Did everyone get their signs, balloons and give away items for “Midsummer madness” AKA sears prime day next week?? I know we’re supposed to get an extra truck tomorrow I hope it’s got a lot on it because we are pretty low in the tool department!
Big layoff happening this week
Heard it today in Hoffman.. that's right Eddie is wanting to dramatically lower numbers in employment across the country. He's going to do it secretly from what was said. Getting rid of underperforming employees, high paid ones at that. So he doesn't... — read more
Fourth Sears Home and Life Opening
I found a Sears Home and Life listed on the Sears.com website but the store isn't open yet. If you google the address it takes you to a free standing store across the street from a mall Sears used to be at. The Sears.com even says it's a Home and... — read more
The people that got laid off before or within the BK are now better off
Kind of ironic. A few of my colleagues were let go shortly before Ch11 was announced. We felt bad for them, it was a sad moment. Now a couple of months after, they all landed new jobs and every single one of them is much happier than any of us that... — read more
Forbes article says what employees have known for awhile
It could be that Sears leadership honestly tried to operate the company for the future, but just made a horrible mess of it. The evidence, though, suggests a more insidious path. If your strategy is to harvest to death, you cannot let the public know... — read more
Closings
Newspapers stating once again hundreds of closings into 2020. Guess they know cause we sure don't.
Service Management
How do some tech managers get away with what they do? After HR investigations regarding multiple employees about similar scenarios where this guy's in the wrong all day long, and he walks every single time clean and unscaled. I left and am happy but... — read more
Supply Change Management
It's amazing that Eddie's managed to own Sears for 15 years and has gone entirely ignorant the entire time that the discipline even exists. None of the metrics he focuses on acknowledges it, rather, it works against it. He actively destroys vendor... — read more
Warranty sales call center?
Does anyone have information or a guess how much longer they will keep the sales call centers for selling the warranties?
SYW website still down
“All systems fixed” my a--... tried to book a hotel room through the Shop Your Way website and everything worked fine until I had to sign in. When I did, just refreshed the page back to the sign-in screen. Absolutely ridiculous, this company is a... — read more
Someday soon this Transform Holdco will fold
This company wants to fail. All evidence points in this direction. Please consider updating your resume. There are better employers out there. Transform wishes you would voluntarily leave though. If your state unemployment benefits are enough to keep... — read more
Cub Scouts Running the Rusted Broken Down Aircraft Carrier
Corporate has no idea where they're headed or what they're doing: Open positions VP, Treasurer Head of Technology (who is the next sacrificial lamb who leaves after getting paid a sh--load to give up in despair after a year or so?) Head of Online... — read more
People who knew how to support the old system are gone
The biggest issue with Sears is that system documentation is not kept up to date. When changes are made, rarely are they documented. It doesn't matter who comes in to support the legacy Sears apps, they are going to have the same issues because when... — read more
Gonna need a smaller clown car
Layoffs and all
Lack of Product at Kmart
What’s next for the only remaining Kmart in the Alle-Kiski Valley? Some customers shopping Tuesday at the Big Kmart in Hyde Park Shopping Center in Allegheny Township were pondering that question as they commented on changing conditions at the store... — read more
Members saying all kinds of systems still down yo
One week on, sh*t be broken
Judge Draino approved $130M in applications for legal fees against Sears
Eddie sure knows how to run a business!
Cycle Inventory
Cycle inventory tomorrow. We were 3.5% last year... expecting it to be waaaaay worse this year. All the pre counts in the world isn’t going to save us from the many run outs we’ve had since APP was cut.
Stop Trying So hard
Just float through your shift. So do your work but chillax and try to be happy. You are only there to hold down the real estate as cheaply as possible for transform co. Don't get caught up in the drama or the stress. You can't do anything to make... — read more
What’s the status with Kmart vendor relations?
Especially pantry and electronics. Both categories have been really inconsistent. We haven’t had milk or refrigerated products since before the bankruptcy... The shelves are stuffed with water and off brand foods as well as random inconsistent name... — read more
If sears is your secondary job
And you’re scheduled with your primary job (more hours)and secondary job(Sears-1day week) on same day and you call sears and tell them to take you off schedule for that day and they refuse.. who do you contact to make a complaint I haven’t been... — read more
Next IT Exodus beginning
People have had enough. There's going to be a lot more knowledge walking out, even in India's revolving door. No one is paid enough to put up with this c-ap, and more and more wisdom is lost in each successive round of this macabre game of telephone... — read more
The sorry state of Sears and Kmart stores
https://www.businessinsider.com/sears-department-store-photo-tour-shows-why-it-struggles-2019-6
Chapter 7 filings will be imminent!
Then corporate will be talking like it was planned all along. Maybe it was!
Good luck keeping techs after this fiasco
No one got hours this week, and no telling when and how long this stupidity might happen in the future. Beyond any doubt, Sears is the worst run company in the world, and it's got some f---ing nincompoops running the show. The company pays okay, but... — read more
Systems Down Day 4
Way to identify and retain those key employees Special Ed!
Going on 88 sears can review pay stub
But can review schedule.. says to go to WFM to look at schedule I am out of town and not near a sears or Kmart to go into store What is the issue and when will it be fixed?
innovel
innovel is so busy,no one went home early.may have to work on the fourth
Day 3 - All Systems Down
Transformation On Schedule!
Sears Holdings: Different Opinions Make A Market, But The Facts Can Make You A Fortune
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4271785-sears-holdings-different-opinions-make-market-facts-can-make-fortune
Just Asking
Will Sears ever be Great Again?
WHats put with the self identify with a disability question on 88sears when you log on to view your schedule
Thought we were protected under HIPPA Why are they asking this question then pretend to better themselves as an equal opportunity employer This whole nightmare needs to end and shut down all the shell games immediately!!
toast
All systems down. The fat lady is singing. Eddie finally pulled the plug on the entire company. It's over. Even helpdesk sent home.
Why is this lame circus still in business?
There is a fortune to be made on over/short penny stocks. Not mentioning names of persons profiting, or lawyers draining funds dry. Too bad that this crud is still legit in America.
The DieHard brand is dead
I was in my marketing university class today, one of those cramdown summer courses where you get a full semester's worth of credit in just five weeks, and today's subject was loss of brand equity. Our prof asked us how many of us had heard of the... — read more
Retiree Life Insurance and Associate Severance Pay
An interesting and informative piece on these two concerns. http://www.narse.org/Documents/NARSE-Summer2019-Straight-Talk.pdf
New Shirts
How many stores have received their new Sears shirts with the new logo and colors?
A&E is offering $5,000 bonuses !
$5,000 REFERRAL bonuses to current employees who refer qualified refrigeration techs AND $5,000 SIGN-ON bonuses to the new techs!