Trust me when I say this, consider yourself lucky. Take the time to save some money if you can. I am sure it's more than what you were making at Macy's. Find a job that doesn't require you to do the work of five people for such little pay. Find a job that doesn't just leave you in the dark for months. Find a place where you will feel appreciated. A place with some job security, where you don't have the big dark cloud of store closures and layoffs always looming over your head-I know that the economy isn't great, but there are better jobs out there, that will provide some job security. Because, let's face it, even when the economy was good, we all still faced the inevitable beginning of the year staff reduction/store closures. (Great morale booster-while you are working yourself to death over the holidays & not spending time with loved ones, in the back of your mind you wonder if you'll even have a job come January.) BTW- I don't work at a Neighborhood store, our store actually does pretty well. So if I'm feeling this way, I imagine others are too. When or if you finally do go back, you will wish you had spent this time finding something that is worth going back to.
An excellent post by @ywf+15un8hQC.