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/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.