So, now that I am on FB, I had to announce that today, September 2nd, marks my 13th Anniversary with the store - and now they are closing. My anniversary comes on the same day as the 70th Anniversary of the end of WW II. This was something that I was not aware of and am embarrassed to think that I did not know this date especially, since one of my uncles was a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal.
When I hit my 10th Anniversary I published a blog post titled, 'Here's To The Last Ten Years'. The post describes my amazement at how the employees work and how the customers act. And if one were to only read the post, and not know me, they would be sure that I was not employed at the store any longer. But I am and I did make it.
And now that I have finally hit 13 years I would have to say that no longer am I amazed - I evolved. No longer am I surprised at how hard these employees work, for it is just the type of people that they are. No longer am I surprised at how some customers act, I am more surprised, however, at how they survive.
And since I am only going to work approximately 1 month and 8 days into this my final year, I can now say how surprised I am that retail companies even survive.
With the business decisions made, or lack thereof, the continuous need to expand and the need to out-do the competition has all come down to a pure lack of common sense. For within the fight to come out on top, or just merely to compete, these companies have deprived the workforce the ability to maintain. And, in doing so, they have cut the spending power that these very companies need in order to succeed.
Because, it is the workforce that is undeniably the consumer market.
This is what I have learned in 13 years.
Talk at ya later!
When I hit my 10th Anniversary I published a blog post titled, 'Here's To The Last Ten Years'. The post describes my amazement at how the employees work and how the customers act. And if one were to only read the post, and not know me, they would be sure that I was not employed at the store any longer. But I am and I did make it.
And now that I have finally hit 13 years I would have to say that no longer am I amazed - I evolved. No longer am I surprised at how hard these employees work, for it is just the type of people that they are. No longer am I surprised at how some customers act, I am more surprised, however, at how they survive.
And since I am only going to work approximately 1 month and 8 days into this my final year, I can now say how surprised I am that retail companies even survive.
With the business decisions made, or lack thereof, the continuous need to expand and the need to out-do the competition has all come down to a pure lack of common sense. For within the fight to come out on top, or just merely to compete, these companies have deprived the workforce the ability to maintain. And, in doing so, they have cut the spending power that these very companies need in order to succeed.
Because, it is the workforce that is undeniably the consumer market.
This is what I have learned in 13 years.
Talk at ya later!
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