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Read the community guidelines1. The atmosphere was harmonious when I first started.
2. The work was simple and easy to learn.
1. The pay was very low.
2. The store manager’s girlfriend would act hostile and give people dirty looks. Even though she was just another employee, when customers wanted to check out, she would sometimes stand at the counter and loudly call other employees over to handle the checkout.
3. She would sow discord among the employees. She even had something to say when colleagues went out to eat together on their days off, and she would especially tell employees bad things about other employees.
4. Although the stated end time was 10:30 p.m., it was actually treated as a job with fixed responsibilities, so we often left 10–15 minutes late; there were even times when we did not get off work until 11 p.m.
5. Most importantly, when I resigned, labor and health insurance premiums were deducted from my final month’s pay. When I asked the boss, he said that he had already enrolled me for insurance that month, but when I later handled my health insurance matters, I discovered that the premiums had never been paid at all. In other words, the labor and health insurance premiums for my final month were pocketed. Although it was only a few hundred dollars, it left me feeling terrible.
I know that business is never entirely honest, but exploiting your own employees is one thing—how can you still expect them to work hard and devote themselves as if the business were their own family?
They often say that young people today are just fragile strawberries and act superior because of their seniority. The pay is poor and the time off is limited. Think twice before applying.