Wednesday, September 25, 2024
On this early-to-work day, I will help open the department store that’s my part-time employer. Because of that morning obligation, the opening shift forces me to rush to get to work. It will become more challenging next month when the store begins to open one hour earlier and throughout the holiday season. The word is that we also will close one hour earlier than now, but I remember last year. In December’s final weeks, we were closing the store very late.
By now, I’ve worked in this store for just one month, less than a full year. Recently, I was surprised to receive an email from our NYC headquarters and our company’s president congratulating me on my nearly one year of service.
That gesture jolted my memory. For two years prior, I kept changing part-time jobs every six months, needing to develop retail skills that would make me more hirable in this city’s primary retail environment. Each job added to my skills, and last year, I decided to work in sales through the holidays for a major department store. I never planned to stay, but I’m still there and liking it.
Early is just that, and to get to my job today, I must start moving now. I also must start to wrap my head around the soon-to-be target of “one hour earlier.” That likely is inspired by our soon-to-be “clock-falling-back.”
Dear Friends: Retail is a war; people will spend over $2B online this holiday season. Diana
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