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moms that work retail... does it fit a good schedule?
I was thinking about making the switch from full time corporate to part time and was thinking that retail might be the way to go. what is your experience? does it work with school schedules?
Re: moms that work retail... does it fit a good schedule?
I have found retail to be unreliable at best. I've worked in several different retail operations and all of them kept a large pool of employees and used them when it suited the business, not when it suited the employee. A few jobs I had would schedule me during my "unavailable" hours then tell me I was responsible to find coverage. Others would give me 10 hours one week and 35 the next even though I specifically said I would only take it if I could get 20-25 hours a week. They wouldn't guarantee a minimum and would put me as close to f/t as they could at certain times without having to provide benefits.
None of them would hire an employee who was unavailable nights and weekends.
I am also a retail store manager. I also get the privilege of making out my own schedule. I have to work around my police officer husbands totally crazy schedule, so that is a considerable benefit. I run a small shop with just 7 employees so I am very considerate of everyone's schedule needs and very flexible. But I would never hire someone who wasn't available to work weekends and some nights.
When evaluating stores, you really need to take how they make their schedules into account and be very open about your needs up front. A larger department style store is going to have a schedule that gets spit out of a computer. It helps keep things fair but there is almost no flexibility. At a smaller shop your store manager is going to make the schedule by hand and may be more willing to work around the time your kids need to be picked up from school, etc. The main disadvantage as a mom to working with a smaller staff, is it is very difficult for me to take any of my sick time because I don't have enough employees to cover extra shifts at a moments notice and I am usually opening or closing the store by myself.
So right now I am looking to get our of my full time management position, and into a freelance makeup artist gig for one of the brands I used to work for. The main problem with retail, is it pays nothing until you are a full time manager so It is very difficult to cut back hours without also cutting my hourly wage in half.