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Home Depot, my ticket out of MTing - JW

Posted: Apr 21, 2012

Anyone wishing to start a new career, right now may be a good time to apply at Home Depot. They are hiring seasonal cashiers and I applied and I am on my way to being hired after a drug test next week. It's for 120 days with possible permanent employee. I will learn some customer service and cashiering which I feel is valuable since I have never done it with 30 years of being an MT. Hopefully, it will work into something else. It has been tough to find another job but this could just be my ticket out of this MT rut. The pay is $8.80 to start and certainly better than below minimum wage which is what I was making from the company I was with for three years. The only way I will MT again is if I get a job back that I had for .12 cpl. This was an overflow job and if they need help again, I will consider it. It was very easy quick money.

bonne chance - incognito

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You will probably lose some weight, too, being on your feet. Leaving the job there at the end of the day, getting out of the house, all good.

Let us know how you like it.

I think I'm jealous! I love home - mthead

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improvement stores and hardware stores. And you get to get out of the house and make money. Congratulations and good luck!

Home Depot - JW

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Hope I get a discount on things there too. My next choice is our Natural Grocery store so I can get a discount on my supplements. I like this idea. I believe anyone who wants out of MT whether temporary or permanent should give this a try.

Wow, what a coincidence! - Coco

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This is coincidental, to me....I left MT'ing about two months ago, and I've been contemplating the next job phase in my life. Lowe's and Natural Grocers or Trader Joe's are two of the places high up on my "maybe" list!

Could you tell me what kind of days/shifts you think you'll be working--if you know yet, that is.

I've been hesitant to pursue retail because I don't want to be stuck on working every single weekend again (or too many evening shifts), and I'm worried that that's what retail usually entails. I'm trying to get away from that kind of schedule (at least not ALL the time) since my hubby works days/weekdays, and I actually like to spend time with him....imagine that! :-)

Good for you, and good luck!

Coco Good Luck!!! - JW

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I may have to do some evenings but I've been unemployed for so long I really need to get back to work so will put up with it. I'm glad to have a chance to do customer service and cashiering to give me another career. MTing has gone on for too long and I worry since I have done nothing else, that's all I will ever get. Probably have to do some weekends too but it's part time up to 30 hours a week. I'm going to bug the manager at Natural Grocers because the evening hours are earlier than HD's and I can get a discount on food and supplements.

JW - - Coco

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JW: I can "hear" how happy you are, even through your posts! :-)

If you would, I'd love to know how it's going for you in a couple weeks, particularly what the scheduling is like. That's been my biggest hangup with some jobs--worrying that I'll get stuck in some crazy schedule--and I'm always curious what the reality ends up being like for those employees.

A discount on food and supplements would definitely be like added income. I love the Natural Grocers here...not so huge that it's overwhelming to shop--it's just the right size.

I hope you have a great experience at HD and that it will lead to something permanent after your seasonal period. Keep us posted!

Coco and HD - JW

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I will defintely try to let you know about the scheduling. They do an orientation first and I should get into that probably next week. I live in a small city in western Colorado and there aren't many places to work other than cashiering and customer service. There are quite a few doctors but everything as really slowed down here. I had a chance at our local hospital before the first of the year to transcribe but it just dissolved into thin air. Still working on it though if things were to pick up. The pay was very good and also benefits for part time. I had an overflow MTing job for about a month and a half here with an ortho group that paid .12 cpl but that dissolved also and I really liked it. There are a few doctors here that do not use companies for their transcription including the hospital.

Natural Grocers is a focus for me and will work on that one too. I do know that they do like you to be available to work some evenings at HD which is 10 pm and also Natural Grocers could be 9 pm. I told them I do my best work in mornings and afternoons but they said there might be a few times I would have to work the evenings. Know that feeling of not wanting to do those kinds of hours but I don't have much choice here. I need to work doing something and keep looking for something that fits me a little better. Good Luck!!! I'll try to keep in touch here.

Congrats on taking the big step, JW. - Hope you love it. :) NM

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Thanks NM - JW

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Thanks NM. If the right MT job came along, I would jump at it. I still like it but don't want the low paying jobs and long hours. I think I will like it. It's probably going to be in the garden department which I love being outdoors this time of year.

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