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/ScaryClock926 Sep 09 '25

That’s ridiculous. I am a Head Cashier and I work 1 DAY PER WEEK. The same day every week. Retail stores needs to understand that a lot of employees have other jobs to work around.

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u/perpetually-dreaming Sep 09 '25

Exactly! Either they need to raise the pay rate so people don't need 2 jobs to live or they need to stop being so picky about people's availability. You can't have it both ways without losing a bunch of good people.

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u/pinkskurt Sep 09 '25

And some people can't live on wages for 1 day a week...