I’m still at Sears just for pocket money. The attitude of the dying company towards the employees who are still there in the remaining stores is clear to me.
However, I wonder if the attitude towards employees was much better when the company was at its peak, 2007? Was the attitude incomparably better back then or not?
Sears peak was 1949 NOT 1982 ... they never evolved after General Wood
After the early 90s, when they got rid of anyone who knew their posterior from a ho-e in the ground
Interestingly, overpaid and d-mb corporate top brass ki---d the Sears catalog in the early 90s too, in 1993 to be precise, just a year before Jeff B started his (and his ex-wife's) Amazon.com portal...
What a bunch of under-qualified and undeservingly overpaid corporate tools setting the Company for a shipwreck back then, in early 90s (Eddie S L was simply a similar cherry on the top of the cake, simply finishing their harmful job in the last 15 years or so).
Having worked for Sears in the 70s and 80s, I'd say it was better. You could actually MAKE MONEY working at Sears, I even knew people who survived on part time in some departments. Employees got commission and employee discounts. We got profit sharing, imagine that. We accrued a pension. We got time and a half on Sundays.
We still complained--retail is not fun no matter where you work, and I actually hated my job, but I made at least a decent living--but I met some of the best people I've ever known working at Sears.
But when Kmart and Walmart passed Sears, the higher-ups got frantic, trying various strategies to get back their mojo. Cost cutting became a quick fix, buying all the financial properties was a distraction, etc. After the early 90s, when they got rid of anyone who knew their posterior from a ho-e in the ground, things got worse (but hey, minimum wage workers can do the job just as well, right?) When employees are considered to be costs instead of assets, you know you're in trouble, and Sears went that way.
Sears peak was 1982 NOT 2007.
Edward Lampert is a financial real estate genius. Edward needs to write a book on his business intelect. I suggest a title "The Art of the L" (L referring to Edward Lampert's last name).
Depended on the store and the Manager. Some were okay, others were horrible.
It was better prior to Lambert ...