LogFAQs > #948384817

Most retail jobs I worked in my younger years sucked for a variety of reasons. Customer-facing roles in general tend to be lousy because people are pretty frequently lousy. And then most retailers are chronically short-staffed so you have to bust your ass a lot (although other places can be slow enough that you have a lot of free time -- my cousin managed a cigar store for a while and watched movies most of the day). The one thing that always bugged me is *every* single retail job I had they tried to promote me to management when I was in either high school or college and had zero intention of making a career out of retail, not even when I was in retail sales (although you could certainly make a good living doing that).

On the flip side, you have retail sales which can vary tremendously depending on the place and what's asked of salespeople. Retail sales in general often combines the worst elements of sales with the worst elements of retail. Unlike traditional sales, there's not a hell of a lot you can do to grow your business yourself (unless you're the owner) and you're often reliant on door traffic.

The only kinda benefit to something like retail is that it offers unconventional hours and some amount of flexibility. However, you kinda have the same with other fields like real estate, which can also have an easier schedule. (Although the drawback to something like real estate is that the money can be inconsistent.)

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