Worst job Eng 301 
Joe McNeilly
3-14-2015
English 301
Essay 1 Draft 2
Worst Job
The worst job I’ve ever had was probably working at Petsmart, in Sand City. I have had a lot of jobs and this made me realize I don’t like working at corporations or in retail. I grew up in the country and have always had jobs doing physical labor either at my parent’s farm, or the surrounding farms. When I first started working at Petsmart I liked it. As time went on I started to see how bad it really was. The management was horrible, I was assigned for a graveyard type job, and no one did anything until the District manager was coming in that week.
The managers were good people but when it came to work they seemed to not really care. The shift manager would sit in his office all day eating and watching ESPN on his phone. Our hiring manager tried to be a sales associate, instead of doing the work she was always complaining about. No one would do the inventory so when it did get done everything was off. I would tell the shift manager the days and times I would need off, and for some reason I’d be scheduled for times I requested off weeks prior. When I applied I signed up for “Sales associate” but ended up working cash register. After I quit, I found out that almost everyone got fired and Petsmart is now under new management.
The District manager would come in almost every month for a store checkup. We were supposed to be doing things weekly to avoid getting behind, but with this management nothing really got done. The District manager would come and there would be prices from the last month still on items. Items wouldn’t be on the shelves and still in the back from the night before. He would observe customers asking if we had certain things in stock and no one would know because it was a mess in the back. After the second time the District manager came to the store he was so fed up he just walked out.
After a few months of working at Petsmart I was told that I was going to be doing shifts from
3-14-2015
English 301
Essay 1 Draft 2
Worst Job
The worst job I’ve ever had was probably working at Petsmart, in Sand City. I have had a lot of jobs and this made me realize I don’t like working at corporations or in retail. I grew up in the country and have always had jobs doing physical labor either at my parent’s farm, or the surrounding farms. When I first started working at Petsmart I liked it. As time went on I started to see how bad it really was. The management was horrible, I was assigned for a graveyard type job, and no one did anything until the District manager was coming in that week.
The managers were good people but when it came to work they seemed to not really care. The shift manager would sit in his office all day eating and watching ESPN on his phone. Our hiring manager tried to be a sales associate, instead of doing the work she was always complaining about. No one would do the inventory so when it did get done everything was off. I would tell the shift manager the days and times I would need off, and for some reason I’d be scheduled for times I requested off weeks prior. When I applied I signed up for “Sales associate” but ended up working cash register. After I quit, I found out that almost everyone got fired and Petsmart is now under new management.
The District manager would come in almost every month for a store checkup. We were supposed to be doing things weekly to avoid getting behind, but with this management nothing really got done. The District manager would come and there would be prices from the last month still on items. Items wouldn’t be on the shelves and still in the back from the night before. He would observe customers asking if we had certain things in stock and no one would know because it was a mess in the back. After the second time the District manager came to the store he was so fed up he just walked out.
After a few months of working at Petsmart I was told that I was going to be doing shifts from