I try to be indifferent to everything that happens in this company. Simply, an ordinary worker is powerless to change anything. The only thing we can change is ourselves and find a new job in another company. I have already prioritized this issue to a great extent and I expect that I will get lucky soon. However, I feel that even when I move to a new job, I will still have a bitter taste for all that I have endured. And not only me, but all of us and those who still remain.
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Having Sears in your resume is a k–ler in general. I went to a less prestigious position after Sears and that's where I've gotten jobs from although my experiences at Sears were higher level and that's where I learned. I use my Sears experience in secret.
No one wants to hear about Sears in the interview. So, get moving. Take literally almost anything at a company that's not dying and you will do better.
There is PTSD but it gets better over time.
I was an executive some years back. I just check this board every once in awhile to read the latest on Eddie has failed, just like everyone who left upper management predicted. Now it's just schadenfreude and good fun.
Try to leave one your terms. You will heal faster if you do. Good luck.
A group was tossed out in April 2019 after the contract with the the IT Outsourcing provider (TCS?) was cancelled by TCS due to non payment of services by Eddie. The understanding is that Eddie didn’t pay for at least the last full year of services that TCS was there but TCS acted in good faith to keep its employees there. (So the story goes) . Due to the fear of retribution by former TCS associates and the nature of the access to SHC many of these people had to the systems, they were asked by SHC to never to set foot on premises again.
So Mike, from further down in this thread... what happened in January 2018 that makes you say you were thrown out like a dog? Would just like to hear your story.
Wow. What did you do in that they told you taht you were not welcome even as a customer? Saying that they had the Police there confirms that something major must have happened. Hopefully you don't tell us "nothing happened".
I worked for SHC corporate for over 20 years. My last two years were with an IT outsourcing company but I was at the same desk. I got a call on a Wednesday evening in April 2019 telling me I was terminated and no longer welcome at any corporate or SHC Retail property, not even as a customer. They gave me a contact to set up an appointment with so I could be escorted to my cube so he could watch me as I cleaned out my stuff the next Friday. There was a member of the police department there too. Quite insulting. I found a new job in July 2019 and think about that moment at my new job. There were so many negative interactions with management the last few years at SHC and they treated us so poorly that you accepted it as normal. Unfortunately it set the tone and general distrust for management at my new company when they are really nice people. Last week management presented me with a very difficult project and said we know it’s a stretch for you but we’ll help you get trained up. My thoughts went back to SHC where they would put people on projects like that just to set them up to be fired. It’s been almost two years and I’m still trying to get over the general distrust beat into me by SHC but it’s getting better over time.
Just had a conversation with some other former corp people today. Some call it PTSD, to me they are something different but not far off.
I make more working part time than I did in the corporate office, and while I still have stress, its nothing compared to what I was dealing with at Hoffman. I absolute feel burned out from my 10 years with Sears, I thought moving up was the answer but I should have moved on instead. I'm lucky to have a skillset that seems to be in enough demand, but it was a rough bit of time initially after being laid off. It doesn't help that having Sears on your resume hurts you more than it helps!
Spent almost 17 years in the Belleville NJ Kmart. January 2018 thrown out like a dog. 3 years later still feel betrayed