A company’s reputation is everything. If you have a respected and ethical brand, offer quality products and services, and have earned your customers’ trust, then you’ll likely succeed in business. On the flip side, any shady things that happen have the potential to undo everything that you’ve poured your heart, sweat, and tears into over the years.
#41
Former Office Depot "Technician" reporting in.
You bring your computer in for a $100 virus clean up - we hook it up to the network and let some guy overseas fix it. Most of the tech employees know about as much about computers as the average 45-year-old shopper.
Edit: a lot of people have messaged me stating that the techs on the other end of the network connection were not, in fact, over seas. I apologize to all of you, that was unfair. I never had any interaction with you guys except through the little chat box. My store manager told me we outsource over seas, and when I saw how some of you type in that box, I didn't doubt him
Edit 2: I also never meant to imply that the real technicians didn't know what they were doing. I was simply showing the incompetency of the actual employee.
You bring your computer in for a $100 virus clean up - we hook it up to the network and let some guy overseas fix it. Most of the tech employees know about as much about computers as the average 45-year-old shopper.
Edit: a lot of people have messaged me stating that the techs on the other end of the network connection were not, in fact, over seas. I apologize to all of you, that was unfair. I never had any interaction with you guys except through the little chat box. My store manager told me we outsource over seas, and when I saw how some of you type in that box, I didn't doubt him
Edit 2: I also never meant to imply that the real technicians didn't know what they were doing. I was simply showing the incompetency of the actual employee.
13points
#42
I was a butcher for a while.
Cutting myself did not mean that I should stop working or wear gloves.
Cutting myself did not mean that I should stop working or wear gloves.
13points
#43
Those security cameras? Nope. Not real.
This is really pretty common.
This is really pretty common.
12points
#44
Was at Kohl's for 5 years, supervisor for 3. Not sure if these are all true of all Kohls, but definitely were at mine.
* We were encouraged to sign everyone up for a credit card, despite age, language barriers, etc. I absolutely hated signing people up for those cards, especially only because they wanted to see if they could get a discount. I would give them the discount regardless if they were approved or not. (If I didn't sign enough people up, I would get warnings). The APR on them was 27%!
* The jewelry cases were all opened with one key and pretty flimsy even then. With a hard jerk, you could easily open them. Also, a lot of the diamonds that were under 1/4 carat were fake.
* If you were returning something without a receipt and were getting a "corporate refund", that meant that you were, 95% of the time, returning stolen merchandise. (We would tell them they'd get a check in the mail) The other 5% were if it was extremely old merchandise (like, 3+ years old). A few people got the hint, those that didn't were in for a sore surprise when they would never get a check.
* You could easily let a friend know your associate number, go to Kohls, say you work at a different store, give the number, and get the associate discount, 15%.
* If it was returned and wasn't noticeably damaged, it went right back out on the floor, no matter how long the person had it.
* Inventory was always off, probably by about +/-5 units per item
I'm sure there's tons more I can think of, but it's been awhile.
* We were encouraged to sign everyone up for a credit card, despite age, language barriers, etc. I absolutely hated signing people up for those cards, especially only because they wanted to see if they could get a discount. I would give them the discount regardless if they were approved or not. (If I didn't sign enough people up, I would get warnings). The APR on them was 27%!
* The jewelry cases were all opened with one key and pretty flimsy even then. With a hard jerk, you could easily open them. Also, a lot of the diamonds that were under 1/4 carat were fake.
* If you were returning something without a receipt and were getting a "corporate refund", that meant that you were, 95% of the time, returning stolen merchandise. (We would tell them they'd get a check in the mail) The other 5% were if it was extremely old merchandise (like, 3+ years old). A few people got the hint, those that didn't were in for a sore surprise when they would never get a check.
* You could easily let a friend know your associate number, go to Kohls, say you work at a different store, give the number, and get the associate discount, 15%.
* If it was returned and wasn't noticeably damaged, it went right back out on the floor, no matter how long the person had it.
* Inventory was always off, probably by about +/-5 units per item
I'm sure there's tons more I can think of, but it's been awhile.
12points
#45
If you shop at a grocery store that sells whole rotisserie chickens, the chicken you're buying probably isn't older than about 3 hours (that was when we had to pull ours.) However if you buy a chicken pot pie or a BBQ chicken pizza, it's hard to say exactly how long ago that chicken was cooked. Why? Because the chicken that we pulled after it sat for 3 hours, we pulled off the skin and tore the meat off the bones and then threw the meat in a big container in the prep fridge. So your Safeway chicken pot pie is made out of rotisserie chickens that no one bought.
EDIT: As 500 people flooding my inbox have noted, this is as it should be.
EDIT: As 500 people flooding my inbox have noted, this is as it should be.
12points
