Thread regarding Cabela's Inc. layoffs

i'm wondering when party time in Hamburg originally stopped to even start again? My short tenure with the company was to witness poor work ethic and entitled employees. Boy, do I absolute loathe the phrase "it's not my job". Which so many employees, I'm sure of which are posting these negative forums, so freely flung about as they stood around expecting paychecks.

I'm sure which also are the employees bashing Mr. Johns. Who so praised his team and was present for every morning meeting and invested time in those who had potential to grow.

Trust me all of us are fed up with the silence and we want to know what is happening with our jobs ...with no word. Maybe we find out soon, OR this will be business as usual as they told us before.

To Really. Couldn't agree with you more-whoever the poster is needs to find another job. This outfitter is making themselves look silly and harming morale. I don't work for the company and the complaining about Hamburg is getting old. Just move on already. Hopefully tomorrow management will announce what direction the company is moving toward. Sidney is fed up with the silence and bs.

The best advice I've heard yet for you "grow up and leave if you are unhappy."

Some people just s--- the life out of a team. Others try to rebuild and inspire greatness in individuals to benefit the team. It's obvious to see reading here who the life s---ers are.

As for your assumptions that I am management. You are way off base. Seems to me like in your nature was part of a massive Cabela's ad campaign. Or were you s---ing your thumb brooding about all the wrongs that everyone has done to you instead of doing something for others in a positive nature. I only hear this type of griping and whining from someone who misses the mark way below target.

PA is fine if you like it. I just prefer the west. And for those of you who are new to this party you'll recall that Scott came from the west. Here is just another example of you making something out of nothing and spending all your energy griping to everyone about nothing. Pennsylvania is probably just right for you. They have a lot of welfare programs for people that talk themselves out of a job and think they can do everything better than the company owner or manager. As for what Tommy is doing to Cabela's I agree he's s---ing the life out of it just except he's probably creating a golden parachute for himself and many of the top execs. You should probably hold onto your job at Cabela's longer than others though. It seems like you are especially suited to be left cleaning out the dog crates and shoveling the aquarium by the time it's all over. Well everyone one more day and will hear what Tommy and Ralph have in store with bass pro and synchrony credit. Really really hope it doesn't happen but it seems like the writing is on the wall

Quit your complaining or just quit

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Grow up and leave if you are so unhappy!

What the hell are you people talking about? I'm sure there's a PA history chat room somewhere. This isn't it. Stick to the subjects. The fall of Cabelas at the hands of Tommy. The unprofessional actions of Scott and Jenn.

Ask HitchBot what he thinks of PA.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/

Have all the history you want, it is still trash there.

To Really:

You'd never live on PA? Let me guess, you're from New Jersey and have all of this insight into Hamburg how? If you're from New York, Maryland or Delaware, consider professional help with the travel to Hamburg.

Do you regularly drive to the store. Are you there everyday? Have you been through employee orientation?

If you know so much about Hamburg, you must spend a lot of money on gas and have lots of time on your hands.

And why never live in PA? What wrong with the state where the Declaration of Independence was adopted? The state that had more signers of the Declaration then any other? Twice the number as New Jersey.

This is the state that has had the highest number of casualties in all of America's wars and you're too good to consider living here?

378 Pennsylvanians received the Congressional Medal of Honor, but you are too good to live here?

You'd never live in a state that was home to Ben Franklin?

Do us all a favor and stay home.

Something is going on. If the subject wasn't so serious, it would be comical.

Just look at the number of views this one subject has, currently 2099, more than any other thread.

The comical part comes from the very angry people who are obviously management. I've said it before and I'll say it again, they give themselves away by using Cabela speak. In his nature? How original.

By the way, I have personally witnessed Scott praise and recognize people over and over again for doing big things and small things. Just the way he is. He enjoys doing it. Catching people doing something right is in his nature.

If you have not experienced this recognition for yourself you must be hiding from him or purely at the bottom of the barrel for work ethic and talent. Yes, I do know Scott, Bruce, Jen, and many others who made hamburg Cabelas great over the years. you missed your own opportunity to grow so don't blame others if you were in the Green field and all you saw was BS.

You do know you sound like a rabid dog when you post on here?

You don't know Squat. I am not a with Cabelas and never would live in PA. I am however speaking truth and fact. I know many of the management and Outfitters current and past. Lots of good people in hamburg I have known over the years but I do not recall any of them with your self centered crybaby attitude of WIFM.

Free advice - Life is yours to make the best of it. You can pi$$ in your own cherrios but then you can't blame everyone else for your own poor choices unless you are Hillary Clinton. You probably leave every job with the same complaints about others causing you to leave. That should tell you something, Have some pride will ya? Grow up and do your job the best you can or get your tail out and let someone else who cares do it. BP is coming to a Cabelas near you and as a private company they take garbage attitudes like yours out with the trash. When you leave don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out.

Well I guess we all know who posted the last response. Will you be following him west again?

I think you all need to quit yer B--ching and get back to work. You have the power to go do anything you want and work anywhere you want if you can prove you are worth a dime. Tell your next interviewer how you know everything there is to run a Cabela's and see how fast they show you to the door. Anyone who is popping off with an attitude like this is not part of any solution and you are likely a big part of the problem. You have NO CLUE about what it takes to run a store let alone one like Cabela's and your petty infighting just adds fuel to the fire and discontent of the entire staff. Kate Lynn Bratt is just one example of the stupid useless HR problems that take up hours of time. How would you handle that one, eh? You are a couple more of those examples who likely don't work and stand around looking for ways to get out of work and blame others for your own shorcomings.

I know Scott is a proven good leader in multiple places with a team who cared and had more than half a brain. In Hamburg however You can't blame the coach if the team is full of a bunch of losers who don't want to do anything except complain. Its a part of PA culture that few coaches have ever mastered.

This thread was titled party time in hamburg. Well you remember they were playing party music up to the end on the titanic so have fun while you can. Chances are you will all be in Bass Pro's staff in the near future until they weed out the malcontents. Scott will look pretty good from that perspective.

Oh look, something stinky is floating in your party punchbowl - Its your Turd of a Resume.

You are there not for recognition or a pat on the back. You are there for a paycheck. Pathetic as it is. I think your percentage is high. But, your point is well taken. I remember when Amazon first opened. They had a 45 percent turnover rate. We use to laugh about it. Now, we must be close if not surpassing that figure. The word is out about Cabelas.

Did you know it takes less than one second to look an employee in the eye and say, "thank you,"? Sad that management thinks this would be coddling employees. Perhaps for the same reasons they don't understand that the majority of their purpose is to make their store function smoothly, a function they are hopelessly failing at. Corporate may have made hiring more difficult, but Hamburgs treatment of it employees had already wrecked its pool of potential new hires. When 70% of your potential new hires don't stay past orientation maybe you should be asking what is going wrong with your process of selecting and training Outfitter candidates.

Nobody forced us to work there. I don't like it anymore than anyone else. So what do we do about it? We can stay and try to make the best of it. Or we can work somewhere else and possibly have it worse. A lot of outfitters I talk to say they're only there for the discount. Everybody has their reasons. We all know that things aren't going to get any better. So, whatever your reason is, try not to let it get you down. It's a job. Not your life. Don't let one affect the other.

Coddle???? How about them treating the Outfitters with a little dignity.

Respect gets respect.

Oh that's right, part of the management training must include classes on bullying and browbeating.

All this and you get a few dollars above minimum wage? What a deal!

Management is not there to coddle you. It would be nice to know everything that's going on in the company. But, that's not how it works. I'm not putting anyone down. I'm just presenting a fact. The best thing everyone can do is not take stock in rumors. Nobody knows how this is going to turn out. Not even the people at the top. With any luck, common sense will prevail.

Outfitter 10234, you do realize that the last post before yours was agreeing with you, if in a much more mature way, correct? I regret to inform you that there are multiple people posting on this blog, not simply one disgruntled person but many. That should be obvious from the various tones taken by those responding as well as the variation in sentence structure, grammar and spelling; yours registers on the atrocious end of the scale by the way. I might feel inclined to correct it all for you but I fear my battery would expire.

I think everyone here could benefit if they calmed down and learned to respond like rational adults. I know management thinks this is just a complaint forum for disgruntled employees but if they paid attention to the overall theme and had any actual educational basis to back up their battlefield promotions they might see this blog for what it is: a desperate plea for help from overwhelming odds. All we ask for is to be seen, recognized and thanked for our hard work. It doesn't have to be food, or bullet awards. A, "thank you," or, "we know it s---s and you're scared, we are sorry that we can't make it better right now," or even just a, "where can we help," would do so much to mend the embattled borders between Outfitters and Management in Hamburg.

Sounds like last poster is going to cry!!!! Everyone stopped helping you bash people and you don't have a life or no one to post crap to complain about today. Get a dam life,stop crying and do your job like the rest of us. My manager told me if we get the manager they think is coming to hamburg party time is over. They won't baby, cry baby's. Do your job or get out. It's retail. I never herd of walmart feeding there employees or giving them ice cream.They don't even remember you name. Never heard of them giving money to sign up for a credit card. If you can't handle the job then leave. Don't leave the door hit you on the way out.

The outfitters that get walked out all brought it on themselves. I'm sure it was the same for her. We don't know the whole story. We just know what we see and the rumors we hear.

Ok some of you are getting off track. Bruce WAS THE BEST GENERAL MANAGER Hamburg Cabela's EVER had. To the one who said " only saw him in hunting helping". Well you are SO wrong and perhaps you were one that just would hide in department and did nothing. Now this has lost focus of CURRENT HAPPENINGS with Cabela's being bought out, possible losing jobs, possible a lot of things . Current happenings with current GM and HR Mgr doing everything against store and company values and company policy, and I'm sick of hearing that crap. Even if it is true. And, The dirty doings those two did to the BEST MANAGER WE'VE HAD. FOCUS PEOPLE ..... FOCUS

Hindsight is always 20/20!

Bruce was dedicated to the company and his people. I used to see him everywhere. From hunting, to camping, in the fly shop and even unloading trucks.

When we were very busy he would run registers. If something needed cleaning and he was handy and everyone else was busy, he'd clean it.

He was there holidays and most weekends. He was there working long before people reported for work and sometimes long after the store was closed. He never missed a Black Friday and worked the floor wherever it was needed.

He was completely dedicated to the store. He took pride in it.

If what is said he did to the shoplifter is true, he's even more of my type of guy.

In situations like that, regardless of any possible liability, with his dedication and loyalty, the company should have reciprocated and stood by him.

I truly believe the AP Outfitter got fired only because Sydney demanded someone's head on a platter so it was the lowest head they could lop off. He was a working stiff just like the rest of us with a family.

I have no inside information as to what actually happened, but I believe Bruce did all he could to save that guys job.

So this is another problem with Cabela's. They have no, zero, loyalty to their employees. Corporate looks down their noses at the people who sustain them and hire managers who think like they do.

Make one mistake or ruffle one feather, you're gone. No second chances. No warnings.

How do they ever hope to attract and keep good employees when they manage through fear?

I believe the entire Hamburg store is one 250,000 square foot hostile work environment. Oops, I forgot the warehouse, so lets add another couple hundred square feet.

Finally, someone else who sees the light about Bruce. All of you saying he was always willing to jump in and help out must work in the hunting department cause that's the only place he would show his face. It's like the rest of the store didn't even exist.

I agree what happened to Bruce was wrong. He should've been fired on the spot. It doesn't't matter that the customer was stealing, there are clear cut guidelines for situations like that. Chasing and tackling by the GM is not one of them. But, because of his actions, a very good AP Outfitter got hung out to dry. If that's what caring for his workers is, I'm glad he never cared for me.

It was a tragedy when Bruce got forced out when he ran afoul of AP. That also cause one of the AP guys to get fired.

Bruce did all of that. You'd never see Matt or Scott lower themselves from their lofty GM positions to pitch in. Bruce would even run registers when we were busy. He knew everything in the store and what to do. He was a leader. His people came first and he lead by example.

You really should watch who you call idiots, a gm should lead as in, help where ever they are needed, wether its unload the truck or jump behind the counter in the deli and sling hash, no matter what bullshit corporate sends down, your team can make or break you, do you want sincere respect, or forced. Stick together guys its tuff at all the stores right now dont let anyone tell you how to feel, I hope you get a leader and not just a gm!!!

From what I know. .. Bruce was the Best General Manager Hamburg Cabela's ever had. Moving forward , this whole ridiculous situation with the current G.M. and H.R. Mgr. Is so unprofessional, ethically, morally, so Juvenile. It's a shame. So now He's leaving Hamburg, now to see what transpires . Ridiculous drama and games. Not necessary nor needed. Life is constantly changing - evolving, so let's HOPE it is much better for Cabela's Hamburg, Pa

To the "mature " comment you are either a Mgr or one of Scott's buddies, who get away with EVERYTHING! !

And yes by FAR, BRUCE was the best Mgr Hamburg ever had, he was fair and he cared about the employees, he had a set! Scott definitely didn't have any! Or maybe Jen has them in her PURSE!

GM wise it can only get better from here. I have never seen a manger as Asinine as Scott. Hopefully he gets a refresher course on what his job title consists of. No thanks needed but he wasn't getting away with his inhuman actions. Throwing your weight around gets you no where, being a team does!!!

Maybe the next GM will be better or worse. Nobody knows. It depends on what Corporate lets him do. What we do need is a GM that doesn't take 2-3 hour lunches with the HR Manager. The two of them are acting like a bunch of puppy love high schoolers. The worst part is, they don't try to hide it. I wonder if their respective partners are aware of this. Probably not. Also maybe after the GM leaves, we'll get an full time HR Manager? Rather than one that is rarely there.

I was pretty happy when Bruce was the GM. He was a little weird, but a good manager and he was fair.

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So mature. With an attitude like that no wonder you are having problems at work.

To the person who called us idiots, take a look in the mirror! Scott is the WORST GM Hamburg has ever had! LIES,LIES and what pains you! I will show him what pains me, BEND OVER SCOTT! ! Just like he did to so many GREAT EMPLOYEES! Let alone targeting Mgrs! Just wondering if your play toy,oops Jen from HR is going with you! Please take her she is USELESS TOO!