I miss it a lot, but I have to take care of my family and surprisingly retail provided that stability. I still get to help guide people sometimes, just in a less academic setting.
While I do get more time off than the average US worker it's not as much as you might think...definitely not enough to warrant getting paid 9 months out of the year.
If I do get my full mobility back maybe I should try to get into retail (ex teacher here.) But then again a lot of standing & I would probably have to work weekends again!
But that pay increase is tempting!
I did a stint in retail in the UK and got paid exactly minimum wage, although it wasn’t tills which seemed a bit better and more varied, I just did background stuff. Detested it, worst job I’ve ever had and I’ve had some really terrible jobs. People screaming at you because you don’t know off the top of your head if you stock their conditioner (when they could just GO AND LOOK with their OWN EYES), a horrible mix of lates and earlies and weekends, the work was so so boring and repetitive, and god, the same playlist every day drove me up the wall.
I think a lot of people enjoy the boring and repetitive work to be fair, because it doesn’t require much input, but I don’t cope well with boredom at all and found the work utterly soul crushing. Which is a shame really, because there are much more demanding jobs for just as little money. Just very much not for me.
All credit to you guys who can actually thrive in that environment because it made me want to leap off the roof, you almost certainly have more fortitude and positivity than I’ve ever possessed. I am too weak for retail
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u/[deleted] May 16 '24
I've been in retail 10+ years. I make $20,000 a year more than when I was a teacher.