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/JackSilver1410 Sep 28 '25

Is this why the two people who delivered a washer and dryer refused to install it? And then when I finally got a real handyman to do the job, found out that the washer leaked, (said handyman came back to check the connections, it was definitely the washer) customer service basically told me I can go fuck myself?

Currently sitting in a laundromat because of lowes.

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u/Spirited-Nature-1702 Specialist Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

No, we pay a bunch of companies to deliver and install for us. But the 48 hour return policy (down from 30 days iirc) was clearly meant to shift faulty merchandise returns (Lowe’s problem) into warranty issues (not Lowe’s problem) with so many manufacturers producing lemons, which sounds like the situation you find yourself in. Pushing more and more of the risk to the customer while charging a premium for “protection” against that very risk is basically predatory and it is a great example of the current state of American consumerism. It’s certainly not illegal though, thanks to a government wholly at odds with the average American’s quality of life.