Okay so I've been planning for the past 2 years on staying with United Supermarkets ( a grocery store with supposed advancement opportunities ). The store's managers have been passing me over for the past few months and it took me 3 months to be trained in a new area that they said they would put me in, and now I'm trying to move up and they said they'd do it... It is a month later and they have trained 2 new people for the spot I was going to be in.

I have planned on moving up into management, but is it worth the hassle/wait? I've been passed over for positions at least 2 or 3 times before they moved me there.

My uncle works for the oil fields a town over from me as a truck driver and he said they are hiring for about everything. He was telling me I could get a job as a part of the Pulling Unit ( about 15/hr for a Mon-Fri job ).

I really want to go try for that job, but I want to become a manager at United and make Salary which is that or even more.

Money as soon as I graduate or money in a few years maybe if I'm not passed over for it.

Thoughts, critiques, experiences?

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Welp. I can say that retail can certainly be a fickle beast. When I first started working for Walmart and wasn't sure of my future, I had told management that I was interested in going further, becoming a manager. I started to do all the things that they told me to do, take the tests, get mentored by others, etc. But there haven't really been any opportunities for me to advance.

I can say from experience that although 2 years seems a lot to you, to management that is small potatoes. I can also say that they may be apprehensive to put you in management because you are young. For the next twenty years there's always going to be someone else who is older and more experienced than you who will probably get that position.

It's important to look at your future plans, but sometimes it's best to do what's better for right now. 15 bucks an hour for an unskilled worker is incredible money, and I would slap you if you didn't at least apply.

You might also think of getting educated or learning a trade, you could get a job in retail anywhere given your experience.

I guess in short it is up to you, but when the time comes to ditch the dead-end job, ditch it.

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If united supermarkets is anything like walmart, there is a lot of negativity toward its employees. Even more so towards a manager. cause in the customers eyes, the manager screwed up by not foreseeing/preventing the issue that the customer is peeved about.

As a truck driver, you can't really advance. So there is no misconception there. And when you get sick of it you can just drop it for something better. Beware not to get sidetracked by money alone. Do what you enjoy.

If you pass your test and become a driller, I hear there is stupid money(upwards of 80,000 a month). But to get it, you have to start somewhere lower on the rig, make the people respect you, then they will listen to you when you become the driller.

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Meh. And 2 years is more than most of the people that work there can say. There is almost no one left from when I started, and I show them the initiative to try different things I do do different things. I am one of the few people that are trying to learn everything in the business. Honestly I can do more than most of the people that actually do work where I am trying to get. Not management yet, but in guest service compared to just a cashier.

I was talked out of an oil field job. My parents made a good point. You're just a number and easily replaceable.

I honestly don't know what to do

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Your parents have a very valid point. And its even more true with bigger companies.

To avoid this, try to get hired by a small company that contracts to the large oil companies.

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I gave up on that plan for the oil field.
It's true you could show up one day and just not have a job. :/

Giving united 2-3 more weeks. Currently looking for a new full time job lol.
If they don't train me to do guest service and/or give me a raise imma bounce :p

They've given me 2 raises in 2 years. And I do 7 different things for the company starting as just a sacker. They sure don't have a problem calling me to work any shift for any department though.

And they won't give me full time at the present because of Obamacare!

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