'This place is so unprofessional': Part-time employee quits store run by a group of incompetent 18-year-olds

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 26, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Imagine signing onto a part-time job only to learn that the people running the store are incompetent high school graduates.

It's not that these 18-year-olds are not capable of running a business one day, but as of now, the total lack of professionalism is on full display. It's already pretty awkward to work for someone far younger than you, but that's something the Redditor could get past. Otherwise, they would not have signed onto the position in the first place. What made this job particularly unbearable was the disorganization. From contacting employees at 2:00 am in the morning to cover 6:00 am shifts to never giving employees proper training with regards to closing out the store, these managers were struggling to keep any of their workers, and this Redditor found themselves needing to quit but not having the means to do so. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a hostess who was reprimanded for discussing pay at work.

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    "Working a horrible job ran by 18 year olds who don't know what they are doing" SHOP
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    Working a horrible job ran by 18 year olds who don't know what they are doing
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    My job has called me to come into work everyday I have been off. I work part time and only three days a week. I stopped answering their calls. I
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    work at a store that primarily sells juices and sandwiches and it's run by kids fresh out of college. I haven't received proper training on how to close the store.
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    I closed the store yesterday (my second time ever without training) and in the morning they took pictures of all the things I
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    did wrong and sent it to the store group chat and called me out. I really want to quit but I need the money. Sorry for my
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    rant. This place is so unprofessional. Oh and I also had a manager reach out to me at 2am to come in at 6am to cover her shift. FOH
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    Update: i quit. My mental health is too important to get paid 15 dollars an hour
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    Edit: to clarify i do not know if these managers have been to college. It was just an assumption.
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    SeaFaring... • • 1y ago STOP answering the phone.
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    BlueMoon... • 1y ago It won't be hard to replace that job. Glad you quit
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    Southpola... . 1y ago Good for you for quitting. Anyone, ANYONE who would not train you properly, then "call you out" about how you didn't do things
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    properly is as unprofessional as can be. When I joined the military, there were similar things. By the time I retired, my mentors
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    and I had come up with check lists and training schedules so this kind of doesn't happen.
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    New people are trained first, with a training sheet, initialed by the trainee and the trainer so everyone
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    knows they know what the work is and the expectation. I've since retired but at my current job I write instructions on procedures, so if I'm not there, people
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    can look at a piece of paper and know how to do something.
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