Insperity

MAY 15, 2018

For those employees who’ve made the neighborhood coffee shop their personal office space, remind them that these are retail establishments designed for coziness and conversation. Does she know that sitting for three hours straight on her sofa, while hunched over her computer, is bad for her back?

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Success

JULY 8, 2024

Department of Labor shows some roles in which women typically make more than men (such as tutors and personal care and service workers) and others that are about equal.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 3, 2015

A reader writes: I currently work full-time at a large retail store as a department lead (no real management responsibilities). Is there any hope for me to change career fields, or am I doomed to remain in retail? how can I move from retail into a professional career? My educational history is also less than impressive.

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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. I planned on small gift cards and candles or something similar for the other two.)

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MARCH 1, 2018

I’m an administrative assistant for a firm of about 35 people. He has had a couple of retail type jobs since then, but always manages to lose them within a month. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. Can I ask people to make requests in writing? Somehow it’s never his fault.

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