Hours are competitive, here. This is not an issue for me, but it seems to be a popular concern, so I will address it. You will achieve full-time hours because of one, or more, of the following:
A.) You have an open, flexible schedule
B.) You work your butt off on every shift, causing management to depend on you to get stuff done
C.) Your store is extremely low on employees/people are on vacation
Yes, it is extremely beneficial to your cause if you are able to work multiple shifts. The manager (and even managers from other stores) can depend on you to cover call offs, or the shifts that other employees' schedules won't allow them to work. This alone gives you a giant boost in image. If you actually complete your shift duties, that boosts your image, as well. You don't have to run around like crazy and stress yourself out all the time; just don't be a slacker. Use your time wisely, don't stand around like an idiot--do your job. If you owned a business, and paid people to work for you, how would you want them to work? Would you want them to put forth some effort for your money? Or just stand around, complaining about how unfair work is? Work isn't meant to be "fair". How many crappy employees do we know that get by on just the minimal amount of work allowed (causing us to have to work that much harder)? Now imagine that, in a "perfect" world, they had one year's seniority over you. In this "perfect" world where you work your butt off to pick up where they slack, you get to watch sadly as they get promoted, simply because they're employed longer. Not so perfect, is it?
