> "These are all stores that inspect potential employees' urine. "
Are you stating a fact about BB or are you just assuming? I have a
friend that was recently hired to be a manager in one of the departments
of a BB that is soon to open in the King Of Prussia PA area. I'll have
to check on that.
One thing I can tell you about BB and Staples is that they DO NOT pay
commission. The turnover at the local Staples is higher then I have ever
seen in any store. If people last a month (including managers) that's
good.
But commission seems to have no effect on the quality of people that
work in these stores. Circuit City pays on commission and seems to
always get either stupid obnoxious sales people or nice people that are
just total idiots. I can't tell you how many times I have either
explained or corrected sales people about something at Circuit City.
For example one of the "better" sales people once gave me this answer to
the question, "Does this digital camera have a video output?" Answer,
"No". At the very same time they were displaying images from one of them
on a video monitor! There is dumb and dumber.
I think that the problem is that most of the people that they hire think
they know something. They are not like most of us on the list, either
students or people with "real" jobs/professions who spend a lot of time
reading about technology.
These people learn about new products at sales meetings. These are
meetings that people who work the evening shift are forced to come in for
on a Sunday morning at 8 AM. They are pissed to be their in the first
place. They pretending to be awake and leave there know even less then
when they came in.
The competition for many of the products (especially the "hot" items) is
so great that there really is nothing left to pay qualified sales people.
Take my future son in law. He is a recent college graduate. Very
creative and very knowledgeable about computers and audio/video
equipment. So what did CC do with him (he was still in college at the
time). They put him in customer service. (I did I forget to mention
that he hates dealing with people).
Finally he had (he is not very assertive) it and told them that either
they put him in sales or he is going to quit). The manager from the
computer department told him that he wasn't qualified to work there
because, and I quote, "You'll talk over the customers heads"!!!
That's one for the books. He did get the sales job and did very well
(because he really knew what he is talking about, he didn't have to BS)
until he got a real job using his creativity.
That's why I don't support most local business of this type. I have
found that you usually get better service and lower prices in the net.
Of course all a person needs to run a business on the net is a registered
web site and a good source for their products. They don't need to invest
a million dollars in a huge store that is much nicer then the houses the
majority of us live in (not to mention the electric bills from having a
billion watts of lights on all day.
Ramblings of a mad man, sorry.
Regards,
Larry
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> It seems to be getting worse the longer the U.S. economy does well
> and more and more people are refusing to submit to testing for
> employment. The truly talented are working in better jobs, everyone
> else is working for Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.
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