Does anybody feel like the last six months have been going on forever? Ever since this whole mess started, time seems to be going at a snail's pace. I guess it's all the uncertainty and all the never-ending changes.
I just wonder if we'll ever be at a point again when we won't have to worry all the time about what tomorrow might bring...
You can bet when someone puts the statement not to be sh– _ty they are about to be sh–ty. Lol I didn't post the post where a word was mispelled but I do have enough sense to know that sometimes u hit wrong key and it just happens..has nothing to do with there intelligence. However your sh–ty attitude u are very aware of and u may have had to fight for everything like you said, well so do I but at least I do it with respecting others and not being flat out @@@ to do it. Your arrogance is a lack of intelligence in itself.
@dmd. Me too! Life is certainly better on the flipside above ground.
@1sdv Indeed you do have it backward and your presence in and happiness with the way things are going, are proof positive. Not to be sh–ty but let’s take a look at your last sentence:
“Not like before where anyone can fill a position irregardless of how their intelligence level is.” This is obviously how you speak. You can’t even form a mildly grammatically correct sentence with words that actually exist (irregardless is not a real word btw) but you’re probably pushy and loud so I bet you just got a promotion...maybe even into MIT. Gtfo, intelligence level has nothing to do with who gets what promotion; it’s all about being aggressive. I should know, I’m very intelligent and I had to fight like hell for every promotion I got because no one cared if I was smart or not. So anyway, you’ll do great with this company. Keep doing what you’re doing.
@1sdv - You should probably refrain from making statements regarding the subject of intelligence. What this company is looking for are people who keep their mouths shut and just do the work they're being told to do. Those of us who have been with the company for a long time and have seen and experienced how these stores have been run over the years, know what works and what doesn't or what will work and what won't. Some of us have strong opinions about these things and aren't afraid to voice those opinions. I've stood face to face with market managers and expressed my concerns about all the various changes in direction we've gone over the years, including what we're currently up to our eyebrows in. But I've always done it in a tactful way. It's places like this forum where I let my frustration and skepticism fly. If you feel inclined to, "be a good soldier", and push forward no matter what they ask of you, good for you. That's your choice. You're happy to have a job and you don't feel the need to b–ch about it. But you're in the minority here, in case you didn't notice. Anyway, glad to know this company is OK in your eyes. As for me, I'll continue to b–ch and moan. Why? Because I f—ing can. And if it pisses people like you off, good. I'm more than happy to keep doing it.
@1sdv I care. I like to know how people are doing after they left. It gives us all hope and helps push us a little more into doing the same thing. And what do you mean - like before when anyone could fill a position? That's what is going on now... Before you had to know how to run your area. Not everyone could do it. Now everyone is thrown out there to fill any position. You don't have to have much intelligence to work here anymore. You use to. You got it backwards.
If you left why even research. Stop instigating and get on with your life people dont care about what your life has or how its going. Everyone has their own life to worry about. And for all those who are unhappy just leave. If someone looses their job. Yes it may be sad but at least they gained experience they could potentially use somewhere else.
Remember life is what you make it out to be. Find positivity in everything. We live in a new era. Not like before where anyone can fill a position irregardless of how their intelligence level is.
I don't see them ever going back to the schedule format prior to the ignorant, irresponsible, misguided, and destructive changes from this past June, as well as all the others before and since. That would be akin to admitting they are, and were, horribly wrong; and that's absolutely unacceptable for them. They would rather continue the Walmart tradition of making changes that foster failure and cause chaos, allowing them to redirect the blame away from themselves and place it squarely on those at the store level. It's like a extracurricular activity for them and they use it as way of shedding more payroll. What I see them possibly doing is altering the store hours slightly, in order to give the 4AM shift a couple extra hours each day. The bottom line is this company hates having to pay people to run all these stores and it is their goal to continue to push their, "bend-don't-break", operational philosophy. It seems to me that the only way they'll ever scale back on that would be for the entire thing to give out due to all the various stresses these moves have created, and collapse in their faces.
I bailed out in July and I haven't regretted it for a minute. Getting from point A to point B can be a bit intimidating, but I highly recommend getting out of the stress. There's another life out there. Go find it.