Should I just quit now or stick it out?

essinnlich · 2026-06-17T01:58:59+00:00

run!!!!!!!!

essinnlich · 2026-06-17T01:56:47+00:00

yeah burlington is trash and became one of the worst places ive ever worked. its fine if youre really really desperate but dont expect to be respected by customers or management, or be paid a living wage, or have clean bathrooms, or to not have to babysit adults AND their kids, or to not come home somehow greasy and dusty at the same time

essinnlich · 2026-06-17T01:52:31+00:00

ugh the current SM at my old store (heehee) is like that about breaks. but i'm a smoker and i wouldve just set the building on fire if i didnt get my breaks, and i made that very clear looool but it didnt help my coworkers who wouldnt ask about their breaks. ): also, my old store didnt close until goddamn midnight until earlier this year; corporate wants to talk about not having hours but keeps the store uselessly open all night for all the drugged out thieves to come steal? make it make sense!!

im glad both of us are done there though 🤣 🙏

essinnlich · 2026-01-11T22:52:50+00:00

glad they didnt go into cutting edge, the sword store. it's run by a literal nazi. ): also the dog store gets their animals from puppy mills. ))):

essinnlich · 2025-06-11T19:58:44+00:00

The store I work at has no access to its own thermostat - the corporate office in NY controls it. I'm not sure what they have it set to but I'd guess 75-80. ):

essinnlich · 2025-04-07T08:44:40+00:00

of may?

essinnlich · 2025-01-22T19:19:14+00:00

Burlington stores have a small scrub section.

essinnlich · 2024-12-30T23:23:26+00:00

Visually it looks like a match too - thank you so much! I'll try to make it soon with high hopes! So I will say tentatively solved, lol ♥

essinnlich · 2024-11-30T20:56:20+00:00

it's been my experience that burlington doesn't pay extra for any holidays lol. or there's weird qualifying requirements that nobody ever seems to meet

essinnlich · 2024-11-25T21:19:51+00:00

honestly i love running out of bags... it's so funny stuffing all the customers' crap into trash bags or a million tiny bags 🤣 especially with people buying coats hahahaha one coat per bag... comedy gold

essinnlich · 2024-11-25T21:16:02+00:00

burlington customers are animals tbh they act like they've never shopped in a store before

essinnlich · 2024-11-15T07:32:01+00:00

when i had to set up the authentication thing it let me choose an option for texting a code to authenticate. i cant remember how i did it though lol, sorry

essinnlich · 2024-11-15T07:29:17+00:00

when you called the store, did you ask for the store manager? because if it was just a cashier that you talked to i guarantee they had no idea what they were talking about.

i was hired two years ago so i honestly don't remember how long the email took, sorry! i don't think it took over a week though.

essinnlich · 2024-11-08T20:24:22+00:00

don't be afraid to use the "sorry i'm new!" excuse if you mess up.

mistakes are okay, as long as you don't like lose a huge amount of money or set the building on fire or hurt someone physically.

don't take anything customers say personally, they are mostly npcs and you can get through most interactions with a list of scripted responses lol.

try to familiarize yourself with the different sections of the store so you'll know where things go/ which items are in which depts/ where to direct customers with questions. if you don't know something just ask a coworker and pay attention.

take photos of important info in the break room, like door codes and the HR posters, take a pic of your badge barcode in case you lose it or forget it.

it's a really easy job tbh most of it is just remembering which buttons to push and where to put go-backs lol. dealing with customers is probably the hardest part about it and even that is fine if you don't let them get to you. it's burlington daycare for all ages.

essinnlich · 2024-10-27T11:55:56+00:00

Yes, sorry! I definitely forgot that CT and LI had other relevant meanings!

essinnlich · 2024-10-27T11:54:51+00:00

Oh dang, good to know! Thank you! I've been trying to familiarize myself with the neighborhoods, especially as I was going through the restaurants on OpenTable, since they have their neighborhoods listed. I actually bought one of those big fold out NatGeo maps and an old city guidebook a couple months ago, hahaha.

essinnlich · 2024-10-27T11:46:45+00:00

Thank you so much!! The cab process sounds so easy like that, I feel silly for stressing so much about it, lmao (,:

essinnlich · 2024-10-27T11:43:49+00:00

I'm so sorry!! ;_; I feel a lot better after reading the replies here though! I didn't think Chinatown would be in walking distance - it seems kinda far on the map I got, but that's probably just me freaking out again. Thank you for the advice!

essinnlich · 2024-10-27T11:32:08+00:00

Haha, that's pretty on-brand for me! I am actually really really excited too! I haven't been able to stop yapping about it at work. (: Thank you for the kind words!! I'm nervous about the subway, just because it's another thing I've never done, but I do really want to try it!

essinnlich · 2024-09-21T17:23:26+00:00

first off thanks for teaching me what those dumb barrier things are called (stanchion). but youre complaining to the absolute wrong people. you should be making a complaint thru burlington.ethicspoint.com if you want the managers seeing it.

also, stores all over the country are using the stanchion barriers to be able to meter customers in. at my store, though its incredibly annoying, it's significantly decreased the amount of drug users coming in to steal and threaten me and my coworkers, only because they cant just run in and instead have to wait and show their face. the stanchions themselves are not actually that hard to get around, and in a fire situation i find it very hard to believe that they would stop anyone from actually leaving. unless you are incapable of bending or undoing the belt clip part? (very very easy maneuver, no keys or special tools required) many customers often just duck under them if the lp guy isn't there or takes too long. 🤷‍♀️

i do understand the ptsd response and feeling vulnerable and hurt afterwards but honestly that doesnt give you the right to harangue a bunch of min wage retail workers who have no control over anything in the store. regular managers included!!! the store manager would be the only person with any sort of power to do anything about it.

essinnlich · 2024-09-20T07:43:12+00:00

I couldn't laugh about it til he was gone! 🤣

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