ForsakenMermaid
Cashier Princess
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2014
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- 19
I guess one could argue that the answers given to the questions I asked at my interview were about employment at the store in general and not my specific job, but I feel as though I may have been horribly misled.
After I finished answering all of my interview questions to the point where I thought they would say I was overqualified (but they didn't), I was given the opportunity to ask questions. I asked if there was a full-time position available and was told "Yes, we have full-time jobs." I guess I was being overly presumptuous to assume that meant the position they were offering me was full-time because they did not specify otherwise. Then, I asked if there were benefits. Of course, what I meant was "Will I have benefits?" My interviewer started to explain a bit, but changed her mind and just gave me a straight-up "yes." Her answer was something along the lines of "Well, if you've been here for 90 days, and . . . eh, yeah. Yeah, we've got them." After giving these responses about full-time positions and benefits, I was immediately offered a cashier job by the same person on the same day, leading me to believe as a result of the interview that this was a full-time job with benefits (possibly after 90 days).
Today was my second day of training, or my third if you count orientation. Even though my training schedule was very light, I figured I'd be getting more hours later because I was told at orientation that our hours for training could be very different from our hours once we "officially" start doing our job. After seeing that my posted schedule for my third week, after I finish training, and that I only had 20-something hours or so, I started asking random people if I was full-time since I'm still not entirely sure who my direct lead is, and none of the people who interviewed or trained me were there. I was basically told that there are no full-time cashier positions, all cashiers are part-time, and that only full-time employees can get benefits. I said that is not what I was told at my interview, and it was suggested that I speak to someone in HR. I also had to fight like crazy to set up my eHR account because even though I was told about it at orientation, no one offered to help me set it up, and every time I asked about it, they said the system was down. They also said I could log on from home, which I later learned was not true.
I really don't know what to think anymore. I feel like I was either lied to or very strongly misled.
After I finished answering all of my interview questions to the point where I thought they would say I was overqualified (but they didn't), I was given the opportunity to ask questions. I asked if there was a full-time position available and was told "Yes, we have full-time jobs." I guess I was being overly presumptuous to assume that meant the position they were offering me was full-time because they did not specify otherwise. Then, I asked if there were benefits. Of course, what I meant was "Will I have benefits?" My interviewer started to explain a bit, but changed her mind and just gave me a straight-up "yes." Her answer was something along the lines of "Well, if you've been here for 90 days, and . . . eh, yeah. Yeah, we've got them." After giving these responses about full-time positions and benefits, I was immediately offered a cashier job by the same person on the same day, leading me to believe as a result of the interview that this was a full-time job with benefits (possibly after 90 days).
Today was my second day of training, or my third if you count orientation. Even though my training schedule was very light, I figured I'd be getting more hours later because I was told at orientation that our hours for training could be very different from our hours once we "officially" start doing our job. After seeing that my posted schedule for my third week, after I finish training, and that I only had 20-something hours or so, I started asking random people if I was full-time since I'm still not entirely sure who my direct lead is, and none of the people who interviewed or trained me were there. I was basically told that there are no full-time cashier positions, all cashiers are part-time, and that only full-time employees can get benefits. I said that is not what I was told at my interview, and it was suggested that I speak to someone in HR. I also had to fight like crazy to set up my eHR account because even though I was told about it at orientation, no one offered to help me set it up, and every time I asked about it, they said the system was down. They also said I could log on from home, which I later learned was not true.
I really don't know what to think anymore. I feel like I was either lied to or very strongly misled.