Sure, if you can get the current produce manager to quit... at the grocery store I started in he had been the produce manager for 8 years, and wasn't retiring for another 30 or 40. The store manager had been there 18 years, and wasn't retiring for another 25 or 30. So if you want to keep bagging groceries and wrapping strawberries for 30 years until you get your "big break" be my guest. This is exactly the reason I finally decided that I needed to go to college, I wasn't working in a grocery store the rest of my life so in a few decades I might finally crack the poverty line. As for my dad, he started in his current company 20 years ago, he was a press operator... the job kind of sucked, but he made a living wage, and got incentive rate on top of that (make 110% of "rate" earn 110% of your pay). He excelled at his job, cracked 200% on some occasions, and made a decent living. A few years ago a maintenance position opened up, and now we jockey back and forth over who makes more money. I'm extraordinarily proud of my dad for the work he's done, and grateful for the opportunities, and lessons he's provided me. He is proud of me for the things I've accomplished with those opportunities and lessons.