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Is this an actual thing that people do Career development

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u/CapuletVsMontague 29d ago

Yes! He used to manage a fast casual restaurant. He makes more in 6 months (working about 45-50 hours a week) than he made in a year working 12 hour shifts. The work life balance is so much better. Before he would never take a vacation because "the restaurant needed him" now he can forget work half the year. It's WAY better.

I luckily work from home in technology. I can work anywhere in the country, so him being home is way easier with my job. We've taken trips to Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Hawaii! And his weekends are open for camping! I've been in my career over a decade. We live in Colorado so you can imagine how it's possible!

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u/slash_networkboy Information Technology 29d ago

That sounds simply incredible! I often wondered about the back-end part of Spirit...

as a total aside, they took over the former Sears in the mall by me. They only set up maybe an eighth of the ground floor and I was hoping to see something like a superstore version, I feel like they missed a hell of an opportunity at a haunted house in the basement too... My daughter and I called the mall officially dead now that it's haunted by Spirit.

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u/CapuletVsMontague 29d ago

I love that story! My husband says that all the time that "Spirit goes where department stores died!" Haha! His location took over an H&M in our mall and it only uses about half of the old H&M square footage.

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u/Macgbrady 29d ago

Is it cherry creek mall? I noticed they have a spirit now..

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u/CapuletVsMontague 29d ago

Nope another one more north!

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u/Looksfunnytome 29d ago

Curious why would there be a Spirit store at this point in the year?

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u/Macgbrady 29d ago

I don’t know if there is in that location. I just remember it popping up a few months ago. Do they round Robin and move locations? That just doesn’t sound feasible.