My Two Jobs

[Ryan_Liam]

The Two Jobs

Ok, I started working at an insurance company 3 weeks ago, whilst retaining my other job at Woolworths working at the weekend and the odd night shift during the week.

It’s not the two jobs that bother me, I enjoyed it for a while, it’s just the way in which attitudes have done a complete 180 ever since I got my new job at the insurance company. People at work have said I had become more cocky since I got the other job, but it comes with the territory since I’m doing mostly sales. I have tried to limit that kind of behaviour when I work at Woolworths.

People are snappier as well, I got into one fight and 2 arguments, one argument I had was with my manager who told me to do a different cage of stock, which eventually took 3 days to do bcs he told me to do something else. My uncle said it was because I realised that I could do better, and thus had no respect for his authority anymore.

Now, I told my uncle about all of this, he said that I should quit my woolies job and concerntrate on building a career (insurance place) because I’m bad for morale at Woolworths, because I don’t really need to do it, yet some of the employees there need to to survive.

Now my manager has worked at Woolworths for over 10 years, worked his way up, doesn’t know anything different, could this be a factor in why his attitude has changed towards me? He’s 28, 2 kids and I’m 21, nothing tieing me down really, so I’ve got an open field to do anything, so to speak.

Today we talked, I implied he was jealous of me, he replied

‘Me jealous of you? I’ve got my own car, own house, come back with those and I might get jealous’

So what’s people’s opinions here? Has anyone had two jobs? What did you learn when you did so?

[Sad_and_Deranged]

I started working as a cashier at Sears the summer I graduated high school. I was there for a years until I got a second job at my university campus. Really easy, good paying office work. I had hated working with customers about a month after I started working in retail. It was getting the office job that made me realise I just wasn’t cut out to do retail and the more I did it, the more stressed I was. I stuck with it a couple more months because I needed the money, but my managers knew I wasn’t one to stick around for much longer, and they didn’t outright treat me badly, but the special attention they gave to other employees they knew were sticking around for a while longer was not given to me. I didn’t care too much though, they knew I knew they knew I wasn’t going to be around much longer. I did what I got hired to do, nothing more, got a decent letter of reference and got the hell out of there. “No more retail ever again!” I said, and it’s been true ever since.

What I learned out of it?

Don’t burn any bridges even if you know you’re not going to make a career out of retail. That letter of reference came in handy, even as an indication at what type of employee I was (comes to work on time, friendly to customer, etc.)

[Ryan_Liam]

@Sad and Deranged

I started working as a cashier at Sears the summer I graduated high school. I was there for a years until I got a second job at my university campus. Really easy, good paying office work. I had hated working with customers about a month after I started working in retail. It was getting the office job that made me realise I just wasn’t cut out to do retail and the more I did it, the more stressed I was. I stuck with it a couple more months because I needed the money, but my managers knew I wasn’t one to stick around for much longer, and they didn’t outright treat me badly, but the special attention they gave to other employees they knew were sticking around for a while longer was not given to me. I didn’t care too much though, they knew I knew they knew I wasn’t going to be around much longer. I did what I got hired to do, nothing more, got a decent letter of reference and got the hell out of there. “No more retail ever again!” I said, and it’s been true ever since.

What I learned out of it?

Don’t burn any bridges even if you know you’re not going to make a career out of retail. That letter of reference came in handy, even as an indication at what type of employee I was (comes to work on time, friendly to customer, etc.)

Well I follow the philosophy that despite appearances, nearly all jobs work out the same in the end, no matter what you do. So Retail work to me is just another version of customer service compared to my sales job at the insurance place, the only thing which puzzles me is the attitude they’ve all seemed to of acquired since I got the new job. I do/did enjoy working there, it’s just that now they seem more distant and maybe hostile towards me.

[Sad_and_Deranged]

@Ryan_Liam

Well I follow the philosophy that despite appearances, nearly all jobs work out the same in the end, no matter what you do. So Retail work to me is just another version of customer service compared to my sales job at the insurance place, the only thing which puzzles me is the attitude they’ve all seemed to of acquired since I got the new job. I do/did enjoy working there, it’s just that now they seem more distant and maybe hostile towards me.

The attitude might stem from knowing that you’re not sticking around. I mean, your boss probably realised you wouldn’t be a lifetime employee from the day you started, but it was still unclear exactly when you were going to leave. Once you got that second job, it became clear to him and everybody else in the company that you’re capable of looking elsewhere, and now he has a clearer indication of exactly how long you plan to stay there. Your uncle may or may not be right about your respect for his authority. When I got my second job, I started thinking about how utterly stupid some of Sears policy was, and it was because I had another “better” job to compare it to. It’s also possible that while your manager is pretty happy with his life and his position, that some part of him wonders if he was a couple years younger, if he could have the same opportunities as you. The important part of that realization is to keep it quiet and not mention it to him! I mean, tactfully, sure, but if you said to him what you posted here, it’s pretty crass. In his shoes, I would think you were looking down on me just because I got myself all settled down, and you still have gasp choices!

How long do you plan to stay at Woolworths anyway?

[Ryan_Liam]

The attitude might stem from knowing that you’re not sticking around. I mean, your boss probably realised you wouldn’t be a lifetime employee from the day you started, but it was still unclear exactly when you were going to leave. Once you got that second job, it became clear to him and everybody else in the company that you’re capable of looking elsewhere, and now he has a clearer indication of exactly how long you plan to stay there. Your uncle may or may not be right about your respect for his authority. When I got my second job, I started thinking about how utterly stupid some of Sears policy was, and it was because I had another “better” job to compare it to. It’s also possible that while your manager is pretty happy with his life and his position, that some part of him wonders if he was a couple years younger, if he could have the same opportunities as you. The important part of that realization is to keep it quiet and not mention it to him! I mean, tactfully, sure, but if you said to him what you posted here, it’s pretty crass. In his shoes, I would think you were looking down on me just because I got myself all settled down, and you still have gasp choices!

Well I didn’t really say it too him, it was implied to him by another co worker whilst I was eating my lunch.

How long do you plan to stay at Woolworths anyway?

Well I don’t know really, just liked working there because I enjoyed the company of the people.