Here’s a follow up to the Walmart story from the other day, the interesting part of the article mentions the Schedules That Work Act, which is apparently being pushed through Congress. I read through the bill and it essentially says that an employee can REQUEST a better schedule–i.e. better hours, less on-call etc. and Read More…
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3 Photos That Show Why Wal-Mart Needs to Increase Worker Hours, Not Reduce Them
So here’s an interesting article about how Walmart is struggling with increased shrink after slashing hours to compensate for the higher wages they started paying. It’s pretty much a cause and effect thing. If there’s not enough or barely enough hours to run a store in the first place and you cut even more, Read More…
This Guy Nailed It About Working In Retail!! Must Read.
This article is from Alan Henry at Lifehacker and it’s one of the best I’ve ever read about working in retail. I highlighted some of the best parts for you, he especially nailed it about customer entitlement (“I’m the customer, so I’m automatically right and can treat you like crap”) and the part about Read More…
The 16 stupidest things Urban Outfitters has ever sold
I don’t shop at Urban Outfitters, partly because their damn windows are always cracked, but here is 16 more reasons I would never enter their building. I am not one easily offended, but it’s hard to decide which of these offended me MORE. You just have to wonder the intelligence of the people who came Read More…
10 Things Amazon Pulled From Its Virtual Shelves
You might think that Amazon sells everything and they damn near do, but there are some things that even they won’t sell. #6 is surprising to me because I have been told by many dog trainers that they work and in fact used them on my dog for a while without any Read More…
5 Things You Should Never Buy At Walmart
I guess every chain would have a list like this, although the one I work at would probably have a much larger list. And if you buy your furniture at Walmart (#5) you probably got what you deserve… Walmart touts its “everyday low prices” and broad selection, but that doesn’t mean Read More…
CVS Photo Website Hacked–But STILL down?
It’s been over a month now since CVS Photo’s website was hacked and taken down. Employees will tell you that they are the site is still down and customers are unable to do anything online, and send out orders (for those still in the 20th century that still use film, they have to Read More…
14 Things You Might Not Know About Target
I knew about CVS buying their pharmacies of course, but did not know most of the rest of these. They reinvented the shopping cart but apparently need to reinvent their red basket racks to prevent this from happening. And the pregnancy thing is scary but indicative of how much data is being collected Read More…
Target Strikes Back. Well, Not Really.
So as a follow up to yesterday’s post about gender signs being pulled at Target, here’s a guy who posed on FB as a customer service rep for Target and answered some people back with some awesome replies. He eventually got shut down but is now an internet hero Read More…
12 Ice Cream Secrets From Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Gurus
I’m not too upset about them never making Kale flavored ice cream, but you KNOW that Bacon would have been a huge seller. But they stuck to their kosher guns. 1. THERE’S A REASON BEN & JERRY’S FLAVORS ARE SO RICH It’s partly because co-founder Ben Cohen has anosmia, or almost no sense of Read More…