Current Events > Has anyone here managed to get a consistent 30+ hrs in retail or fast food?

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Have you?

Never worked retail. Only worked fast food as a high school teenager for a couple years. I piled up all my hours on Friday after school and then all day on Saturday and Sunday. It wasn't over 30 hours. Never had that job after the age of 17.

I manage to hit a pretty consistent 32 at Target

every fast food job i ever had tbh. being allowed to only work part-time was the struggle.

Im full-time at Kroger so I'm guaranteed 40 hours... Sometimes I go home early but most weeks I hit that

Lmao consistent hours in retail.

I would get plenty of hours in fast food. They would routinely make me work 14 hour shifts when someone would get sent home or not show up. All you have to do is to show up on time, have a car, and have a flexible schedule. If you have that, youre instantly a very important asset

The last time I had consistent hours in retail was right before the pandemic. No retail/food service employers in my area are remotely interested in giving full-time hours unless it's for management positions.

I worked at Staples for five years. Full time hours was only available for management positions.

Yes to both. This was 25 years ago tho.

I got 40 hours at my grocery store for the last 5 months I worked there before quitting. It was because the manager of my department who had worked there for 15 years suddenly got transfered after a bunch of suits reorginized our store... And I was the only person left in that department lmao

And even funnier, apparently the last two months after they hired more help they meant to bump my hours back down to 30 but the management there was always screwing up my schedule so I thought the less hours on it was just a screw up. And nobody in management was paying attention to how long I was working or had the bright idea to, yknow, TELL me in person my hours were getting cut. So I worked full time until my very last day then got to leave early on the last day lol

I work at Walmart and never had my hours reduced below 40. Full timers always have a set 40 hours.

Umbreon posted...

Lmao consistent hours in retail.

I get a set schedule/times and full 40. But, getting FT is easier said then done. PTs get hour cuts and work random days. Depending upon the area you work random shift times. I know our PT sales associates often have to work in the morning. Though nobody ever complains about working mornings as 7-4 is a god-tier shift time.

i got maybe 16 hours a week when i was working the morning shift at McDonalds.

then i switched to the overnight shift and ended up with full time hours.

and then i quit after 4 months because i was going insane

I tried to work as little as possible when I was doing retail, since I was a full time student.

I think I was going for like 8-12 hours a week at one point lol.

i remember maxing out at 32-36, never a full 40.

The only retail job i had there was no issue getting hours yeah. Total wasnt consistent but it was over 32.

Worked in the warehouse at best buy and never worked less than 50 hours

When I worked stock at a grocery store they kept us pretty consistent at 36-39.5 hours. About once a month you'd get a flat 40, but couldn't have that too often or they'd have to give us benefits.

Yeah I always had a minimum 40 hours the few years I worked at Walmart

nope @ Macy's.
When I initially joined as a seasonal associate, my manager did want me on the manger development program, but the uppers of the company didn't have it in the cards to accommodate retaining me at that store. Nothing personal, but just the (objectively given events over time, failing) system.

All the time, but then iv always given a shit no matter what job iv had so iv always been given some leeway in the hours iv wanted provided i dont go into OT.

Yes, my final retail job was salaried at 40 hours a week, which thankfully didn't change when I got promoted into management.

Yeah, I worked at 2 different McDonald's and a Zippy's where I always had 5 8 hour days every week. Then they just take off 30 minutes per day for lunch, so 37.5 hours a week. The days I worked varied, but the hours were consistent.

I could get full time if I wanted, which would be 37 hours a week, but thats more than I want. So as it is my hours vary. This week is 14, next week is 19, the week after is somehow only 10.

I work at at Starbucks and work 34-45 hours/week
I worked well over 40 when I worked at Ashley's Furniture as well as Mattress Firm.

Back in the early 2000s, I worked at Blockbuster. I got yelled at by management (not in a bad way, more in a Hey could you please not do that kinda way) because I was working 40+ hours per week and getting overtime.

I dont remember what my typical work week would be, but I would just make it really well known to my coworkers that if they wanted time off, Id more than likely be willing to take their hours. Other people were willing to take them too, but I just made it super well known, so people would seek me out if they needed a day off.

After working a few summers at ice cream parlors and wearing cow costumes, I made it clear to myself that I would get a salaried job and never work hourly again.

The_Popo posted...

Back in the early 2000s, I worked at Blockbuster. I got yelled at by management (not in a bad way, more in a Hey could you please not do that kinda way) because I was working 40+ hours per week and getting overtime.

I dont remember what my typical work week would be, but I would just make it really well known to my coworkers that if they wanted time off, Id more than likely be willing to take their hours. Other people were willing to take them too, but I just made it super well known, so people would seek me out if they needed a day off.

As a Shift/MoD you have no idea how valuable it is to have someone that picks up shifts that is actually reliable. There are few things in retail more frustrating than coming in to see someone switched with a person that you just know either outright sucks or is going to be late if they even show up at all

I worked retail for over 10 years and I don't think I ever worked part-time.

When I worked they gave me the maximum amount of hours each week but cut off before I was eligible for insurance lol, something like 38 hours a week

Yeah. 30+ was my last job. I work as a Producer Manager for a grocery store and I work 40 these days.

FolkenRawr posted...

As a Shift/MoD you have no idea how valuable it is to have someone that picks up shifts that is actually reliable. There are few things in retail more frustrating than coming in to see someone switched with a person that you just know either outright sucks or is going to be late if they even show up at all

I had a co-worker that kept switching shifts so he'd get a friday off. Well see then he goes and calls in on the day he swapped too leaving us short handed. He eventually got fired.