I managed to get myself a job!
It all happened a lot faster than i was expecting to be honest. I had the interview on Sunday the 9th and started the job on the 16th. It’s retail but its been the only thing I’ve managed to get so it will have to do, the pay is decent at £7.35 an hour plus commission on sales of the product. The only problem is the job isn’t full time which I need it to be, the company works weird only managers get full time jobs and the sales associates get part time 6+ hours a week. So far its been decent hours.
The atmosphere is funny.
The sales associates are all ranging from the age of 17 to 21 and then there is me, a 22 year old. The majority of them are alright, I say the majority.. four of them are alright the rest are up their own ass but then again it is early on. I can already tell one of the SUB managers (yeah sub) doesn’t like me, i get the petty jobs of emptying out the bins and tidying up the stock room which I don’t mind. That 1% commission isn’t the end of the world im still getting paid hourly.
I did however find out that one of the managers took a university course in Photography which is pretty awesome, we don’t really have the time of day to speak to be honest. Like I said the atmosphere at work is funny, its all kids so the clicks are real. It’s like back to high school, the one manager who doesn’t like me is a joke. I think that in the work place there is the time to be funny and have banter with the colleges but there are also times to leave that behind and be professional. I cant see myself being there for long.
The contract is really strict, I’m not able to work for another company. No piercings on face (yet one of the girls there has her lip piercing on all the time), no stretchers (which i have), no tattoos showing and so on. I have thought about taking my ear stretchers out by why?! What for? This job that i don’t plan on staying at for very long? No I don’t think so. I haven’t been able to connect to any of the girls on a social outside of work level, I go in there do my job and go home.
Avoid retail
Also I forgot how crap retail is! Working at another retail store in a town away wasn’t the best but it worked, all the girls got on and it was a big well known fashion store. This store is based in the city, the amount of people who go in there without saying “thank you” or “please” is actually atrocious! It’s like people forget their manners just being they’re being served. Retail has got to be one of the worst jobs out there.
That’s going to be all for now, keep you posted.
-Adriana Gomes
Life after university 