anyone work at Hot Topic

[Bingham88]

im currently in off time from touring and the only place thats really hireing is hot topic and i was wondering if anyone on hear worked there... maybe let me know if it sucks or not, im just in neede of some income while im waiting for my next tour to start.

[MarsEatWorld]

I wanted to work there because a really attractive guy works there but then I heard they got paid min. wage so NO THANKS

[mht]

it's a fun place to work if the co workers are cool. if the managers have egos and are huge dicks because they realized their lives are already over then it sucks.

but literally if you are surrounded by cool people you do nothing but stand around and talk to freaks and mongoloids all day.


if you are looking for income... this is not the place to work as they will probably only give you 10 hours a week at min wage, lol probably will lose that in gas money going back and forth

[voncorn]

I refuse to work at the mall, let alone even shop there.

[thespearkid]

It all depends on the people.

[remedyeli]

You get really shitty hours there unless you're a manager or key holder.
There are tons of better places to work at even with a tour schedule.

Before the Steve and Barry's around here shut down, they were cool with us leaving for however long we wanted to and we also got to choose our hours pretty much. I'm not sure if it was our manager that was tour friendly or if that's how they run all of them but I would deff check that place out if you have one near you.

[stayforawhile]

Helllll no.

[raychull]

I'd probably kill myself if I had to work at Hot Topic.

[jagermeister]

Why would anyone born in the 80s have any kind of desire to work at this store?

[Fallinto_rhythm]

I love how everyone assumes he'll be making min. wage and recieve no hours. Every retail store is different regaurdless of where it's located. I'm sure Urban Outfitters on 14th is a hell of a lot different than the one on Broadway. It's the people, managers, costumers.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

I refuse to work at the mall, let alone even shop there.

ohhh sorry to hear that. We'll never ask you to leave the house again.

[I'm DC]

The only joy I could ever imagine getting from working at Hot Topic is making fun of the kids going in there.

[Bingham88]

well does anyone have any better suggestions for income jobs, i live in orlando, and id prefer to not work in food service.

[voncorn]

ohhh sorry to hear that. We'll never ask you to leave the house again.

That's pretty funny considering I do all of my clothes shopping online.

[Fallinto_rhythm]

That's pretty funny considering I do all of my clothes shopping online.


That is pretty funnny.

[OdeToTheSun]

I'd probably kill myself if I had to work at Hot Topic.
lol.

[raychull]

well does anyone have any better suggestions for income jobs, i live in orlando, and id prefer to not work in food service.
universal studios? hello?

it's orlando. there's plenty of tourist traps you could work at.
as with every other normal job.

[raychull]

lol.
what?

[OdeToTheSun]

what?
You said you'd kill yourself if you worked at hot topic.

I'd love to work at hot topic actually. Hell, I just wanna work anywhere since I've never had a job.

[raychull]

You said you'd kill yourself if you worked at hot topic.

I'd love to work at hot topic actually. Hell, I just wanna work anywhere since I've never had a job.
ahaha. I hate hot topic. the only time they ever have anything I like, I don't have any money. and i just avoid it in general because of all the 14 year old 'punk rawk kids'

actually, that's why i avoid the mall, in general.
although I would like to work at FYE, maybe.
or pacsun.

I'd probably work at some office firm. I'm pretty sure working at the mall would be a mistake for me.

[spansen]

hey u guyz, does anyone hear work for hot topic?

anyway, i think it'd be a cool place to work-- though i'd kind of hate myself for working there at the same time.

it's here, not hear.

[4N6 science]

Hot Topic sucks. It used to be all dark and cool there and then they renovated and it was all bright and happy. I wasn't having it.

[Heart-A-Tact]

Hot Topic sucks. It used to be all dark and cool there and then they renovated and it was all bright and happy. I wasn't having it.

I've been waiting to see this renovation. None of the Hot Topics I've seen here in Orlando or even back home in Missouri had been remodeled yet.

[raychull]

hot topic in jacksonville is pretty ace, I must say. there was hardly anyone there when I went, as it was a weeknight.

[walking_by91]

well does anyone have any better suggestions for income jobs, i live in orlando, and id prefer to not work in food service.
DON'T work in food service. Worst mistake of my life. haha not really but it sucks. I'm sure Hot Topic wouldn't be that bad. If the people are chill it will be a pretty interesting job.

[Heart-A-Tact]

well does anyone have any better suggestions for income jobs, i live in orlando, and id prefer to not work in food service.

You've probably already checked it all out, but have you hit up Millenia?

[Bingham88]

universal studios? hello?

it's orlando. there's plenty of tourist traps you could work at.
as with every other normal job.

you dont make shit at the theme parks...

and you guys were all right i turned in an application to one of the two i was applying at and the lady laughed when she saw how much i wanted to make hourly and said they make minimum.

[MarsEatWorld]

DON'T work in food service. Worst mistake of my life. haha not really but it sucks. I'm sure Hot Topic wouldn't be that bad. If the people are chill it will be a pretty interesting job.
I love working at a grocery store :shrug:

[walking_by91]

I love working at a grocery store :shrug:
haha I worked at Johnny Rockets and Panera Bread. It suckedddddd.

[MarsEatWorld]

haha I worked at Johnny Rockets and Panera Bread. It suckedddddd.
ooo I guess that is different.

[walking_by91]

ooo I guess that is different.
Haha yeah, I mean they were fun jobs but not at the same time.

[MarsEatWorld]

Haha yeah, I mean they were fun jobs but not at the same time.
ooo. well grocery store cashier is probably more chill than that.

[walking_by91]

ooo. well grocery store cashier is probably more chill than that.
hah yeah I bet. At Johnny Rockets we had to dance every half hour and do gay things like draw ketchup smiles. Hahah I don't know why I ever had that job. First Job though... so naive.

[.invisible ink.]

you should do debt collection or something similar to that when you're not on tour. the pay is decent (so i've heard) and it doesn't require a whole lot of skills, but i'm sure it's better than making minimum wage and you could even put it on your resume without it looking worthless. just a thought since you're already 20.

[chrisstahl]

it's a fun place to work if the co workers are cool. if the managers have egos and are huge dicks because they realized their lives are already over then it sucks.

but literally if you are surrounded by cool people you do nothing but stand around and talk to freaks and mongoloids all day.


if you are looking for income... this is not the place to work as they will probably only give you 10 hours a week at min wage, lol probably will lose that in gas money going back and forth

i worked at a hot topic when i was 18. i quit when i realized it was actually costing me money to work there with the min. wage and the 60 mile round trip in a chevy blazer. yeah.. hahaha.

[mht]

i worked at a hot topic when i was 18. i quit when i realized it was actually costing me money to work there with the min. wage and the 60 mile round trip in a chevy blazer. yeah.. hahaha.



yea that sounds about right for me too lol

[austenjonesufg]

I worked there for 2.5 years and I started when I was 16. It was fun because I had a good staff and you definitely meet interesting people. It really depends on your store and how the staff is there. It's a good place to start out working. Good luck.

[4N6 science]

I've been waiting to see this renovation. None of the Hot Topics I've seen here in Orlando or even back home in Missouri had been remodeled yet.

It's awful. Most of the scene kids don't go in there anymore since it's so bright. Now its all the preppy kids who want to be "cool" and wear band t's.


SOOOOOOOOOOOO LAME!

[spansen]

It's awful. Most of the scene kids don't go in there anymore since it's so bright. Now its all the preppy kids who want to be "cool" and wear band t's.


SOOOOOOOOOOOO LAME!
hot topic wasn't ever really that cool. i was in support of it in middle school. and then i stopped..
(but, i'm reading your sarcasm, and it's off the charts.)

[4N6 science]

hot topic wasn't ever really that cool. i was in support of it in middle school. and then i stopped..
(but, i'm reading your sarcasm, and it's off the charts.)

Yeah I'm surprised my sarcasm didn't make your sarcasm meter explode there.

[MarsEatWorld]

I heard the same company that owns Abercrombie and Holister owns Hot Topic now...is that true?

[justcantwait]

I heard the same company that owns Abercrombie and Holister owns Hot Topic now...is that true?

i dont think so, i used to work for the abercrombie call center and we only worked with a+f, hollister, and Ruehl. I was thinking it was Gap that owned it. But I could be wrong.

[Richard Maxim]

I used to work at that shithole. when i got hired there they payed me a little higher than 7 bucks but i know that its even lower now. believe me you don't want to work there, the amount of brats that go there are truly overwhelming and isin't nearly worth the amount of work they make you do compared to how much they pay you.

[KillyourIdols88]

im currently in off time from touring and the only place thats really hireing is hot topic and i was wondering if anyone on hear worked there... maybe let me know if it sucks or not, im just in neede of some income while im waiting for my next tour to start.

What band are you in?

[insideabox]

I don't, but there's a guy I know that works at the one in the mall....looks just like Luke Pickett, still has the mullet Luke used to rock also.

[boysandbulletsx]

A Hot Topic in Orlando is hiring? Rather, someone in Orlando is hiring? I have not been able to find a single store in any mall around here that is hiring right now, but then again I haven't really considered Hot Topic, but I may have to resort to applying there.

[thesafeword]

With a name like boysandbulletsx I'm guessing that you're pretty much a given. Just as long as you're scary/weird looking enough to scare the parents, but not so much that they don't let their little brat go into the store.

[boysandbulletsx]

Forget you! I made this account in '04 - it was original and clever back then! Let's just say that when it comes to clothing sales, I've worked at Pac Sun and Gap - nothing similar to Hot Topic. Anyway, I remember when I was younger and my parents wouldn't go near that store because it was run by "freaks" and if they wouldn't take me into the store, then I wasn't allowed in there, hahaha. You have to admit that the people who work there now are far less scary-looking than the kind of people who worked there 4-5 years ago. But my parents are foreigners. They didn't understand why people dressed like that. Heck, I don't think anyone understood why people dressed like that.

[ablueskytragedy]

Do it, it's worth it for the discount dog collars.

[Greg]

i refuse to listen to your band. i have never listened to you, so i can't say whether it is bad or good. forever neutral...

[Kassie09]

Working at hot topic would be so fun, I would be getting paid make fun of basically every single person that walked into the store, I would so get my ass kicked but regardless, worth it.

[takemyhand]

I filled out an application for Hot Topic, epic fail.
Longest application I ever filled out, and weird questions... haha.

[mht]

Forget you! I made this account in '04 - it was original and clever back then! Let's just say that when it comes to clothing sales, I've worked at Pac Sun and Gap - nothing similar to Hot Topic. Anyway, I remember when I was younger and my parents wouldn't go near that store because it was run by "freaks" and if they wouldn't take me into the store, then I wasn't allowed in there, hahaha. You have to admit that the people who work there now are far less scary-looking than the kind of people who worked there 4-5 years ago. But my parents are foreigners. They didn't understand why people dressed like that. Heck, I don't think anyone understood why people dressed like that.

PacSun = Hot Topic. Not in terms of merch content but you get the idea, when I worked at Hot Topic half the staff had either worked at Pac Sun just a couple feet away at the end of the mall or left Hot Topic to go work there. For months we basically traded workers, it was sad, you were basically doing the same job. Stocking, planning, register, fitting rooms, merchandising, folding clothes... It's all the fucking same no matter weather the shirt says Hurley/Bam Margera or Chiodos/Rockett Clothing. If you can do one you can do the other, the kids all look the same for the most part/like the same shit that work at either store.


Working at hot topic would be so fun, I would be getting paid make fun of basically every single person that walked into the store, I would so get my ass kicked but regardless, worth it.


I lived your exact fantasy that basically lead to me getting fired. In the end it was well worth it. Even better as an ex-worker now customer I can go in and speak my mind and belittle/shit on everything, and those workers have to put on their best "fake smile" for it. If they do anything else they know their job is fucked. (some managers make that store their lives.) It rules to be an asshole sometimes.

[TcicatrizMespV]

Question: If you work at Hot Topic, can you control the music that plays through the store while you're there? Whenever I go in there, I always see workers dicking around with the radio. If you could, that's totally ball sauce and worth working there. It would certainly make the horror of working there every day move faster.

[timbedinosaur]

I wanted to work there because a really attractive guy works there but then I heard they got paid min. wage so NO THANKS
Working at a place for a guy, reallllllllll smart.

[zion the lion]

I wouldnt work at hot topic. When I was 14 I went to the mall for christmas shopping with a few friends, 3 of us were willing and ready to shop anywhere but one of them refused to go into any "preppy" stores and and made us stay in hot topic for an hour while she listened to whatever the hell they were playing. Knowing that there are plenty of mall goths that make hot topic their life makes me want to avoid that place like the plague.

oh and people were pissed because everything they got from me came from hot topic that year because that was the only day I got to shop.

[Burn That Shit]

Hot Topic must be a really fun place to work at if you wear ridiculously baggy black jeans with chains all over them and a Misfits t-shirt.

[Gumbyjag]

it'd be cool to work there if there were any perks.

[Kassie09]

PacSun = Hot Topic. Not in terms of merch content but you get the idea, when I worked at Hot Topic half the staff had either worked at Pac Sun just a couple feet away at the end of the mall or left Hot Topic to go work there. For months we basically traded workers, it was sad, you were basically doing the same job. Stocking, planning, register, fitting rooms, merchandising, folding clothes... It's all the fucking same no matter weather the shirt says Hurley/Bam Margera or Chiodos/Rockett Clothing. If you can do one you can do the other, the kids all look the same for the most part/like the same shit that work at either store.





I lived your exact fantasy that basically lead to me getting fired. In the end it was well worth it. Even better as an ex-worker now customer I can go in and speak my mind and belittle/shit on everything, and those workers have to put on their best "fake smile" for it. If they do anything else they know their job is fucked. (some managers make that store their lives.) It rules to be an asshole sometimes.

I'm quite jealous of how fun that'd be.

[dissident]

it's retail. all retail sucks and has shitty pay/low hours unless you're in management.

[Jake Denning]

My thoughts: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/

[MarsEatWorld]

Working at a place for a guy, reallllllllll smart.
I didn't?

[timbedinosaur]

I didn't?
But you said you wanted to.

[MarsEatWorld]

But you said you wanted to.
And what was the reason I didn't?

[beth danger]

My thoughts: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/210827/


I was just thinking the same thing. Well played.