Any thoughts on the upcoming store meetings? I expect ours will be the same old same old; cold pizza, warm soda, awards and recognition for a-- kissers. Two hours of wasted time out of my life that I'm never going to get back.
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wait a sec why are you here telling everyone you get a four star meal for store meetings? you here reading about what is happening to other specialists? let us get something straight. ANY monkey can sell an appliance same as selling a drill. it requires ZERO skill to sell something the customer can read the back of the packaging on themselves. try selling some flooring, maybe head over to millworks. or up the the bet a little. and try and sell cabinet installs to. no?..... to busy giving your signage to someone else to do? or maybe you are a manager posting that your are an appliance specialist. cause it is well known the plug has been pulled on the shark tank and now your job ain't safe either.
When I was a Dept. Manager, I wouldn't miss it...even during vacations. Presented info at every one.
Since I'm a CSA5.....no way I'm coming in on my Sunday off at 6am so you can tell me what lies the company conjured up to subdue the masses. Especially one that the company feels that my previous position, nor my talent/wage deserves to stay.
Dear Books,
You must work at a wonderful store. I assure you that is not the case at mine. We have had our mid shift taken away so there is just an opener and closer. But our appliance department is fully staffed at all hours of the day. They are also the only employees in the store that get 15 minute breaks in addition to lunch.
According to our morning meetings we are selling more this year than last, it's corporate that took away the mid shift or so says our manager who drives a new Lexus and is building a $500,000 home.
As for food we get prepackaged pastries and juice boxes, one per person. If you don't like what you were given find a friend to trade with.
I'm sorry, I take back what I stated in the previous post. That wonderful menu I referred to doesn't happen at our All Store Meeting every year, it happens at our All Store Meeting TWICE a year.
Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, cereal, yogurt, fresh fruit, coffee, orange juice, apple juice, grapefruit juice, and MORE! That's our All Store Meeting every year. Guess we're just real lucky. Maybe if you all would do your jobs and produce numbers you'd get this lay out as well instead of coming onto this site to b--ch about how much you hate your job. This coming from a 13 year + Appliance Sales Specialist.
I never fill out the EOS because it's not anonymous, and I never will. They want to know who's saying what, and they want your demographic information for the metric morons who run the numbers in corporate. If you do take it, you should give all 1s or 3s (or 5s) so the data has no meaning for them.
It's just a way to influence the EOS scores. Same every year. Crappy company same routine. Take more from you.. Make you love them..
Store meetings equal awards for same associates as last year. a garbage video made by the GM to tell you where you were, where you are, and where you will be going. How much more you need to do with less, or perhaps you need to stretch your work ethic out a bit more cause the ASMs' won't help you. A gift card for the appliance guys again and maybe a couple for the pro team also. donuts milk coffee. and oh by the way how to properly fill out your up and coming EOS.
When is it