The big shots must think stores are staffed properly for the upcoming holiday season....right
Or they realize nobody will be shopping at Sears/Kmart why bother
Especially when...
Sears/Kmart can’t even compete with Targets seasonal pay of $12.00 hour
most retail only gives part time hours regardless of the pay.
@-gae Sounds like you found a great opportunity. Where are you working now?
@VelUL1c: Good grief, I was a lead and only earned $12/hr and I was given the "what-for" asking for a modest raise after six years of having to do ASM/SGM duties and the duties of EVERY position in the store (OA, CSA, MCA, MPU, janitorial) due to being short staffed, and this was all in addition to my own responsibilities. AFAIK, they still pay around $12/hr for leads in my district.
The pay was never competitive then. It was worse when the minimum wage went up. For a few cents less, I could have been a cashier with so much less on my plate. That was a slap in the face and that was what prompted me to get out.
Now I earn more like $16/hr, that's after being given a $1 raise after six months without me even asking, they just upped it out of the blue. This job is similar to my old one, it's just that I'm paid fairly for what the job requires and there's a future for the company. There is life after Sears.
We hired a bunch of people (around 10) a few weeks ago and only one has been given any hours. Why do they hire people and then not give hours? Our store has a huge turnover problem.
The Kmart I use to work at has fliers that says hiring for the holidays, however they will probably get the ppl who "need a job" or ppl who are only using Kmart/sears as a second income until Christmas is over