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Nordstrom Jobs…Poor Pay and Benefits

AMEN!! that is all I have to say. I knew I was not alone in my opinions or should we say facts seriously I stated here right before Christmas so the time for sales was good for the most part.  But “Hello why did I sell that shoe I ask myself and which one was [...]

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Hell at Maccas….no hours or respect as a cashier.

So i’ve been working at Maccas for 7 months now and let me tell you, if it wasn’t for my broke ass, then i would of quit ages ago. On my 1st and 2nd training shifts i was taught how to fry fries, and guess that was pretty easy (not a lot of work). On [...]

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Bakery Assistant, i.e. Bakery Cleaner

My job is the Bakery Assistant in the afternoon. That really just translates to the bakery cleaner… because everyone knows there is no bread baked in the afternoons (at least in grocery stores anyway). Before this job I was working in the grocery department of the same supermarket, but due to being a full time [...]

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Sweat Shops in the 21st Century – Seamstress

Ok, you never realize you’ve made poor choices until they’ve already flourished (or spoiled) and shown their full effect. I’ve been trying to be the person who’s had their shit together since my seniour year in high school. I had grandiose dreams of going off to art school and becoming a fashion designer and working [...]

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I like my job at Maccas

I’ve been working at Maccas for 1.5 years now, and I actually, contrary to most stories you see, actually enjoy it.
I’m 15, and go to school near where the store I work is. The best thing about the store is that it’s in a shopping centre. Yes, no toilets to clean, no tables and customer area [...]

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Hotel Receptionist – I hate my front desk job!

I HATE MY JOB and I FREAKING HATE HOTEL GUESTS.
I been working as a front desk receptionist for about 2 years in a 2 star old piece of crap hotel in Carmel, CA. I don’t even know why I’m still here bcuz the pay SUCKS, only $9.50 an hour and that’s after two .25 cents [...]

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Kmart Employee – Confirming Retail Horror Stories

I’ll begin this with some background to help you see things through my eyes. I am a twenty year old college student attending a four-year state school after graduating from a community college with an A.A. My course of study is in the physical sciences and after completion of my B.Sc., I am engineering plans [...]

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McDonald’s Worker – Don’t Ever Work for Fast Food

Don’t ever work for fast food., especially when the manager is a sad 19 year old high school drop out who looks 30 and is currently on a mid-life crisis and is therefore taking out her angst on 14 year old girls like me.
I worked from McDonalds from March and only recently quit in the [...]

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McDonald’s Employee – Miserable at McDonald’s

Oh my god. I have been working in McDonalds for 5 months so far, and I’ve only been on the front counter 3 fucking times.
The first time was for 5 minutes on my first day. Jess didn’t even bother explaining to me how to use it and just said: “You’re on front counter.” After about [...]

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Marketing & PR…travelling and working 5 hours a week..Wow!

I am a Marcom (marketing and communication) …specialist?  My job title is PR
& sales. I work in a team of people and together we provide sales departments with
marketing material in order to support them. I used to work in Munich, but now I travel
around the world to make sure that <pause to think>…it’s basically looking [...]

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