Or don't.
If you've ever worked retail and/or graveyard ... just no.
All they'll do is employ people to work horrible night shifts questioning their lives for peanuts in pay.
And the people who come in at 2am.....
Ugh
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Is it that bad? Worked nights at petrol station and...honestly, one of the best jobs I had. Paid shit, but was chill and somewhat inline with my internal clock so...
One of my closest friends nearly committed suicide because of how miserable Walmart made his life.
My condolences. Seems to be less so night shifts and more so Walmart itself then. I know people who aren't of the night-time is wake-time type are immensely drained by night shifts...never imagined it could be this bad.
I loved shopping at 2 am. It was basically me, nighttime truckers, and people who worked weird shifts stopping by after work. When I shop in the day the aisles are congested and shelves occasionally need a restock, and checkout lines out take forever (looking at you costco)
If one is in your area, Winco is your friend then. 24hr grocery shopping. They are also worker owned and have a great bulk goods selection, so they are a better food shopping experience at roughly the same price point.
I no longer live in the PNW. I miss Winco.
What state are you in, if you don't mind me asking? I just moved from Dallas to Los Angeles and there are Wincos in both, just kind of out of the way.
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I miss WinCo. Had one in the town my college was in. I used to get a cart full of groceries for like $80. That place was the jam
The nearest winco to me is a country away ;_;
I wish I could shop at a unionized store or a worker-owned place but none exist near me for groceries.
I lived across the street from one for awhile and loved going grocery shopping late at night to avoid everyone else.
The best time to go. Free entertainment that late too from some of the customers.
I’ve always heard stories of shit going down at walmart, but I’ve never seen it.
Dennys, on the other hand…
nothing to see here :)
I don't live in the US but I'm guessing people working at Walmart ~~at 2 am~~ is not getting paid enough
I ~~don't~~ live in the US ~~but I'm guessing~~ people working at Walmart ~~at 2 am is~~ not getting paid enough
Honestly, in a sea of underpaid jobs, it's just nice not having to deal with customers, and some people are just night owls
I'm a night owl and working 2am-11am in retail had me driving to work with my seat belt off hoping a drunk driver would hit me.
Due to working in retail in general or was the night shift even worse than the day/evening shift?
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It stopped during covid and never started back up
That would be a dream for autistic people with heavy sensory issues. Mine are usually manageable, but it sure would be convenient either way. I've never seen any 24/7 supermarket over where I live; I guess it's just not a thing in my country (or Europe in general, from my experience).
Labour laws are too good over here.
We in Finland have great labour laws and great unions, but still have some 24/7 stores.
The secret ingredient is extra pay.
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Are they not 24-hours anymore? I've not shopped at Walmart for probably a decade now. Shopping late at night was the best; you never really realize just how much other shoppers slow you down until you have the whole store to yourself.
I'm not sure if some random ones are but I travel a good bit and since covid I have not seen a single Walmart open past 11pm. They are one of a TON of businesses that got rid of overnight operations for covid and never brought it back.
That's a real shame. Just one more L for us night-shifters.
Yep no more overnight Walmart. Damn shame Covid plus Trump ruined everything.
Currently awake at 3:49 am, night shopping sounds so calming but I've never done it before.
It's quiet. Nice if you have social anxiety.
But stock is sometimes lacking.
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Please no. Let’s not normalize burnout again. Few good things out of Covid was humane working hours
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We'd go to Ralph's at 2am and buy a carton of half & half for $0.69 and pay with a check.
Far out, man
Do they not? When I was a high school senior I liked going there and McDonald's and driving around all night, but I'm an old man now so I don't leave the house past January
I used to work two jobs and the middle of the night was the only time I could shop and I still don't want them to go back to that.
Around Lancaster, PA you’d have a group of Amish teenagers wandering Walmart at that time of night, alongside meth heads.
I had a late shift job that was 6pm - 2am. I'd usually run to walmart or other 24hr grocery stores to do my food shopping for the week after my shift. It was always a breeze not having to deal with lines or traffic. The caveat being some crackheads just doing normal 2am crackhead things in front of the store.
The real reason:
Walmart ain't got enough staff to enforce shit at 2AM
Nah... Walmart can't force folks to work 24 hour shifts anymore.
Nah forcing workers to survive mimum wage is hard enough. Don’t force them to work at the middle of the night.
Have a “petrol station/corner shop” open for emergencies.
They still have stockers and cleaning done overnight. It's just not open to customers.
Don’t force them to work at the middle of the night.
What if they want to work in the middle of the night. I miss night shifts.
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Pretty sure they're still working.
Just focused on cleaning and stocking shelves.
But at least not dealing with customers!
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Shift work has been a thing forever
Not sure why retail is any different.
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