I was made to work unpaid overtime on a regular basis while on a full-time schedule as a teenager. When I requested a change in paid hours to accommodate the excess workload, it was outright refused. I was working 9-11 hour shift and getting paid for 8 hours. Almost always late at night too, on solo-closing shifts.
Super understaffed. We barely got to take breaks. If we were lucky enough to have two people working, one person could go grab lunch then swap. But typically we worked alone, so we were instructed to close the store doors for 5 minutes to get our food, then eat under the counter while we continued working.
Our manager was almost never present in store. When she was, she was unprofessional. One time, she had me walk her dog on my shift. Our assistant manager worked more often than our manager did.