Thread regarding Sears layoffs

What a moron. Sears and Kmart have been dead a long time.

hey rick,

the purchase agreements are not a good deal... Read the fine print. Have you read the reviews or the Facebook post or even the Sears sight on how much hassle it is for someone to get something fixed. And don't get me started on the exclusions. The credit card is a joke. Rewards are in SYW points and the deal ends in 12 months. Once again look at the exclusions and fine print. It is data mining pure and simple. Get peoples information and sell it to third parties. Now go get us some fresh mop water.

OP:

"has dumped hundreds of millions of his own money to keep this thing afloat, "

He should have put the money to good or better use by INVESTING in the stores and online business to PREVENT the sinking - but..... his ONLY interest was the real estate itself & the h e l l with the stores. I started using Amazon wayyy back in the 1995-96 timeframe and knew then that was the wave of the future - no more driving to malls 5, 10, or15 miles away, no more parking hassles, no more waiting in line to checkout at a register, no more frustrations w/ inept shoppers in lines & fitting rooms, free shipping (with minimum order was no big deal), free returns (no questions asked), price comparison shopping etc... etc...

I've been to a department store twice in last 20 yrs and determined I really don't need them -

Someone is / was out of touch with reality and it sure ain't me

OP, you have no clue whats really going on here, big picture. Sears is only around this long because it is being propped up at great cost and losses, so that its fall can be timed correctly to coincide with the real financial collapse.

You can give 200% and so could everyone else and it would change nothing. Time to wake up and smell the Java. take your head out of your butt and look around at whats going on in the nation.

This ain't a military endeavor

What I did to help the situation was get out with my pride and my mental state intact. You have obviously lost both some time ago. Best move I ever made. Making twice the money with half the stress, working with a company that respects and appreciates their employees.

I respect the work ethic OP. When I started working at SHC 2 years ago I did the same. I believe in hard work and would easily work an extra 2-3 hours more at the office each day and the equivalent at home (that's an extra 2 days a week I worked when I didn't have to) I don't do that anymore. My leaders only care for themselves or are non-existent, bullying is rampant and s-xism prevalent, associates come and go as they please working 3 day weeks, the office environment is toxic and filthy, there is no investment in employees be it in the form of financial incentive, development support or investment in our stores, there is absolutely no respect from the top down, the work environment is in complete decay from top to bottom, my colleagues are being laid off, the company being sold of bit by bit with no future, why sacrifice my extra time when the reward is that? The extra 6 hours a day i used to give to SHC I now devote to my family, I miss working hard though but I see no reason to when faced with the above.

Rick here.

Let me explain something to you people, Eddie has dumped hundreds of millions of his own money to keep this thing afloat, If he was in it for himself he would have bailed years ago. Its not his fault that sears was forced to try and compete with online retailer that until recently got to sell product without charging sales tax.

You know what Eddies salary is? 1.00 Yep 1.00 Sure he gets some stock each month but the stock will be worthless if this operation fails. Eddie is possibly working for free, dumping his own money into the operation.

I read a lot of comments here on this board complaining about selling agreements or getting members signed up for credit. We are doing our members a great disservice if we do not take the time to properly explain the benefits of these money saving programs. Anyone with any common sense can see that it is a no brainer to get a credit card. Sears wins, the member wins and ultimately the employee wins.

I started at the bottom just like Eddie. I look to the man to learn. You think he got where he is by having a bad attitude? Everyone expects overnight results, you have to teach a child how to put on the helmet before you teach them how to ride the bike. Steps people. Steps.

Ask yourself, What have YOU done to help the situation?

This drivel don't suprise me. Our DM has made comments hinting around about us coming in on our own time and cleaning the store. No pay no stay eddie!

Our store manager has been trying to be a hero by turning off lights in the backroom and bathrooms and other nonsense.

Haha for those of you who are questioning if this poster is real or fake I'd say he's definitely fake. Every single point made in this post is the EXACT opposite of what actually happens....

This site has gotten out of hand. I wish the moderators would start deleting this stuff. I'm sick of trying to figure out people "jokes" and what's real or what is someone's "mood" for the day. OP you have WAY to much time on your hands.

Hilarious. Thanks for posting. "Ones with escalators!" "Make up some fresh mop water". Too funny.

The gall of trying to compare the situation of SHC to the nation in 1942... If we were to attempt to match equivalencies, we'd have to change history around a bit. Let's say that for the US to have been in as poor condition as SHC at the time, the Germans would already have conquered England, Barbarossa would have already succeeded, our carrier fleet would have been knocked out with the battleships at Pearl Harbor, our manufacturing capabilities would be nil, our armed forces would be cut to maybe a quarter of their previous strength, and German and Japanese amphibious craft are already staging just off the coasts. Yeah, that would be just about how bad it would have to have been to even begin to compare what this company has become to 1942.

Wow to have that kind of enthusiasm after being treated the way we have been treated. You have to be eddie. Why we are all grateful for employment, your employer needs to give something back for all your hard work. Working without raises for 9 years, cutting the help to nothing, working without air and heat, and doing 10 jobs can take that enthusiasm out of you. Yes Eddie gave us employment, and we once did give him way more than 100%. In my opinion those who once had that dedication have kept sears and kmart stay in business as long as they have. Yes we do hold Eddie accountable for destroying 2 great American icons. His vision has been nothing but greed.

Our company is not ours anymore, we have been lied to and taken advantage of for too long.

I think we would give 120% if we had an incentive to do so. WIth no raises for the last 9 years what is the incentive to work hard-- we could do as you say and we would still make the same as a new hire. I don't know about you but I work to make money to feed my family and pay bills. They call it work because you are to be paid for your labor at a fair price. I would also give 120% if the company would give even 50% in helping us do our jobs. How about the company invest in some new equipment, new registers, new fixtures, new paint, flooring, lighting. It is hard to give 120% when you have equipment that doesnt work half the time. It is hard to give 120% when the store you work in is a hazard to your and the customers safety. It is hard to give 120% when you see a company that has given up and is just trying to last a few more months. It is hard to give 120% when every time a new program comes out there is a massive push, with massive amounts of cash and time invested, only to have it die in a few months until the next "big" thing comes along. It is hard to believe in a company when the company doesn't even believe in itself.