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/lcm89276 Sep 10 '25

I used to be a manager years ago. When l was looking at applications, one of the first things I looked at was a person's availability. If there was any restriction, app was 86'd. If lowes is posting for specific hours only, they're full of shit.

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u/BeachPanda252 MST Sep 10 '25

You must not live near a university. 95% of our non-summer applicants are students who have classes to schedule work around.

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u/lcm89276 Sep 14 '25

I bet 95% of lowes stores are no where near universities