Joystar circling the drain?

Hi Tom,

Years and Years ago I worked in various capacities for Kmart.... mostly as a
store manager when I wasn't doing special projects.

Old Man Cunningham died in 1977... he and SS Kresge were the founders of
Kmart (remember Kresge 5 and 10 cent stores... same guys). Anyway, they
died and the bean counters took over the company.

They decided that healthcare was now going to cost every employee $20 a
week... it had been free. I got up at that meeting and mentioned that while
I had no problem charging NEW employees the $20, that it amounted to a cut
in pay for established employees and wasn't ethical to my way of thinking.

I was told that was the program and if I didn't implement it, they would
find someone who would. (they wanted the full time people to quit and
replace them with cheaper part-time people)

No problem. The week before the program went into effect, I gave all the
full time people in the store a 50 cent an hour raise. $20 a week. That was
the beginning of the end of my Kmart career. vbg

Are you and Vicki going to be able to make it to Main Street Station next
Wednesday? Becca and I will be there at the bar around 6 PM and we can eat
at the Brew Pub there. I don't know how many other people from AVLV are
going to show up but we'll be there.

Take care,

George



"Nonnymus" wrote in message
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J Carnaghie wrote:


I'll bet that Joystar has very few "employees" and lots of "independent
contractors."
Good luck,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

Speaking of bankruptcies, one of my favorite tales of "class" was when a
national Mexican restaurant chain tanked in the 90's. The manager of one
was told that they were closing for good at Midnight that evening. He had
just made payroll that day, and most of the employees at work had their
paychecks in their pockets. He knew that since the chain had tanked that
day, the paychecks would be worthless, so he called the employees not then
on the clock to warn them, and also called all the employees together.
Just before the restaurant closed for good, he CASHED all the paychecks
out of the till. To me, that was a good guy.
--
Nonny
Some people are like a Slinky: not really
good for anything, but you still can't help
but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

In article , George Leppla
wrote:

Hi Tom,

Years and Years ago I worked in various capacities for Kmart.... mostly as a
store manager when I wasn't doing special projects.

I don't think a reply can be private if you post it to the
newsgroup........

--
Charles

"Charles" wrote in message
d...
In article , George Leppla
wrote:

Hi Tom,

Years and Years ago I worked in various capacities for Kmart.... mostly
as a
store manager when I wasn't doing special projects.

I don't think a reply can be private if you post it to the
newsgroup........



Probably not. Looks like I should have had some coffee BEFORE I wrote that.

My apologies for the oops.


--
George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

Cruise Specials Weblog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/

[Default] Thus spake Nonnymus :

J Carnaghie wrote:


I'll bet that Joystar has very few "employees" and lots of "independent
contractors."
Good luck,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

Speaking of bankruptcies, one of my favorite tales of "class" was when a
national Mexican restaurant chain tanked in the 90's. The manager of
one was told that they were closing for good at Midnight that evening.
He had just made payroll that day, and most of the employees at work had
their paychecks in their pockets. He knew that since the chain had
tanked that day, the paychecks would be worthless, so he called the
employees not then on the clock to warn them, and also called all the
employees together. Just before the restaurant closed for good, he
CASHED all the paychecks out of the till. To me, that was a good guy.

On the other hand, we had some friends when we were in Dallas who
worked for Braniff. Braniff would either cut you a check or do a
driect deposit. Thursday morning, Allison went down to her bank, only
they said the deposit hadn't been dropped. People who got their
checks that afternoon had them bounced almost immediately. THEN
Braniff filed for Chap 11 (which went 7). We were flying from Houston
to Maui (via DFW) the morning that Pan Am folded. There was a huge
line in front of the counter, but no one behind it.
--
- dillon I am not invalid

When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams come true.
Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which
will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no
matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.

[Default] Thus spake "George Leppla" :


"Charles" wrote in message
id...
In article , George Leppla
wrote:

Hi Tom,

Years and Years ago I worked in various capacities for Kmart.... mostly
as a
store manager when I wasn't doing special projects.

I don't think a reply can be private if you post it to the
newsgroup........



Probably not. Looks like I should have had some coffee BEFORE I wrote that.

My apologies for the oops.

Yeah, the bad thing is that these days only about a third of the feeds
even honor a CANCEL, so even after the inevitable oh-no second, it's
too late.

I get "retractions" all the time from people using Outlook. I guess
they don't realize that POP3 doesn't do that. But Exchange tells them
it's all hunky-dory.
--
- dillon I am not invalid

When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams come true.
Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which
will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no
matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.