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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

I’m currently working my first ever job, part-time hourly in retail, and I’m not sure if what’s happening is normal or not. Your manager is an ass — which actually isn’t uncommon in retail, but this sounds like you’ve landed on the particularly toxic end of the retail spectrum. Is this normal or a toxic environment?

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

But of course, it pays less than my retail job because I had been there so long and I took a pay cut for an entry-level position since I have little experience. I knew I would have some administrative work, but what I didn’t fully understand at the time of hire is that I’m purely an administrative assistant.

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DECEMBER 22, 2015

(We’re in a small department–previously three, and now four, employees; all three of us report to my boss, but I am the most senior of the three reports and the other two provide administrative assistance to both of us. He recently interviewed for a new job and got the position. A few interview bites, no offers.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

When I did an interview screen with a recruiter, she said she was aware I did not speak French and this might be a problem, but said she’d leave that to the hiring manager to make that call. I have been an administrative assistant for a solo practitioner in the healthcare industry for several years. Never happened.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

McGoffs advice, on the other hand, tends to be hyper-specific, like help for followers who ask for assistance writing a resume as a retail worker or an administrative assistant. Its squishy advice, she says. Need tips on gracefully setting boundaries at work? Shes got em. Advice With Erin has you covered.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Everything else is basically low-paying retail and fast-food jobs. I got one interview with them five years ago. in my exact field, albeit in an administrative assistant capacity (which would be a step down from my previous compliance position). I thought I’d at least get an interview.

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