First off wanna say that this was my first job, and I worked at the place for 8 months.

At first it was pretty good, my bosses were decently kind, and I had flexible hours. Every once in a while one of them would be mean (same one every time), shouting at me in fairly broken English and getting even angrier when I had trouble understanding (they were foreign and esl, so I'm not blaming them for the poor communication). I had been really tempted to quit a few times after a few days of constant criticism (keep in mind I NEVER got positive feed back from them). But ultimately it was to bad, so I decided to stick around.

This changed when I started working mornings. I was previously working nights, 1 or 1:30 to 10, which was fine, but I didn't like getting home so late. I had made it known I was interested in working mornings, and after a while they started me in the morning. Problem is, I was to work 6 days a week, 7 hours a day. I wasn't pleased with this but imo it's better than working nights.

At first I figured it would be alright. But literally my first morning shift, my boss was furious with me. Keep in mind I've never opened before, and they never actually trained me (I had been winging it for the previous 6 months). Any mistake I made, she would shout at me and show how she wanted it done. Then, after a week, she would change how she wanted it done and would get angry that I didn't instantly know without being told. Keep in mind, no training. This went on for weeks. If I made even the smallest mistake, or didn't do something in the right order (but still got it done right and on time), I'd get shouted at.

The best I could do was an lle and nod. I had a bit of trauma in my highschool years and was coming out of a really bad depression, and the environment was kinda triggering for me. After 2 months of that, and a lot of crying before work, a good friend of mine told me to put in my two weeks. I really wanted to quit right then but I have rent to pay.

My last day is the 22nd and I'm so excited. They weren't really upset when I put my two weeks in, and theyve actually been a lot more tolerable, so hopefully I don't leave with a bad taste in my mouth.

Ultimately, I learned a few things. Firstly, is if your bosses are working 14 hours a day, it makes it really hard to ask for time off. Secondly, if your bosses won't hire any more help even though it's really needed, they are probably taking you for granted (I was only their only employee). Thirdly, positive reinforcement is kind of essential. If you receive none there's a problem.

Really there were a lot more problems with this job, but yeah, felt like I needed to share.

Now I just need to figure out wtf I'm doing now