Recent content by odie

Got my review today, since this thread's about it. I got an E, which equaled over a 7% raise, which put me in the double digit category after 3 years. Seems like the new CEO has his head on straight. The point is, if you're a good worker and traditionally have gotten good reviews, I wouldn't...

Typically, smokes are a loss leader actually. They're just to get people in the door to buy other stuff. This isn't a big deal for spot, like it is for convenience stores, because spot sells enough merchandise to get people in the door anyway. I still think it's dumb though. They can't even...

As a Hank Hill kinda man, I know that would be effective, except for that whole team member reference code part. They shouldn't push it so hard to begin with. If they were a specialty store, maybe, and that's a big maybe, I could see that working. Spot is a general merchandise store though, so...

Anybody smart will. Rather, any smart criminal will, although the smartest will avoid confronting them completely. They can't do whatever they want because they're private employees for a private business, and therefore can't enforce the law, or conduct any other policing activities legally. If...

This simply isn't true though. Since my last post in January (I think), my $40 blade crapped out on me, so I've resigned to only using my triple digit blade. My benchmade has destroyed a lot less product than the box cutters flow team uses. My personal peeve is when they wreck something like a...

Nah, You're good. One day out of 90 gone to sickness isn't the end of the world, so long as you aren't otherwise a terrible employee, and by that I mean calling out like once every week or two on top of leaving early.

Didn't call out, but our team did what we needed to and dipped early. I can't blame you. The fact of the matter is that the pay isn't worth family sacrifices, should you have to make that choice. At least you realized that before me. It's my fourth christmas, FYI.

I'd be surprised if it was more than last year. (one buck an hour)

The irony is that walmart both pays better and has legitimate opportunities for advancement outside of posterior kissing. At least here anyway. Obviously it's going to vary by location, but one of my former TMs (that was with spot forever) jumped over to wal-mart. They matched her pay...

Yes. Quite possibly the best note ever... So It's like 20 minutes after opening and I have to drain the snake. I use the public bathroom, and I see an envelope that says "A gift from Jesus" on it. I'm thinking "OH THANK GOD! I'M FINALLY ONE OF THOSE RETAIL PEOPLE YOU HEAR ABOUT ON THE NEWS THAT...

Pretty sure it varies by location. Some sweet deals there that aren't present on my local E-mail ad. Then again, we also have some sweet deals not in that uploaded flyer.

It's been exceptionally bad for us lately. A train wreck quite literally. I can't give out too many details without making my location pretty easy to pinpoint, but lets just say the Christmas set comprised of early and long shifts, and Certain labor laws providing fair compensation for a longer...

I'll guess I'll add to this by stating a new rumor I've heard. No raises at all this year. I don't expect it to be true, but I kind of want it to be, in a sick, destructive way. The fact of the matter is, raises this year are going to suck enough to where it won't make a difference either way to...

I can't count the number of times I've broken merchandise just by picking it up. We certainly do sell some junk. We also sell quality stuff as well, but we also sell fragile garbage.

I carry two pocket knives on me (one for box cutting and one for larger cutting tasks). I used this combination for two years before I got a talking to about them from one TL. I ignored her talking to because she's literally the only one that cares. My STL doesn't even care. There are a few...