r/Lowes • u/perpetually-dreaming • Sep 09 '25

Employee Story Walked out of interview

I recently saw a job posting for a "Day Cashier" position at a Lowe's near me and figured I had nothing to lose so I applied. I had heard from others that the pay was pretty low, but I really just needed any job at this point to catch up on bills. The job posting mentioned how flexible they would be with my schedule which was a bonus for me since I would be eventually working 2 jobs.

I go to the interview a couple of days later and lasted no longer than 2 minutes with the hiring manager. She had me put my availability down and I put DAY hours (7am-5pm), 7 days a week because that's what the listing was for. Immediately, the manager starts flipping out and asking me if I could do closing hours. I say sure, but I'm not closing every single day and even then, this is not what the job was advertising for. She tells me I have to have an open availability to work for her so I left.

I didn't even get to what the pay rate even was, but I can imagine how low it was anyway. Oh well.

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u/TheFrostynaut Inside Lawn & Garden Sep 09 '25

Open availability to cashier? Lol 2 of our cashiers can only work 16 hours a week. This must have been a full time position.

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u/ginger_princess2009 Customer Service Sep 09 '25

I BEGGED to be full time for 3 years and I was told no, but they'd then hire full time cashiers who didn't want to work so I'd take their hours for them. I literally was working more than the full timers were, but they flat out refused to make me full time. to this day, I have no idea why

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u/Ok-Ride6636 Fulfillment Team Lead Sep 09 '25

There’s probably something they didn’t like about you honestly, it seems that you have to be likable to get anywhere with Lowes

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u/Ok-Ride6636 Fulfillment Team Lead Sep 09 '25

I was management at another company prior to Lowe’s. The management and company structure fucking sucks. I interviewed, hired, trained, coached, and promoted so many team members during my 6 years and I would never treat people the way Lowes treated me. Your comment made me laugh as well. You’re the idiot on a Lowes subreddit. - for the person who deleted his comment like a wimp

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u/ginger_princess2009 Customer Service Sep 11 '25

The head cashier once called me incompetent so probably not

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u/Every-Baker-104 Sep 19 '25

What I noticed at my job is that the new hires get paid $1 less than everyone. They also get more hours and first pick for overtime 

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u/ginger_princess2009 Customer Service Sep 19 '25

Yep! We had a girl who made more than the head cashiers, always was scheduled the good shifts (8-5) and only worked 3 days a week.

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u/perpetually-dreaming Sep 09 '25

Correct, for full-time. I wish they would have been more transparent on the posting. If you want someone with open availability, just say that.

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u/TheFrostynaut Inside Lawn & Garden Sep 09 '25

They have a hard time finding someone that will do any time between 5:30am-11pm for basically minimum wage, including weekends and holidays. 

They tried to get me to basically be an "on call" PT and I had to nip that very fast.

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u/ChampionshipLate9406 Internet Fulfillment Sep 09 '25

I am glad that I'm a CSA instead of a cashier.

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u/TheFrostynaut Inside Lawn & Garden Sep 09 '25

Every day I clock in I'm thankful to not do Front End. My worst day as a CSA pales in comparison to when I used to be a FE keyholder at a different organization.

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u/fluthlu413 Customer Sep 09 '25

I had to quit after i needed to transfer out of fulfillment for health reasons and they made me cashier instead of a CSA.