Fuck Winn Dixie

The closest one to me is at least 30 minutes from here, I'm looking for a gas-friendlier commute. But yes, I have heard they pay pretty good.

 

The only reason I picked Winn Dixie, which I've never liked, is because one of the managers there is a friend of mine and he kept asking me to come work for him. I guess I got tired of him asking.

 

The guy who owns winn dixie has a huge stretch of land from ponte vedra beach florida almost all the way to I95 in jacksonville. The highway going out to the beach by his place is like driving through deserted marsh land because he owns it all.

They pay what, 7-8 bucks an hour?

 

honestly, if they have strung you along for this long, I'd move on. Especially if in 5 days you get pushed back again.

Jobs are getting harder and harder to find, but there are still a few decent ones left. But you better jump quick cuz they won't be there forever

 

^^ Thanks Ganja, that's how I look at it.

 

Yeah that sucks and enough to rightfully piss you off and send you somewhere better, but just know, the same rules that apply to employees, do not also apply to employers. Thats why you want to be the one on top.

 

I see what you are saying, sounds frustrating. Can you look for another job as a back-up while you wait?

 

I live in a small area, there's not a lot of jobs here. Small businesses that don't need people, or places that require more experience or education than I have. There are a few places I could try, but most of them I've already applied at.

I'd like to work at IGA, a grocery store, a new one is just about to open in Kimberly. I applied there, but nobody ever called me. I kept going back in person, talked to the manager, never got a call. Over 200 people applied there months before it opened, so I guess I just wasn't fast enough even though I was fairly fast.

There's Walmart, but I will not work there, period.

There's Rite Aid, two of them, I already applied to both and worked at one briefly. The other one turned me down.

There are a couple other drug stores, but my biggest issue with those is that they don't have enough work for me to do. I need to be working at work, not sitting on my ass. The fastest way to drive me crazy is a job with very little work to be done. I'm efficient, I finish my work quickly and then it's just hours standing around trying to look busy. Can't do that. I need to BE busy.

There's fast food, but come on. I'm not 16 anymore. I can do better than that, and I seriously doubt a fast food joint would offer me full time. There's waiting tables, but I can't live off of tips. I'm outgoing, but not so much that my paycheck can depend on it.

I can look around some more, but really I need to be working NOW, I don't have time for that. Winn Dixie gets a few days, and if they still can't get on the ball I'm going back to Food World. I can go over there and be put to work the next day, maybe even immediately if I asked. I've already been asked to come back more than four times, so this is a good backup. If on Thursday it turns out that Winn Dixie isn't ready, I can be working that very day or Friday. But if I apply somewhere else it's going to be another couple of weeks before I get a paycheck. So this is what I'm going to do if I go back to Food World: get my bills paid off as quickly as possible. If I dump whole paychecks at a time into my bills, I should be able to get them down fairly fast. Then I have to get my dog shots and spayed. Once I get all that done, I'll start looking elsewhere. But first I have to get some money.

 

We have IGA

I goddamn love Walmart. I said it.

 

lol, As I've learned, beggars can't be choosers. I'm 21 and I work fast food...granted, I'm management, but nothing wrong with fast food at 21.

 

Oh God, I just can't work at Walmart. So many reasons. The only good reason to work there is that they pay ok. I could probably start at $10. But I try not to support Walmart. I rarely shop there and to work there is to show way more support for them than I care to. They have freakin sweat shops over in China, that's why it's so cheap. Plus, I hear they screw you over sometimes, mess with your benefits and stuff. Or prosmise you things you never get. But otherwise, that place is huge. I like to get to know my store and my customers, that would take forever and a day and I doubt even then I'd recognize as many of the same faces that I could in a smaller business.



End of Walmart rant.

(Walmart sucks.)

 

I guess you're right. Can you live off it though?

 

so you need to be working right now, but most jobs that are available to you aren't good enough so you won't even bother? no, you aren't 16 anymore, so you don't have the luxury of going unemployed for months because the job you really wanted isn't hiring. a job with an income is better than none. and if you do an easy job and do it far better than everyone else and always find something to do that helps out your bosses instead of "pretending to be busy" then you are likely to get a promotion and the hours you need.

 

I do live off of it. Granted, it's no comfy lifestyle, but you can't expect that when working customer service.

 

^ Underwear, the only reason I waited was because I thought this job was going to be worth the wait, never mind the pressure my dad keeps putting on me to wait for it. IGA was my other option, I was juggling three potential places so I didn't think I was doing so bad. Otherwise, I would've gone out and gotten something else. But now I've waited too long and backed myself into a corner, I know that. Yes, at this point I'd take anything. But the one thing I'm trying to keep in mind through all this is that whatever I do, it has to support me. That right there is why I'm in the position I'm in, because WD can support me. That's why like a dumbass I'm sitting here waiting.

 

Oh I know. My family has always lived tight financially. I know what it's like, I've done it. Even with my own jobs. But if I wasn't going to stay where I was, I need a step up. If I'm taking a step down I might as well go back where I know I might get a raise and I already know how to do the job. It's pointless to leave a bad job for a worse job.

 

Yeah, I also firmly believe that even if you're making that paycheck, no one can pay you enough to be miserable.

 

What do you mean? Staying with a job you like that doesn't pay very well?
I almost did that, and I should have. I left Food World because one of my regular customers is store manager of Rite Aid, where I worked briefly. I knew her for awhile, and my friend at Winn Dixie knows her, so I trusted her. She promised me good money, full time, and eventually management. She ended up paying me less than a dollar more at part time, and after I was there two months I realized she didn't want me as a manager, she wanted a really good cashier. So I started looking for another job. I applied at IGA and Winn Dixie offered me a job. I never told her because I wasn't planning on quitting until I found a job, which was likely to be August if IGA hired me, but she found out somehow. I don't know who told her, I asked my friend and he said he didn't tell her. The two stores are right next to each other and the staff at each store knows each other, so she must have found out from another employee. She pretty much fired me right then and there. Said finish out the week and go. So I did, thinking I'd smoothly transfer to WD. Had I stayed at Food World, I'd be making money while I wait. I sure wish I'd forseen that big mistake, but I guess hindsight is better than foresight.

 

I mean if you hate the place, there's no point in staying. My sanity is way more important than my financial stability.

 

^ Thank you! I agree. I know I can't afford to be picky right now though. Actually, if I were being as picky as I could be I'd have turned down WD 'cause I can tell you right now I'm going to hate that job like I've never hated anything. I have to take it though.

I worked at Food World for two years, I didn't know it was possible to love a job so much.