Maybe, just maybe if corporate would just tell a little truth we could have confidence and believe in the transformation. But when we hear one thing and we see another then everything we see or hear is suspect. Here is an example: One touch. We have been hearing for months that one touch is the path to profitability. Get every thing on the floor so that we can sell it. Ok, I'll buy that. Makes sense.
But then we have a warehouse full of stuff at least a season out (we are getting things for the Christmas season and winter season now) and also we are getting swimwear and summer items in the fall. We are getting two, three trucks a week with cuts to the labor. So how is One touch suppose to work. Once again, something that was suppose to transform the company that falls by the wayside.
Or how about online orders. That was the flavor of the month a few years ago. But online orders are a joke. We have no boxes to ship items, We have no supplies to ship items and now we have some new shipping program which tells us which box to use. I only we have any boxes to ship merchandise.
We have no boxes (too expensive to buy), no shipping materials (we use trash to protect merchandise).
Or how about the pantry which was to transform the company four or more years ago? We had to rework the pantry, yet, we had no products that anyone would buy. We had no milk or bread to sell. I still remember a survey that some corporate person sent out to ask about how much milk and bread we sold but no one in the district replied because no one had milk or bread to sell.
Once again, corporate having a good plan but not implementing it at the store level. Or what corporate thinks is a good idea is not possible at store level.
No pay, no people, no product, no profit.
Posted by @PUwkg1n-2vev, makes an excellent point.