I think Wal Mart is trying to go out of business

[lyman]

when I was in the grocery business, the company I worked for had a national meeting
we had the CEO of starbucks speak,

was supposed to be motivational,
it was not,

that guy is fukked in the head

[togor]

Reminds me lyman of all-company meetings where the stockroom guys swear that the CEO doesn't know what he's talking about. And yet, unless one believes wholly in dumb luck, there has to be a reason why one guy is in the stockroom and the other guy is CEO.

[JB White]

Reminds me lyman of all-company meetings where the stockroom guys swear that the CEO doesn't know what he's talking about. And yet, unless one believes wholly in dumb luck, there has to be a reason why one guy is in the stockroom and the other guy is CEO.

Armchair quarterbacks and barstool baseball managers all need a place to work. On the other hand, many CEO's are placed there for the title. Usually patronage. Sometimes as a hatchet man.

[togor]

JB, casting aspersions on the ownership class? Dear me.

[Allen]

Armchair quarterbacks and barstool baseball managers all need a place to work. On the other hand, many CEO's are placed there for the title. Usually patronage. Sometimes as a hatchet man.

In most of my previous jobs CEO's and others that got promoted were always friends or relatives of upper managers or owners.

[JB White]

JB, casting aspersions on the ownership class? Dear me.

See what Allen said? ^^^
Those have been a few of my observations as well. I worked for one outfit in particular where the "kids" took their turn at the helm in a scheduled rotation. Another had a change in leadership one month after the wedding... At times "CEO" is little more than a temporary title with a hefty salary and pension.

[togor]

God I hate to say it, JB, but.....Trump, Inc. When you're right, you're right, and I think you are right.

[lyman]

this was a corporate meeting, Store Manager level and above,
meaning DM's, Buyers, Regional managers etc etc,
I don't think anyone was happy with his talk, including the CEO (heard that thru the grapevine, so who knows)

and yes, the CEO of the company I worked for was the son of one of exec's, his replacement was handpicked, but not of that family,

[JB White]

God I hate to say it, JB, but.....Trump, Inc. When you're right, you're right, and I think you are right.

From the Gospel according to the late Richard J. Daley:

If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?
They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.
F*ck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-f*cker, go home.

Words of wisdom from the last of the honest thieving Democrats.

[Roadkingtrax]

From the Gospel according to the late Richard J. Daley:



Words of wisdom from the last of the honest thieving Democrats.

Still a crime what happened to Meigs Field to support Daley's wife!

[JB White]

Still a crime what happened to Meigs Field to support Daley's wife!

Typical liberal. Move into a different neighborhood and complain about the view. "Richie, I think an expensive park attached to the other parks would look nicer. Don't you? Say yes."
No sooner do they cave into her whims she kicks the bucket.

Only upside is the air traffic redirected to Palwaukee Airport. An economic shot in the arm for the Paletine area. Now it's called Chicago Executive Airport. Businessmen must travel an hour extra to their meetings by freeway and local streets instead of a 10 minute cab ride into the Loop. More $ker-ching$ but more congested traffic and pollution.

[Former Cav]

I went to the local grocery store (Frys...owned by Krogers) and they had 2 registers with LIVE people running them.
out of 14. The other EIGHT were self checkout.
I figured I'd do the self checkout thing instead of standing in the big lines behind the 2 registers!!
after all... I had all products with a bar code on them (no veggies... nothing needed to be weighed) What could possibly go wrong?
So, I don't like the plastic bags where everything rolls out of them, so I put a paper bag on the bag / merchandise scale and the machine goes ballistic. The lights FLASH and now I have to wait for someone to come and do a "reset"
So the guy comes, punches in his code on his handheld device and takes off. Well, the scale merchandise area will hold maybe 4 items!!! I got a gallon of bleech, (that's one slot), a gallon of vinegar (that's another slot) and I DO NOT want them both in ONE bag!! So the lights flash again. Well, about a 1/2 hour later I was loading my cart and making a move to get the he11 out of there.
The kid comes by and I says to him: "I know what this bullchit is all about. lay off people, so the CEO will get another BONUS, and everyone else can go to he11".
Guess, next time I'll just stand in line too. I noticed they took the magazines away. I'll have to bring my own reading material.

[lyman]

I went to the local grocery store (Frys...owned by Krogers) and they had 2 registers with LIVE people running them.
out of 14. The other EIGHT were self checkout.
I figured I'd do the self checkout thing instead of standing in the big lines behind the 2 registers!!
after all... I had all products with a bar code on them (no veggies... nothing needed to be weighed) What could possibly go wrong?
So, I don't like the plastic bags where everything rolls out of them, so I put a paper bag on the bag / merchandise scale and the machine goes ballistic. The lights FLASH and now I have to wait for someone to come and do a "reset"
So the guy comes, punches in his code on his handheld device and takes off. Well, the scale merchandise area will hold maybe 4 items!!! I got a gallon of bleech, (that's one slot), a gallon of vinegar (that's another slot) and I DO NOT want them both in ONE bag!! So the lights flash again. Well, about a 1/2 hour later I was loading my cart and making a move to get the he11 out of there.
The kid comes by and I says to him: "I know what this bullchit is all about. lay off people, so the CEO will get another BONUS, and everyone else can go to he11".
Guess, next time I'll just stand in line too. I noticed they took the magazines away. I'll have to bring my own reading material.

I used to manage a building for the parent company,

self checkouts are great, for some, suck for others and a big shrink pic (lots of theft thru the self checkout)

the CEO is a numbers guy, the last CEO was a HR guy,
guess which was better to work for,,,, and which the company did better under,
yep, the HR guy (family promoted him to the top, turned out to be a good guy )

turnover is relatively high in that industry, so lay offs (and they are a union company) are rare,

as far as bonuses,, all management got them, if the metrics for your store were good,
I usually maxed out, and they were very good bonuses,,,

it's one of the few things I miss about that business

[clintonhater]

(lots of theft thru the self checkout)

Not theft, but getting even for lack of sufficient checkers.

[JB White]

Not theft, but getting even for lack of sufficient checkers.

There is no theft because they have a second tier of checkers at the exit. You know...the barely articulate ones who can scan the goods while proof reading a barely legible receipt in a couple of micro seconds. Then slashing a highlighter marker across it with the special secret color of the day. Oooooooohh...that scares the shoplifters. Especially the ones who walk out unopposed while shoppers are waiting in line to prove they are not the thieves.