Via The Guardian:
Avita Samuels has worked at the Mall of America in Minneapolis for the last four years, juggling a sales job with her studies in political science and law at the University of Minnesota.
The 24-year-old has been the top sales associate for the last three years and works between 29 and 35 hours a week.
But over the past few months, she said, she has watched as friends working in stores around her have their hours and benefits slashed – and she’s worried that she will be next.