I'm a 20 year old college student and I currently work at a department store on commission. I work about ~30 hours a week (usually more) and make around $700 every other week.
It's been getting to the point where I feel I really need to look for a new job. I'm very unhappy there, and since I'm a student, school obviously comes first in my life. To the store I work at, work trumps school, and I've had to skip classes (I have two full days of school a week) to come in to work on days where it turns out I wasn't even needed. I have to fight to be able to work only 30 hours a week (4 days; enough hours to make good money and still be able to devote time to school), as I am usually scheduled closer to 40.
I do feel very lucky to have a pretty decent paying job for a student, and in general, just to have a job in this economy, but I feel I would be much happier somewhere else. The only thing keeping me there right now is the money.
Does anybody know of any places where I could make about the same and work around 30 hours? I hope I don't come off as ungrateful because I'm not, but I feel as if I'm at my wit's end here.
It's been getting to the point where I feel I really need to look for a new job. I'm very unhappy there, and since I'm a student, school obviously comes first in my life. To the store I work at, work trumps school, and I've had to skip classes (I have two full days of school a week) to come in to work on days where it turns out I wasn't even needed. I have to fight to be able to work only 30 hours a week (4 days; enough hours to make good money and still be able to devote time to school), as I am usually scheduled closer to 40.
I do feel very lucky to have a pretty decent paying job for a student, and in general, just to have a job in this economy, but I feel I would be much happier somewhere else. The only thing keeping me there right now is the money.
Does anybody know of any places where I could make about the same and work around 30 hours? I hope I don't come off as ungrateful because I'm not, but I feel as if I'm at my wit's end here.