/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18555045
>How did it go for you?
I started as a cashier for Winn-Dixie in high school then got a job at Publix in produce, then became a stock clerk, then Scan/Price. Hanging tags was (and probably still is) the best job in the store along with Store Trainer. In most stores you get your own desk and the job itself is about 1/4 a desk job. The hours mostly suck (4am 3-days, 7am 2 days) but could be worse and you can get used to it.

The beauty of it is you are the only person who knows how to do your entire job. If you call in sick (which you should never do in that role) or go on vacation people can do the individual tasks but rarely does another associate know entirely what you're supposed to be doing. So if you're caught-up you can just walk around with a clipboard or your sign cart and sip drinks and eat snacks and nobody will know any better.

It's generally a job for older women but if you're a dude and you did your time on the stock crew you will be an asset and management will like the fact that you're generally around when the stock crew isn't for several hours every day. If I were you I'd go for it with 1 caveat: change stores and don't tell anyone you know how to cashier because they will constantly call you up to run a register otherwise. Never let them crosstrain you as cashier.

I left the job in college but I often painfully regret it. The pay was not great but the stock and benefits were excellent and I often wonder how I could have supplemented my income with side-gigs or online fuckery while keeping my cushy Publix desk job, non-management with little responsibility.