Fired for an availability change..
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Kirun
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I never said that. I just said that their coverage during the weekday morning-afternoon sucks. Not every single day, mind you, but at least 3 or so times during the week, I was either the only person there, or one of two people there. Mostly, the scheduling is pretty shoddy, like most retail. It's why they want completely open availability. Retail management is completely inept at scheduling. When I was supervisor of the produce department at my last retail job, I did half of the scheduling for my manager, because she, "didn't have time for it".
Hilariously enough, as I was writing this post, I just got a call back from said manager saying, "Hey! This is X from Y! How are you? Blah blah blah pleasantries!", "I just had 3 people give me their 2 weeks this week and I'm going to be hurting for the 4th of July!" "What is your schedule like? I know the whole weekend thing, but can you work from morning until close during the week?". This is exactly what I'm talking about. I've spent enough time in retail to know that she could give me more than 0 hours. They were just trying to bully/pressure me into completely open availability, to make their jobs easier.
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I concur.
And even better, go in as a customer on the 4th of July and browse around just to show that you could have worked but didn't because she's a fucking asshole.
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Heh, sounds like Publix, and I've only seen the customer side of things.
Fun retail tidbit...
After the last seasonal firing Gamestop supposedly let go of nearly 3,500 people. 65% more than normal. Not just "seasonals" but also part-timers who they could write off. Third key holders were lowered to 25 hours a week, from 40 too. All so they could lower their own internal costs of obamacare. This information I got from still employed and fired people from within the company. Most went to Bestbuy with a pay raise.
Fun retail tidbit...
After the last seasonal firing Gamestop supposedly let go of nearly 3,500 people. 65% more than normal. Not just "seasonals" but also part-timers who they could write off. Third key holders were lowered to 25 hours a week, from 40 too. All so they could lower their own internal costs of obamacare. This information I got from still employed and fired people from within the company. Most went to Bestbuy with a pay raise.
best buy isnt much better sadly, got 5 friends who work there, from sales reps, managers and 1 of them travels to bestbuys around CT and fixes random shit that they break, i was going to apply there and they told me dont bother were going out of business within the next 5-10 years.