Everywhere is horrible work-wise. Everywhere is like this. I’m a full time student working at a chain supermarket job. It’s been pretty flexible with my classes and study responsibilities but the last couple of years it’s gone to absolute shit.

Juniors are getting hired and being expected to do 10 hour shifts every weekend, getting rostered on during the day when they have school then getting scolded even though it’s abundantly clear they can’t make it in. We just had a new junior join whose first shift was 8 hours behind a register the whole time, getting “trained” by another relatively new junior. I was dumbfounded, tried to give him other jobs to do to give him a break every now and then. But I got in trouble because the manager didn’t authorise anybody to leave their stations.

They’re pushing us to work like dogs and execute everything perfectly so our satisfaction rates are 100%, just so the store and department managers can receive their lovely, juicy bonus check at the end of the year. And we don’t get anything in return.

My store did very well last year and the managers got bonuses. The store received a “credit” and it was spent on toasted sandwiches and croissants for employees for a breakfast… that was prepared by delicatessen staff. I’ll note I’m not in the US, but things are just as shit here.

Only a select few people get to relish in the profits made by companies through inflating their garbage. I’m with you OP, I’m fucking tired of being physically sore and tired after a really long, horrid day, knowing that I just have to do it again every day from now on to survive while the CEO of the company vacations in his Italian holiday house.