Retail Workers Question Whether Managers Actually Work as Comment Thread Sparks Debate

Reddit users came together to complain about their managers after a user made a post on r/retailhell asking whether retail managers actually do any work. The post, titled “Is there such thing as a retail manager who actually does work,” was shared by u/anxious_society697 on November 12. At the time of writing, the post had received 22 upvotes and 18 comments. r/retailhell is a subreddit for people who work in retail to complain about their working environments and managers. “Vent about your bad experience,” the description of the subreddit reads. “Tell us a heartwarming story about the customer who turned your day around. Post a funny meme.” The subreddit has more than 40,000 members who post memes and share personal anecdotes. In the recently shared post, the Reddit user asked whether retail managers actually worked or whether it was a position in which the person simply ordered people around without doing anything themselves.

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