Thread regarding Sears layoffs

@pbq- This! The problem is that when the store level needs something or asks a question or have a problem the people in HE just give us some corporate speak if answering us at all. When the store level people get on here or on Pebble to voice our concerns it seems like HE is going to do whatever they want no matter how much it makes the store level a horrible place to work or how much more work it makes store level do that has nothing to do with making money or giving great customer service.

It just seems like many of the things that come from HE are just a reason for the people at HE to justify their jobs and they are just making things up. WHen people at store level havent had raises in 10 years, have out hours cut, have positions cut and then we have to do all this "busy work" from corporate it just gets frustrating.

It just seems that some of the money spent on all the signs (which every store says we have too many to print and that there are too many emergency signs), money spent on all the T-shirts, all the banners, all the free cash--- could go to fixing the stores, fixing the equipment, giving raises, hiring more staff or at least giving more hours to serve customers. Which in turn would actually make stores MONEY.

Both points are true. Yes. The store level staff decreases did not make national news and HEs did. But OP is correct. We are on the same team. Kmart, Sears AND HE.

I have thought for awhile that my store should ignore many of the dumb corporate mandates that take time from actually running a business and selling goods. Now I wish the all three entities Sears, KMart and HE (non c suite) had done this. Worked sensibly together together while ignoring the so called leadership.

Do you think we weren't shredded this week at the store level? A lot of people lost their jobs I was an ASM for many years who's position was eliminated. We just didn't get newspaper articles written about us like you did.