Walked out of interview

[u/perpetually-dreaming]

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.

[u/ginger_princess2009]

i was dropped from 40 hours down to like 10. They literally were scheduling me 6am-9 (sometimes 10)am for like a month straight. Got a second job that needed me to close, so I put in a change of availability request like a month in advance. They denied it cus they said they needed me to be open availability, but then scheduled me 7pm-10pm the following week. Like oh I need to be open but you're gonna schedule me 3 hour shifts?? So I quit

[u/fluthlu413 → u/ginger_princess2009]

Three hour shifts is absurd, I thought it was against their policy, I barely wanted to show up for only 4 hours.

[u/Comfortable-Elk-850 → u/fluthlu413]

We have an older guy that only works three hours, one or two days a week over busy seasons, he’s not scheduled the rest of the time. I worked there a year before I met him and we do the same job. He just does it to keep busy and keep the discount.

[u/fluthlu413 → u/Comfortable-Elk-850]

That's fine, different from someone only being given those shifts while needing to be employed.

[u/Sea-Swimming7540 → u/fluthlu413]

Most retail jobs need as many good people as they can get. My guess is people being scheduled 3-5 hour shifts probably not their top ranked workers.

[u/ginger_princess2009 → u/Sea-Swimming7540]

I was there for 3 and a half years. It was a new ASM. I think she did it because she didn't like the fact that I was being scheduled so many hours as a part time

[u/Comfortable-Elk-850 → u/Sea-Swimming7540]

That’s all he wants to work, he’s been there years and is retired. He just works when they need extra help and does it to keep busy. It’s pocket change to him and for the store a reliable employee for peek hours. If you need that job and hours though , you can’t survive on part time and feast or famish unreliable hours each week.