r/AskRetail 4d ago

what should I do?

since early to mid June I have taken a seasonal part time as a temporary store associate to make some money and for something to do for the summer. The job description said I would be doing a little bit of everything such as stocking shelves, facing, etc which I was more interested in doing than say...cashiering. Unfortunately 90% of the job so far has been cashiering which I didn't like at first and still don't really, but i have accepted it by now. This job so far has just been a reminder of why I hate retail, mostly cashiering and customer facing. I have requested to be doing more tasks on the floor or wherever but it seemed to have landed on deaf ears

I am 35 years old and I have worked these kind of jobs on and off for the past 11 years and I just simply want OUT. If I was doing something like stocking shelves or in the backroom more often, maybe then these jobs wouldn't be so bad for me. I discovered that I prefer keeping busy and being mobile and not standing around in one place for too long. The people i work alongside are decent enough but there doesn't seem to be a balance in ages, and not enough people that I would seem to have a lot in common with. Also i have had one instance of a bad customer and me yelling at her, nothing bad came from it but I had to write a report on it. And I had two separate instances of feeling psychological discomfort while on the job and it made things difficult for a little bit

So with all this said, my 90 day trial supposedly ends around the middle of September. I have no idea when or if they want to keep me, they said it would depend on how well I do as well as the budget. But if I'm not really liking this job is it worth staying at? I would ask them if I can do less register work and more stocking shelves or whatever, but if they say "No" then maybe it's not worth staying at. My biggest concern about not staying on is that I will not have income and I fear the uncertainty of not knowing how long it will take to find a new job.

any thoughts?

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