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Retail & Hospitality

A community for retail & hospitality professionals

  1. Sales Associate
    First time poster

    I have applied to so many part time positions (86 so far this year), I’ve only ever got one interview and I’ve been applying regularly for the past two years. It’s gotten to the point that I’ve re-app...

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  2. Customer Service Representative

    What is your company's policy when it comes to allowing customers to cuss, yell, or threaten you? I've never worked for a company that was so willing to let customers freak out on us. It feels like I ...

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  3. Retail Sales Assistant

    I can't win when it comes to customers being sensitive about their ages lately. I card someone for alcohol, they throw a fit. Which is wild to me, because I get upset when I'm not carded. I called a c...

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  4. Merchandiser
    First time poster

    Why is it so hard for a man with over 40 years in work force to find a new job ? Age discrimination is what I think .

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  5. Senior Security Specialist

    If you had the choice of being paid salary or hourly which would you pick and why? I'm currently hourly. I make $30.93 an hour on regular time and $46.70 for overtime after. I realize that sometimes m...

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  6. Store Associate

    Opinion Poll! The customer is always right, do you agree?

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  7. Supervisor

    I returned to work for a company because my former boss reached out to me. I have no complaints about the pay, but I work like a dog. However, at times I feel my boss is somewhat unfair to me. I’m in ...

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  8. Kitchen Porter

    Got a Tesco interview on Friday and I'm so nervous 😭 I'm 17 and work at Greggs, been there about 6 months now. I have pretty bad social anxiety so I'm overthinking everything. I've had a few intervie...

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  9. Community Manager

    💸 If you found out a coworker made significantly more than you for the same role, what would you do about it (if anything)?

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  10. Community Manager

    💭 If you were let go from your job tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd do?

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  11. Customer Care Representative

    Tell me if I'm being overly sensitive, but I hate it when customers line up outside the store before we open. A few minutes before we open, sure, still a little weird but whatever. But some days they ...

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  12. Bar Manager

    If I think the owner of the pub is skimming from the cash how would I anonymously inform the brewery?

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  13. Sales Assistant

    Is it ok to lie on your resume to make you sound more experienced. I know people do it but could they catch you out!! I'm from Reading , England

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  14. Key Holder
    First time poster

    I wanted to see if I can get some advice. I'm a key holder last night my cashier took a fake bill. I followed all the right protocols. Now my managers are saying I could lose my job also. My question...

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  15. Senior Security Specialist

    Have you ever been aware of team members actively conspiring to get a team mate or leader fired? How did you handle it? Were you in on it? Was it justified? I know of two recent scenarios of people wh...

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  16. Food Journalist Assistant
    First time poster

    Anyone else having a hard time finding serving jobs lately? I have 16 years experience in fine dinning, fine dinning casual, and James Beard-winning restaurants and I can't get a single callback or a ...

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  17. Team Lead

    Are you able to get health insurance through your employer? I'm getting booted off my parents' insurance in a few months and I found out my employer keeps us at PT so we don't get insurance. Before I ...

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    Evan Stinson

    Times are hard and jobs seem to demand more and more out of us without increasing compensation or benefits. None of us are earning what we're worth. Do you still give your full effort or do you work t...

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  19. Community Manager

    💭 How/when do you disclose that you were let go from your last job in an interview?

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  20. Sales Associate/Key Holder
    First time poster

    How do you guys deal with mean individuals, where there is a few of them who group up acting like some high-school bullies? I don’t really want to report to the managers, one of “bullies” is of hi...

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