It's a good thing I don't care about the job I have or my head would've popped off a long time ago. I'm currently working at the local Advance Auto parts store. Been there about 9 months. It's not the most glamorous job but it isn't difficult, the commute is short, and it works with my school schedule.
I have never worked anywhere else where showing up not hungover and not calling off because you are drunk or hungover were such issues. When they are at work, my coworkers will all sit around and talk about what and how much they drank and how wasted they got like it's some sort of pissing match, but then when its time to show up for work, everyone has a "migraine" or a "stomach bug", or stumbles in 15 minutes late and hide and do nothing their whole shift because they are half kicked in the ass from the night before.
We're currently running on a skeleton crew, and we don't have the coverage for calloffs. That's a bigger issue that goes further up the ladder, but it's something we've got to work around.
Also this company is a posterchild for corporate mismanagement... holy *f-word, I thought Lowe's was bad. This place makes Lowe's look like they have Warren Buffett for a CEO. Their stock is absolutely in the *s-wordter, they are closing 700 stores, selling off assets to make their bottom line look better, and Autozone and O'Reilly are wiping the floor with them. Our sales suck, the targets are so ridiculously inflated we have no idea where we should actually be. Its no wonder, our prices are awful. I feel embarrassed charging people the prices we do.
Advance's idea of cutting operating costs? They set our remotely-controlled thermostat at 86°F in the summer so the AC wouldn't run. And now that it is cold they set it at 64° so the store is freezing. Too bad I found the temp sensor in the store and started putting ice packs or Hot Hands on top of it to get the AC or furnace to kick on.
They also told us they aren't fixing the front doors that are falling off the hinges and have a 3" gap at the bottom. As long as we can lock them, they are fine, we were told. Let the stores fall apart guys, I don't give a *f-word.
