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Need to get out of retail before Christmas..

  • 23-09-2019 03:31PM
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,006 ✭✭✭✭


    A shop I used to work in has closed so our staff has been relocated to another one of our shops a few miles away. It is absolute hell in there, and the current staff are treating us like **** in their shoe. We're only being given contract hours now too (I'd get more than my contract hours in the old shop) which won't change for Christmas. It's going to be a nightmare. I'll be stressed as ****, poor and I'm already not doing too good mental health wise.

    Is there any way I can get out of this that doesn't involve a nervous breakdown :D ? But in all seriousness though, any alternatives at the moment I can't think of?


Comments

  • #2
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Did you go to college for this job?

    No. It's an entry level retail job.

    Just leave and get another one.


  • #3
    Xterminator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,833 ✭✭✭Xterminator


    hi op. life is too short to stay working in a crap environment. do your mental health a favour. if you are financially able to, leave now. look for a new job. If you are not able to start looking for a new job, land one then leave.

    Brush up that CV and get looking.

    good luck.


  • #4
    santana75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭santana75


    Walk away. You'll be fine, something will come up. Nothing is worth living in a situation like that.


  • #5
    leggo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭leggo


    I worked within retail for years and used to say the same. Every year was my ‘last’ Christmas in retail. Then, instead of using that for motivation, I instead started thinking about what I want to do with my life and made a plan. A couple of months later, I was starting a new career and only then did I cop I wouldn’t be doing another Christmas in retail.

    Point is: while it’s good to recognise and connect with the fact that you don’t like a certain job, it won’t give you the tools you need to make something happen. So use it as motivation to plan from a positive standpoint and think about what you want from life as a whole, or else you’ll just end up in another dead end job you hate and you’ll still have to work there around Christmas too.


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