My store wants us to be more self-sufficient, so we don't get a team lead in until about 10am, even though we open at 8am. One morning I had to get keys that I'm not really supposed to have in order to unlock the cash drawer so that I could get another cashier some change for her drawer- because guests like to break $100s in the morning. In addition, I have witnessed this be abused as some cashiers won't even open a register, but do meaningless tasks like putting bags on registers (not taking the heavy boxes from the closet)
Yet our Black Friday days are the worst, they want me to do a lot the things that a team lead should do, like resolving flashing lights. I don't mind helping out with this, although recently it's only other cashiers that are expected to be able to take care of themselves. But in order to do that, we require more experience in dealing with these problems. I received one pay raise in the last two years, of about .08 cents, and then everybody got raised more than that to the new store minimum, including myself.
Either way, I can't be the only one who thinks that team members who have more experience, and do the same things that team leads do should get paid more than new people who can't do that same thing? I mean I know it's retail, but this might be the reason I quit in the end. I don't mind helping out, but my job shouldn't consist of basic paygrade duties and the same duties as people who get paid more than me... it's pretty much $13 an hour at my store, although TLs get more.
Yet our Black Friday days are the worst, they want me to do a lot the things that a team lead should do, like resolving flashing lights. I don't mind helping out with this, although recently it's only other cashiers that are expected to be able to take care of themselves. But in order to do that, we require more experience in dealing with these problems. I received one pay raise in the last two years, of about .08 cents, and then everybody got raised more than that to the new store minimum, including myself.
Either way, I can't be the only one who thinks that team members who have more experience, and do the same things that team leads do should get paid more than new people who can't do that same thing? I mean I know it's retail, but this might be the reason I quit in the end. I don't mind helping out, but my job shouldn't consist of basic paygrade duties and the same duties as people who get paid more than me... it's pretty much $13 an hour at my store, although TLs get more.