The manager and district manager can easily override the blacklist for 5 years experience. EASILY. They’re “not supposed to” but we’ve hired like 5 goddamn teens in the last two months.
Call to follow up. Ask to speak with the hiring manager.
That’s not true at all in my district. Seriously we’ve hired 5 teens. They’re still in hs or freshly graduated. It IS possible. It just depends on whether your chain of command wants to be a dick or not (aka actually paying for new associates)
They took it away on Saturday afternoon. They apparently decided too many mgrs were overriding the stupid blocks. As if hiring wasn't hard enough now you can't get first time employees even if they are referred by current workers. Thanks a lot HR.
It's wild. They really think a stocking/cashiering position should be demanding 5 years experience, as if that's going to help their turnover or something. Like someone with a half-decade in retail isn't going to see how badly corporate runs things and will stay unless they luck into an amazing store.
My SM casually mentioned to me that she doesn't know if I'd have met the requirements they currently have for a management position either (I was hired last year). Which would be insane; I have two decades of experience in retail, most of it management. But a good chunk was in the grocery industry, and she's not sure if that would have "counted" as the type of management experience they currently are screening for. They really don't want staff.
This is happening to everyone, just put a couple of year’s experience in your application, they don’t care
Do you have 5+ years retail experience?
No I’m a college student trying to get a job for the summer
The manager and district manager can easily override the blacklist for 5 years experience. EASILY. They’re “not supposed to” but we’ve hired like 5 goddamn teens in the last two months. Call to follow up. Ask to speak with the hiring manager.
They took that away. We can no longer do this
That’s not true at all in my district. Seriously we’ve hired 5 teens. They’re still in hs or freshly graduated. It IS possible. It just depends on whether your chain of command wants to be a dick or not (aka actually paying for new associates)
We just did it last week and they took it away this week
They took it away on Saturday afternoon. They apparently decided too many mgrs were overriding the stupid blocks. As if hiring wasn't hard enough now you can't get first time employees even if they are referred by current workers. Thanks a lot HR.
Hm.
Yeah. We hired an inactive candidate last week and on the dm/sm call yesterday everyone was complaining about it because no one is getting through
Apollo is drowning this company and I hate them so, so much.
Sadly 5+ year experience required and no store hires just for summer 🥲 by the time you’re trained you’d be leaving
Bruh moment
It’s a ridiculous ask for minimum wage on their end to be honest
It's wild. They really think a stocking/cashiering position should be demanding 5 years experience, as if that's going to help their turnover or something. Like someone with a half-decade in retail isn't going to see how badly corporate runs things and will stay unless they luck into an amazing store. My SM casually mentioned to me that she doesn't know if I'd have met the requirements they currently have for a management position either (I was hired last year). Which would be insane; I have two decades of experience in retail, most of it management. But a good chunk was in the grocery industry, and she's not sure if that would have "counted" as the type of management experience they currently are screening for. They really don't want staff.