Cliffs: I have a job at Autozone. My old job might make me an offer. How do I
go back and forth between the two to get the most money?
Story: April of 2011 I started working at Office Depot. I started at minimum
wage($7.40, 6.36 after tax), which was supposed to be supplemented with a
sales percentage from services on computers. It never happened, mostly
due to them changing the rules on how commision was made. The job was
boring, and MAX I could get about 32 hours a week. The biggest paycheck I
got was (IIRC) about $400 for two weeks. Towards the end of the summer, a
ton of drama began at the job. I quit, but realistically I was about 20
minutes away from being fired.
Sounds all bad. I met my current girlfriend there, and made a few friends, but
it left many sour memories. The people who caused the drama left shortly
after (mostly).
A few months after, I started work at Autozone. They offered me $8.25 an
hour, and I took it. I like the job quite a bit more. With one or two
exceptions, there is no drama whatsoever. It's all work and good humored
fun. The downside? It's in the Ghetto, so it's
a) About a 20 minute drive. OD is 3 minutes. That's a LOT more in gas.
b) In the Ghetto. Say what you want, but our clientele are stinky obnoxious
pieces of shit. I can't understand what they say half the time, either
because it's a loud black guy speaking in tongues, or it's a Mexican. They
are the worst part of my job.
After a record week ($54k) we've bottomed out. My hours have been cut
quite a bit recently.
So, to sum it up:
Office Depot
Pros: Very close to home
Girlfriend works there
Better customers
Cons:
I was fired
Boss is still there, doing similar shit to a buddy that works there
Minimum wage (read on though)
Autozone:
Pros: Fun to work at
Better pay
Discount on parts
Cons: Far away (more on gas)
Customers are shit
Possible drop in hours
So, why did I type all this up? Well, the manager at OD is having such a
difficult time finding tech people that know what they're doing one of the
assistants is proposing hiring me back.
I was a little shocked to hear this at first, but it makes sense.
(Somewhat important to add here: While I did do some bad things to burn
bridges when I left, I did them in such a way that no one knows it was me)
The proposing manager said she'd be able to hire me back above their
starting pay (min) and likely what I make now, or more.
I've talked it over with my GF (still works there). I'm mulling it over in my
head and thought I'd ask here. I'd like to stay at Autozone, it's funner and
IMO a better job. But OD is closer and my GF works there.
My three options as I see them:
1. Stay at Autozone and avoid the drama, try to mention this and get a raise
2. Switch over to OD and make more or the same.
3. Try to manage both jobs. Possibly see if I could get a raise at both?
I'm very tired so I hope all this makes sense. Thanks for reading
go back and forth between the two to get the most money?
Story: April of 2011 I started working at Office Depot. I started at minimum
wage($7.40, 6.36 after tax), which was supposed to be supplemented with a
sales percentage from services on computers. It never happened, mostly
due to them changing the rules on how commision was made. The job was
boring, and MAX I could get about 32 hours a week. The biggest paycheck I
got was (IIRC) about $400 for two weeks. Towards the end of the summer, a
ton of drama began at the job. I quit, but realistically I was about 20
minutes away from being fired.
Sounds all bad. I met my current girlfriend there, and made a few friends, but
it left many sour memories. The people who caused the drama left shortly
after (mostly).
A few months after, I started work at Autozone. They offered me $8.25 an
hour, and I took it. I like the job quite a bit more. With one or two
exceptions, there is no drama whatsoever. It's all work and good humored
fun. The downside? It's in the Ghetto, so it's
a) About a 20 minute drive. OD is 3 minutes. That's a LOT more in gas.
b) In the Ghetto. Say what you want, but our clientele are stinky obnoxious
pieces of shit. I can't understand what they say half the time, either
because it's a loud black guy speaking in tongues, or it's a Mexican. They
are the worst part of my job.
After a record week ($54k) we've bottomed out. My hours have been cut
quite a bit recently.
So, to sum it up:
Office Depot
Pros: Very close to home
Girlfriend works there
Better customers
Cons:
I was fired
Boss is still there, doing similar shit to a buddy that works there
Minimum wage (read on though)
Autozone:
Pros: Fun to work at
Better pay
Discount on parts
Cons: Far away (more on gas)
Customers are shit
Possible drop in hours
So, why did I type all this up? Well, the manager at OD is having such a
difficult time finding tech people that know what they're doing one of the
assistants is proposing hiring me back.
I was a little shocked to hear this at first, but it makes sense.
(Somewhat important to add here: While I did do some bad things to burn
bridges when I left, I did them in such a way that no one knows it was me)
The proposing manager said she'd be able to hire me back above their
starting pay (min) and likely what I make now, or more.
I've talked it over with my GF (still works there). I'm mulling it over in my
head and thought I'd ask here. I'd like to stay at Autozone, it's funner and
IMO a better job. But OD is closer and my GF works there.
My three options as I see them:
1. Stay at Autozone and avoid the drama, try to mention this and get a raise
2. Switch over to OD and make more or the same.
3. Try to manage both jobs. Possibly see if I could get a raise at both?
I'm very tired so I hope all this makes sense. Thanks for reading
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