Comment preview: I had an issue with an employee trying to get a discount for something misspriced. Problem 1: Only managers can do price changes for employees (enforced via policy rather than software). Problem 2: Employees do not get price mistakes nor discounts for dama ....

Comment preview: I also used to work at BB (for a couple of years) and I can attest to nothing you said. I started out part time and within a few months was full time. My experience: * Best Buy employees don't make a commission. * I was never once coached to tell a custome ....

Comment preview: I worked in a Major grocery store chain for 5 years: The problem is that most of these store chains are given a certain limit of hours they can give their employees for the week. The scheduler has to understand when the busy times are during the week and s ....

Comment preview: In my retail experience, I've noticed that managers, especially in larger stores, rarely take notice of who their newer employees are. I was also once accosted by someone who thought I was an employee. I was standing in line for a prescription with my hus ....

Comment preview: I did the exact same thing, but I wasn't an employee. Shortly after Grand Theft Auto Sand Andreas released, I was in an EB Games just browsing. When a kid and his mother came in. The kid wanted San Andreas. The mother actually looked at the rating and ques ....

Comment preview: My friend worked on Royal Caribbean on the [IIRC] Explorer of the Seas back in 2006, said I could book a cruise through him for $15/night, employee discount. I might have to stay in his cabin with him, but he would see what he could do about getting an unu ....

Comment preview: Personally I think Huey had a discussion with a rep at Warner Bros who said that the actions weren't taken by any *Warner Bros* employees, which is technically true, since the people involved from the evidence shown to me worked for the PR company responsi ....

Comment preview: My father used to work in a department store in downtown detroit in the early 70's, he was the stock boy/janitor and during lunch for the employees, who were all female besides him, he would go and clean the employees' bathroom. Now mind you this was the " ....

Comment preview: I have a few, but the worst was a drug addict and alcoholic that told a coworker that he "wanted to make a movie with her", then proceeded to harass and berate her when she shot him down. I investigated this guy and decided terminated him in the presence o ....

Comment preview: I interviewed a girl last year at my work (retail), and she did fairly well in her interview for what I was looking for: a cashier/stockworker, and I was going to give her a second interview. *However*, after it ended she did not leave the pharmacy. She h ....

Comment preview: If it was a customer that was murdered, that would be bad enough, but this was AN EMPLOYEE. This was somebody that they knew and that was supposedly a part of their team and their "family" there, and they just roped off her gore-spattered murder scene and ....

Comment preview: First I'd like to say that all of your employees should be fired and new ones should be hired. Consider it starting with a blank canvas. >My mom talks to them as if they were her friend, laugh with them, we treat them well, spoil them by giving them com ....

Comment preview: I was a 3rd party contractor, technically I guess I still am. However there is currently no work available at this time due to oil prices. If I wanted time off, even though I am not an employee, I had to ask in advance and get approved. It was unpaid as I ....

Comment preview: Former grocery store manager. I have seen far worse both in terms of cost and destruction. Off the top of my head, there was the employee who left an entire pallet of ice cream in the meat cooler overnight. The next morning when another employee opened ....

Comment preview: About 12 or 13 I'd guess. Neighbor and family friend gone to work, decided I'd go find his playboys or penthouses and I assumed he would have some, he was just that kinda guy. I had a key to their house as they were our neighbors and good friends. Wen ....

Comment preview: IANAL (law student) but I did do some research on off-duty conduct in the Canadian context (particularly social media). The biggest issue facing these kinds of situations these days is that the line between on-duty and off-duty conduct is becoming increasi ....

Comment preview: Labor & employment lawyer here. I've seen people fired for the following: * Posts insulting a supervisor, the employer, customers, coworkers; * Posts that show the employee has been lying about something (e.g., he's been out on FMLA leave claiming he's ....

Comment preview: I was an employee of B&N all throughout university (3.5 years), and this article really breaks my heart. Say what you will about Barnes being a ruthless big box store. Although pay was and always has been quite low- even with a promotion and small year ....

Comment preview: Q: How common was it for employees to steal items? A: At the airport that I worked at there were very little cases of theft. We ran a tight ship in PHX. Now Florida and Texas are a different story... lol Q: Did any employees straight lie about what was nor ....

Comment preview: I posted this on a past account: I was a manager at Staples and I needed a cashier. I had a call from this woman about a cashier job, so I told her to come in. Her resume was crap, but I needed a cashier. In walked this short, fat woman who looked, quite f ....

Comment preview: Darden employee here. We use the same computer systems company wide and Darden actually has their own POS system. What it is, is just what it says, a duplicate receipt. It just means the check was printed after being closed out. It, in my opinion, most lik ....

Comment preview: This goes do much deeper then anyone knows. My father was on the cutting edge of Kodak... working in research and development. There are literally SO MANY TIMES Kodak sold off patents on products that were ridiculously expensive to produce. My favorite ex ....

Comment preview: PREACH! While I won't deny that there are some shitty retail employees out there at the same time customers around the holidays are even worse. It's like holiday season hits and almost everyone become a self-entitled brat who believes they deserve everythi ....

Comment preview: Worked loss prevention for two major retail stores. [Edit] Didn't personally see these next two happen while I was working, but during our training to apprehend people, they showed us some videos of what can happen in a store. First they showed a video of ....

Comment preview: > I was wearing a company issued shirt and safety glasses, and carrying a large package for one of the other employees that had our company name on it I'm huge letters That's exactly how you plant bugs and do corporate espionage. You dress like you belo ....