i don't want to work anymore!!! (vent!)

[WesAndNicksMom]

i work retail and i'm exhausted.  mentally and physically.  if this tells you how bad it is, our store manager was so stressed out that he had a breakdown and has taken two weeks off from work (and at the worst time of year because now me and the other assistant manager are in charge of all of the black friday stuff). 

i'm only supposed to be part-time (i don't get benefits like the other assistant manager) and i got overtime last week...  i haven't seen my kids for over a week.  i'm not getting actual breaks at work because i'm not allowed to leave the store some days so i sit in the back until i'm called up front because i'm the only one who can do returns etc.  today i even had to work on my "lunch break" because i didn't have enough time to do everything during my shift.  our district manager is "trying' to give us each a day off every week.  and on top of all of that me and the other assistant have basically no idea what we're doing when it comes to paperwork and the deals for the holiday and our floor set etc.  we're both losing our minds and our DM keeps making sure that i'm ok because he's afraid i'm going to lose it and quit (which i won't because i couldn't do that to kensie, our other assistant).

i'm just incredibly stressed out over a "part-time" job and i don't know how much more i can take...  the worst part is that i can't ask for time off until january (december is a black-out month which means no requests for anything).  i'm just trapped in this mess and i needed to vent.

did i mention that on black friday i have to be up for work at 2:30am and they think that i'm going to work until 3pm????  with no breaks basically??  gahhhhhh!!!!!!!

sorry this is so long.  i just needed to vent.

[sherriemorgan]

it sounds like the shit i went through at payless shoes

[WesAndNicksMom]

Quoting sherriemorgan:

it sounds like the shit i went through at payless shoes

yep.  i swear that the people who decide what we have to do have never actually had to do it.  the standards are completely ridiculous and impossible for normal people (especially in a store like ours where 95% of our staff have been there for less than two months (our oldest brand rep hasn't even worked for us for a year... and i just had my one year anniversary in july if that says anything about the company)

[valkay]

Been there done that.  Break it down into weeks only 4 more weeks..  Makes it a little easier// 

[WesAndNicksMom]

Quoting valkay:

Been there done that.  Break it down into weeks only 4 more weeks..  Makes it a little easier// 

nope it's actually about 6 more weeks because our "holiday" season goes until the second week of january...

[aidenbranden02]

I here you,  i work at the Disney store as a part time manager and black friday is coming to fast.  The next 6 weeks are going to be crazy.  keep your head up.soon enough we will be back to normal.