We're on a sinking ship. But yeah let's keep pretending we're not and all is fine. So keep gapfilling and blue dotting, its going to be ok.
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I did when my store closed spring of last year. A bunch of my coworkers there chose to transfer to another location north of us, but even aside from just not wanting to make that drive all the time, I felt it was pointless and only a matter of time until that eventually one closes too. (It's one of the owned properties so that's why it has remained so far, even though my store was a better performer.) It just made more sense to move on; nor did I want to put up with another liquidation.
Class act...
@1wvl I am. I have done it on several occasions. I'd rather make $650 per Week Drinking Beer for 6 Months (as I did when I was in NJ), than $800 per Week (minus traveling Expenses) working. I have done that very often. I like to get "laid off" at least once every 2 Years. A nice 6 Month Paid vacation every 24 Months is awesome. My wife and I have no kids, our house/cars are Paid off, are Expenses are very minimal, we're just working for Beer Money anyway. It's all good.
Who is delusional enough to think being laid off and living off a fraction of the income is better than getting a new job while you still have a job?
Oh the blue dots. I miss those things from my days at kmart. Product never comes and the peg hook sits empty for months. Might just as well remove the hooks and get an early start before the liquidation sale starts.
So, good. Draw your Unemployment then get another job. The last company I worked for that closed, was Bradlees Department Store ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradlees ).
When they finally announced in December 2000, that they were closing all the stores, I was thrilled! I was assistant receiving manager, had to come in at 5 AM to empty trucks Daily. I was so glad when they finally closed and then I could sit on my you-Know-what, and draw 6 Months of Unemployment, then I just got another job after that. My then girlfriend (now wife) was working still, so all was good. Later, in 2010, I got laid off from another company, and this was during The Time when they passed All Those Extensions, so I ended up drawing 99 Weeks of Unemployment for sitting home, going to Beaches, & Drinking Beer. And I was in NJ where Maximum Rate was about $650 per Week back then (surely It's higher now). Every Time I hear I'm getting laid off I celebrate. Being laid off, means guaranteed Unemployment. I think, in some states, if one is Fired as opposed to laid off, there is a penalty (gotta wait 5 Weeks I think, before one can draw?), but if one is laid off, they Pay you right away! Sweet deal!
Are there enough I blue dots to get the job done?
I am abandoning ship. I put in my notice yesterday. I admire those that are hanging on til the bitter end, but I cannot tolerate the chaos.
Yup. At Kmart you keep gap filling cause that sh– ain't ever coming in.
Lol.....first thing DM gets a H-RD -N about.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOU OOS!!!
Takes all of not to bust out laughing or to tell him to F OFF.
I swear it feels like they want to fire you every day, like they have replacements lined up to work here.
Man gimmie some of that koolaid your drinking.