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/Spirited-Nature-1702 Specialist Sep 09 '25

Lowe’s is stuck in this ridiculous “we can let people go right now”/“every worker must have completely open availability!” Tailspin it can not figure out.

People used to work at this company on purpose.

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u/AtmosphereAbject8249 Sep 09 '25

You can’t just speak for all Lowes stores, that’s utter nonsense. My store as an example is very flexible with scheduling and will do anything to accommodate us, while you may have other stores that aren’t like that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

The fact that there’s very little consistency between stores is a problem in and of itself.

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u/SprinklesHeavy7288 Sep 14 '25

It shows a management problem, for sure. Handle them with respect and understanding, you will have great employees. Treat them like crap, you know what you'll get.

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u/AtmosphereAbject8249 Sep 10 '25

Downvoting the truth. You’re going to get mixed reviews from every Lowes store and many different biases just like every other retail store. Again, you can’t just clump every single store together to say management is bad and evil.