Check out Glassdoor, indeed and other jobs sites to compare the reviews from employees in your same position at each company so you can assess whether the bump in pay at Walmart comes with any drawbacks compared your current position at Oreilly. Things I would personally pay attention to our overall work, culture and job satisfaction amongst those in your same position and ranking, opportunity for promotions and pay, increases, and overall employee benefits that matter to you most. Higher pay definitely is a factor you should consider, especially when your hourly rate is under $15 an hour and the additional $1.50 an hour can be a meaningful difference in your overall paycheck (especially if you’re clocking overtime hours occasionally because that increase is $2.25 an hour more for any overtime hours). However, if O’Reilly moves employees up in pay quicker, or has a far better work environment or benefit system, it can be a moot point when you look at the bigger picture so it’s important to evaluate everything that matters to you. Another possible route, you could go which does carry some risk and depends on how valuable you and your position is to Oreilly currently, is to inform your direct supervisor that you have a formal offer from Walmart right now for $1.50/hour more than your current rate at Oreilly and in considering your options you wanted to explore whether Oreilly would consider matching or at least increasing your hourly rate to make the decision to stay put and decline the Walmart offer an easy one for you. I would be cautious in doing this because you don’t want it to come off like you were playing games and some employers do not have positive reactions to learning their employees are applying to other jobs. That said, i think you can mitigate the risks a lot if approach the conversation from a sincere and transparent place where you do not indicate that you’re actively applying for other jobs, but rather you suggest that this opportunity with Walmart fell into your lap and you wanted to have an honest conversation with your supervisor to entertain whether there are opportunities for you to get a comparable pay rate at Oreilly because you value your job and the team and ultimately have a strong interest in staying with company. Be professional, and characterize a conversation as simply explore your options so you can make the best decision for yourself, and for your potential future at Oreilly. I think, as long as you do not come off as giving Oreilly an ultimatum or as overstating your value to the company in a way that exudes arrogance, it is possible to open up the dialogue in a way that is productive for you and minimizes any risk. But every employer is different and it ultimately depends on how receptive your supervisor is to those kind of conversations so you will have to assess cautiously. Since you’ve only been at the store for a week, you are unlikely to have any ammo for this negotiation, so it may be a better idea to talk about the pay increase as some thing that you would be eligible for in the near future, and get an assessment of, what type of opportunities exist for you to continue to move up in the company and in pay. Lastly, with gas prices, right now, you may want to do a rough calculation to figure out the difference between the extra bump in your rate, versus the extra mileage you would be driving for your shifts because it may negate the increased rate entirely once you consider gas and wear/tear on your vehicle. Good luck and feel confident about whichever direction you choose, because having options on the table is a good sign and something to be proud of regardless.

Learn how to upsell to get more commissions.. selling and learning sales tactics, sales will net you more money in the long run. Face to face selling and getting good at that will be advantageous to future endeavors.

My thoughts are, the place is too drama filled, and the managers I interacted with were two faced, in a horrible way. An hour long lunch is not necessary.

The work is easy enough, but not my type of setting.

Meh, you are dead, just throw me in the trash

Not just if you sick. Also if your kids and sometimes spouse is sick as well. Those hours go fast.

>First and foremost, you need to have a decent resume

First and foremost, you need to have a decent degree

FTFY

My wife has a BS in kinesiology with an emphasis on sports science. She is now a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Some degrees are nothing more than feeder degrees. Kinesiology is either a feeder degree or one you use to become a Personal Trainer.

You won't likely get 44 hrs at Walmart negating any per hour gains. And the commission if anything will be better than a couple of bucks.

Spend some time in one place, learn and then look for your next opportunity in a place you want not just the next option available.

I mean, do you really want to work at Walmart? If it's a dream of yours or you're in Arkansas with corporate growth then yeah jump.

Otherwise make a plan, work the orielys counter and then work the plan.

Thirty jobs only? When I landed my first “adult” job a year ago, I applied to probably 100-150 jobs in a month or so. Everyone has great advice here, but also a lot of jobs are either old posts that they forgot to take down, or internal promotions they have to pretend is open to everyone. Good luck out there

Hard stimulants will get you cleaning/studying/exercising in no time.

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Walmart sucks. They wont give you 40 hrs. Be lucky to get 30. Stay away. Oreilly sucks too, but at least you have the downtime, and learn useable skills and knoledge. Walmart is a zombie farm

Thanks, J.J. Bittenbinder!

STREET SMARTS!

I don’t have much to add that others haven’t already said, but don’t get discouraged. I just switched jobs 5 years post graduation and applied to roughly 320 positions. Out of those, I received about a dozen interviews and 2 offers. All applications submitted between September and November, and there are still more than 100 that I haven’t received a response from. It’s a numbers game. I will say, I had more success with applications made through a company website rather than LinkedIn.

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i already do that it's called work.

I don't think LinkedIn is very good that's because they're just jumping on the bandwagon late in the game because that's not what they started out being but my wife is recruiter for a major corporation and she loves and really recommends many of the common websites for job searching. It has changed and migrated a little over the years. The first big one I remember hearing about was monster.com if I'm remembering it correctly but you never hear of it today. My wife really recommends indeed.

I see, and it should relieve some stress off of my mom and brother too. I like your idea ! I'll try to see if a planning can be done.

It's all about distracting yourself. You can distract your eyes, your hands, your ears, your nose, or your taste.

For example, video games are the worst distraction because your eyes and ears are being distracted. However, the worst part about it is that your hands are distracted. You really can't do anything else effectively while playing video games.

Find an activity that distracts you in ways that allow you to still be productive. My favorite is my ears and ears only. I listen to my favorite podcasts while doing chores around the house. It makes such a difference, I almost considered getting rid of my television.

Keep your options open. Don’t tell people you’re new they looks for newbies to scam.

What are you’re thoughts?

Definitely. Im not the guy to leave a job so soon. I don’t like putting a bad image unless it’s a really bad employer. Which i told walmart. Team lead said I should come in for interview and if something happens later down the road I can go with them

Use your 'sick child days' and keep those kids home when they are ill and infectious. Those days are yours for a reason.

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