. I just want to work! Yet everyone says “everyone is hiring”. So far I’ve decided I’m done with retail. I’m done with corporate attitudes.

I applied for an Assistant Store Manager role at a retail store, went through three interviews 2 with store managers and 1 with the district manager. I haven’t heard from anyone in 3 days and I noticed on LinkedIn the job listing was deleted and reposted a few hours ago…

Curious what your pay is for this role and is it worth it? I applied to a part time position and received a call about an interview immediately. But seen a post on this sub that the pay is really low. This would be in Louisiana.

Had 3 different interviews for one position so far, and this is something I want really badly so I’ve been researching how to ace my interviews.

First two interviews were amazing with store managers. Third interview was with the district manager. Some consistent advice I had seen was always ask questions and even ask questions that will make you stand out. So I asked chat gpt for some examples and even looked up some inspiration and came up with: “What are some of the biggest Opportunities for growth in the store right now?” I thought this was a great question that would show I was interested in helping the store succeed and what I needed to focus on the most in developing a new team.
Well my interviewer thought the opposite. After I asked this question her entire demeanor went from enthusiastic to Offended and went on a rant about how their store is a success and so is she, and there were no opportunities. She then ended our interview and told me “if you need anything contact the Store manager” and hung up the phone. I feel as though I hurt her ego and that wasn’t my intention. I should have read the room as the first 10 minutes of the interview she talked about herself and her career. And most of the questions weren’t even relevant like about my family life, and at one point asked me if I had talked to the store manager recently.. like yes that’s who interviewed me and you told me she told you a lot about me??? Anytime I talked about my career she just seem uninterested responding with “mkay…”

I quit literally less than 24hrs ago and was notified this morning I needed to return my keys as soon as the store opened but I’ve been out of town for a family matter. My SM texted me telling me she is going to alert the authorities that I didn’t return my keys today. I told her as soon as I get back into town I will drop them off tomorrow morning. Is she just being petty or is this standard? It’s been less than 24hrs since I’ve even quit this job.

Finally got the courage to quit today and I’ve already gotten 4 interviews after only applying to jobs yesterday.
I was an LSA and I had been scheduled to close every single day, no weekends off, yet the other managers would have weekends off and only schedule themselves to open. My SM called me in to cover call outs on all of my off days, and even asked me to stay late to cover her when she needed to leave early. When I had a no call no show and was by myself for 5 hours on a Saturday no one wanted to come in to help, and I needed to leave an hour early another day to take my kid to the doctor but forced to stay over 2 hours to cover breaks . 🤷‍♀️
I’ve never had a job where I had been harassed by customers every single day. I’m a young female and everyday I had dudes and even vendors constantly hitting on me or following me around the store commenting on my appearance. My last straw was closing by myself on the register, my SM had my cashier in the back working on rolltainers. I had a group of men coming in and out of the store staring at me and making comments like “you should smile for me more often” after I tried to ignore them I pissed them off to where they got aggressive calling me rude. I got super uncomfortable to the point I had to call my husband to come up there and a few regulars noticed and stayed back on their accord to make sure I was safe. Luckily my husband told me to not go back and I feel horrible for leaving them short handed but I just feel like it’s karma at this point. The store I was working at can’t keep associates to save their life. The SM changes the schedule constantly and even schedules us outside of our availability that was established during our interview.
The jobs I got interviews for are paying $7+ more than what I was making at DG and also a cleaner, safer environment. Not saying to quit but here’s a glimpse of hope to those in the situation I was. I recommend a strong resume, applying through company websites not just indeed, create a LinkedIn and link it on your resume.

Had to close last night. Didn’t get off till 10:30, got home at 11, it’s now 5am and I have to be up to open in an hour. Been researching colleges because of how crappy of a job this is I don’t want to step into a retail space ever again. Maybe this was the push I was needing. I’m only in my 20’s so hoping my sleep deprivation and being the only manager on this lovely Saturday inspires me to get a better career.