Hi! I came from retail to the siren, been here a little over a year and I miss retail so much. I miss merchandising, I miss folding clothes and doing more casual tasks and actually talking with customers vs having to deal with 45 second drive times. I miss upselling and caring about my sales, units per transaction and my average dollar sales (I was a store manager I LOVED this stuff) and idk I just miss the retail vibes

I used to work at Ross night shift and now work at Starbucks and while retail was exhausting it was far more relaxing than Starbucks. Starbucks puts so much pressure on “connections” when I just want to go to work, do my job and leave. Sometimes I feel pressured to talk when I just like being alone with my thoughts and working on my tasks. Retail allowed me to do that. Even during the most stressful days.

I worked retail, fast food, big girl office job after college, and then went right back to coffee at Starbucks.

Let me give you a word of advice from someone who thought Starbucks was the better path worth taking:

People suck EVERYWHERE. At least at Starbucks I can get so busy that I don't even remember it by the end of the shift and they're gone instantly afterwards. With retail and my office job, the haters were coworkers, bosses, AND customers. Too much free time = too much bullshit time. Bad interactions would ruin my entire day because they were slow jobs and I had too much time to think.

Moved from barista to server. I make $25-$30 an hour now and it’s so worth it.

My last day was yesterday after almost four years and good lord idk how anyone that stepped in after covid is expected to survive this shit. Youll almost certainly be happier elsewhere.