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Retail & Hospitality

A community for retail & hospitality professionals

  1. Bakery

    my manager(s) treat me so horrible for no reason at all, and there’s a very small select of us that are treated this way. my managers tell me off even for the slightest thing even wearing the wrong sh...

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  2. Customer Service Representative

    What is your company's policy when it comes to allowing customers to cuss, yell, or threaten you? I've never worked for a company that was so willing to let customers freak out on us. It feels like I ...

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  3. General Laborer
    First time poster

    Hi all !! Quick question ,in your experience, would you hire a 48 year old women for server position if she had no experience with serving but lots(over 6 years) with customer service (cake decorator)...

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  4. Hospitality Staff

    I was offered a new job, but they want me to start next Tuesday. Is it wrong for me to give my current job less than a week's notice? I don't want to lose this new job.

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  5. Retail Sales Specialist

    I don't know if my manager's expectations are unrealistic and he needs to hire more people or maybe I'm just too slow to handle the workload. But in addition to helping customers and checking them out...

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  6. Store Associate

    Opinion Poll! The customer is always right, do you agree?

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  7. Senior Security Specialist

    If you had the choice of being paid salary or hourly which would you pick and why? I'm currently hourly. I make $30.93 an hour on regular time and $46.70 for overtime after. I realize that sometimes m...

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  8. Store Associate

    A new coworker came up to me and asked for my Snap. He is fully in his 40s, which seems old for someone on Snap. Is it a red flag when older adults are using Snap? His request made me uncomfortable.

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  9. Assistant

    Retail and hospitality really teach you emotional regulation fast. You can be having the worst day and still have to create a positive experience for someone else. What’s something this industry taugh...

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  10. Still Unemployed
    First time poster

    Honestly being 16 and trying to find a job feels impossible

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  11. Barista
    First time poster

    I have been working in food service for so long and want to make a change in career such as desk work but with minimal phone calls or at least something that will still be good enough to handle day to...

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  12. Front Desk Receptionist

    When is too early to leave a job? I begun a new job a month ago and the environment and team members have been awful! I have been screamed at by multiple customers, and a colleague. I've been force...

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  13. Associate

    My manager often has me do a task or two after I clock out. They're not anything big. Take the trash out as I leave, push a couple carts up to the door, etc. They take 5 to 10 minutes at most. Is it w...

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  14. No work experience

    Is it worth calling in to ask if places are hiring even if they don't have anything open online? I've been desperately searching for over the past year, submitting applications to a lot of retail oppo...

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  15. Sales Assistant

    Is it ok to lie on your resume to make you sound more experienced. I know people do it but could they catch you out!! I'm from Reading , England

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  16. Kitchen Porter

    Got a Tesco interview on Friday and I'm so nervous 😭 I'm 17 and work at Greggs, been there about 6 months now. I have pretty bad social anxiety so I'm overthinking everything. I've had a few intervie...

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  17. works at Travelodge Hotels Ltd.

    I cant believe this is something I am bringing up less than a month into my first job. I have a colleague who has been hostile since my first day and yesterday she decided to scream at me, in front of...

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  18. Food Journalist Assistant
    First time poster

    Anyone else having a hard time finding serving jobs lately? I have 16 years experience in fine dinning, fine dinning casual, and James Beard-winning restaurants and I can't get a single callback or a ...

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  19. Chief of Staff
    First time poster

    Well I am on the verge of being fired because my pursue of a degree doesn’t align with my current job and now I’m on the edge of trying to hurry up and find a job before I get cut off 😐

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  20. Community Manager

    👀 What's the pettiest thing a manager has ever done to you or someone you know?

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