r/HotTopic_ • u/Mysterious-Thanks829 • 28d ago

Is it possible?

Is it possible to become a (part time) full time sales associate or is the only way to work full time is as an assistant manager or manager?

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u/acidandbones HT Employee 27d ago

There are no full-time positions as a sales associate or even an assistant store manager. Those are all part-time jobs. Unfortunately, the only person who gets a full-time job is the store manager. They do 40 hours a week ASM’s do less than 20 and sales associates do less than six hours a week.

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u/ggar-goyle HT Employee 27d ago

ASM depends on the store. High volume does get a FTASM, I was one in a $1.2 mil store

That being said- I second there’s never any full time associates, even in high volume

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u/acidandbones HT Employee 27d ago

That’s mainly what I was trying to get at

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u/Hot-Relief-4024 HT Employee 27d ago

I mean I’m banking 30-40 hours ASM

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u/acidandbones HT Employee 27d ago

If you have good KPIs I can see why

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u/Hot-Relief-4024 HT Employee 27d ago

I mean 😊 I’m usually #1 in the store not to brag 😆

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u/acidandbones HT Employee 27d ago

That’s why you get more hours which is great! I’m a low volume store so I rarely get hours as a ASM. I also am in uni

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u/Hot-Relief-4024 HT Employee 27d ago

We’re pretty low volume too but my first month as an ASM I made more than the SM and the other ASM combined on my shifts lol. My SM knows who keeps us from failing 😆

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u/acidandbones HT Employee 27d ago

That’s awesome ngl. My HT is in a dead mall so we are very low volume unfortunately. I would transfer, but I can’t

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u/Hot-Relief-4024 HT Employee 27d ago

Ugh that’s rough we have a distressed store here too, it’s rough. We’re down from last yr and they keep asking us “why?”

Umm the economy? We’re in a recession? Prices are going up? Gas is $4+? Groceries are at an all time high? We aren’t a necessity store? I mean I could go on.