I hope by now the company sees the value in having a count team! Shrink is out the roof in most clubs or hidden! THERE IS NO ONE TO FOCUS ON IT! PAYING 3 GUYS $170,000 A YEAR VS. SHRINKING OUT TRIPLE THAT! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! Team leads are stretched to thin for all that responsibility
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As a long term ex manager I can tell you no one ever talked about benefit expenses. It was just a cost of doing business and not something that was looked at when expenses were tight. It’s always wages that get put under a microscope. Audit teams were helpful but 3 to 5 people don’t determine your shrink destiny.
@OP
many audit teams were made up of veteran associates that were higher paid with more benefits. imo, that played a part in eliminating audit teams. another way for home office to rid itself of long time associates. same with personnel. most clubs had long time associates in that position as well.
Hey everyone. You have a fully staffed audit team in every club. It's called your floor scrubber robot. It scans everything and audits everything in the club.... There is no need to hire people to count things anymore. Welcome to the future of AI and robotics. Every year your clubs will have fewer people working in them.
@n8 I don’t know that the bonus figures into as much as medical insurance does. That’s one of the big expenses everyone is facing in today’s world.
@117
i can see what the poster means. if the shrink numbers are lower than the amount of dollars they have to pay out in sam's share and bonuses, corporate will take that every time.
corporate has it figured out when it comes to what's going to cost them the least.
They figure losing $300,000 in shrink is better than paying out $500,000 in associate and manager bonuses.
@n8 that's a bit of a stretch to make that statement. Businesses do not allow shrink so they can not pay employee bonus.
lower shrink means higher bonuses for club level associates. company prefers higher shrink to higher bonuses.