I hate to surround myself with so much negativity. I know that Kmart and Sears' days are no longer, but I ran across this old 1970s TV commercial of Kmart. It made me smile, I actually cried a little. Back in the 1970s Kmart was unstoppable and was picking up steam. It is so sad to compare then and now, but it is a memory of the good times past.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pDKVLyRt0jQ
Amen to that post- the phrase f--- you I won't do what you tell me - fyiwdwytm should be applied to all and every sears directive.
Guys- sadly you are looking at this as putting your heart and soul into an organisation that you loved and the senior management see it as an asset stripping opportunity to make money- the two points of view are so distant and district it's painful to read what you post. No one can tell you to stop caring and to stop having a conscience and a heart - you while not be human without it. But it says a lot about corporate America not when people like Eddie lambert can do this to a company like Sears but that they can get away with it. No wonder the growing global politics is one of rage against the machine.
amen
wish I could see the old TV commercial but the link you posted brings up 0 results. Maybe because I reverted back to IE11 browser? I got my memories though. the old bluelights-the real ones back in the 60's and back then we knew the employees by name & by the dept. now it's nobody anywhere in any dept. so I still ask customers if they are looking for something and 99% of the time it makes me smile because the customer seems so happy that they were respected. Too bad SHC doesn't know that's what endears a store to the shopper. If they ever cut my hours from 40 I'll say hallelujah I had things to do at home and Kmart can keep it all however they see fit. I feel like a dog on a collar and chain being dragged behind a truck. I really tried to keep up faithfully. But now I'm dead and still being dragged along by a company that does Not care.
I think that video represents why there is anger and sadness shown on the board. People are angry at how they have been used and mistreated but there is also a sadness at seeing an American retail icon disappear. Sears and Kmart have been around through a good portion of our lives. Most have shopped Sears and Kmart for decades and it has served us through the holidays, birthdays, weddings, first homes etc. Many of us remember the Sears Christmas catalogs. Sears was middle class America. The middle class is struggling and shrinking along with many middles class stores.
Corporate greed is truly disgusting. CEOs raking in multi-millions of dollars while employees are mistreated, overworked, forced to work holidays, laid-off., etc while earning minimum wage with no raises. Truly disgusting. SHLD, an American icon, which holds many good memories for millions of middle class Americans, is being dismantled and destroyed while executives are getting rich.
Yes, there is alot of anger, sadness and negativity. People are being hurt, the company is being destroyed, middle class is suffering and the executives are making millions. Hence the anger and negativity.