I don't work for Sears anymore (thank god), but I still read these boards all the time and I've noticed something. There is an almost pathological denial of facts going on here. And I'm not even talking about the inside info predictions (most of which turn out to be true anyway), but even after they actually happen, people are still in denial. Everyone was in denial about bk, then it happened, and then it was denial over no severance, that too happened, and some people are still in denial over that, believing they will still get severance. The current one is this ridiculous belief that some Sears stores will be saved or that anyone even wants to save it. This whole safe store list was a scam from the get-go, several people pointed that out, and now they are closing some "safe " stores and people still don't want to see it. The safe store list and the "maybe" list was just a way to fool people. don't you guys realize that they cant close all the stores at once because it is too big a task? don't you realize they want you to believe your store will stay open so you don't walk out/steal from them? Come on people, use your head!!!!
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I don't understand why so many associates are staying at their jobs so late in the game including at liquidating stores when things are looking so bad for the company.
I got out of Sears after working there for over 20 years and found another full time job where health benefits are equivalent to or better than what I got at Sears....but I am paying less than half of what I was paying for health benefits at Sears.
Alot of associates seem to want to wait it out to the very end or are hoping for some miraculous 9th inning recovery of the company.
What happens when all these associates flood the job market all at the same time competing for jobs?
Meanwhile, those that planned ahead and got out soon enough have already established themselves at new companies.
I'm amazed that fast eddy is actually pulling this farce off.
We all know there are no profitable stores and has been that way for many years.. Decline in foot traffic, blah products, drab advertising, same sale gimmicks year after year..so why wd a "safe" store all of a sudden become a closing store? What happen to those stores to all of a sudden become unprofitable stores and pop up on the most recent list of 40 store closings, especially the ones in Puerto Rico which I had heard were profitable... Did eddys crew mistakenly include Puerto Rico stores that were ruined in the hurricane in the original bk lists?
In the end, the 400 or so stores on the "safe" list will also close because all along its been about the real estate under the store
Just like the 7 mile and middlebelt store in Livonia is on the safe list, in my opinion because it's on a prime piece of real estate on the corner.. A very large piece of property.. The satire is huge and still looks like it did from the 70,s on the outside..are the also counting the $500,000.00 loan on that store.. What was that money used for? Certainly not on that store
No store is safe!! In the end the 400 will be auctioned off and eddy probably will win the bid for those safe stores..
I just wish they would hurry up with the designated stores and announce their closing so everyone knows for fact there is NO future at Sears beyond possible Feb or March 2019
You are correct. I don't understand it either. Not the Kmart cheerleader but the sincere folks.