"Welcome to Circuit City! Our service is state-of-the-art!" *Giant red plug descends into the earth amid lightning bolts*Please someone tell me they remember those ads.
Breaking: a dance style from the 1980s that made ingenious use of orphaned floor tile samples and large, cardboard boxes used for the shipment of refrigerators.
Someone as dedicated and hard working as you are is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope the next job you find is one that appreciates you and rewards you accordingly.
This comment holds the most truth on this thread. BB's stock has dropped like whoa also in these hard times they're just in a much better spot to battle it. It really does come down to management and that's just one thing CC hasn't figured out. Sorry for all the CC people losing their jobs right before the holidays! Don't let these threads get the best of you because in retail where "the customer is always right" young minimum wage high school students don't give a s**t. Nor should they with a company on that structure.
I worked in upper management at Circuit City in their Richmond, VA HQ for a good many years back in the glory days (left in the late '90's). At that time they were without a doubt one of the best run retail companies in the country with the tightest operations, and some of the brightest, most driven people you could find in retail. But then Best Buy came along. Circuit couldn't compete on the expense side of the equation. Then internet sales took off and the margins went south even more. So it was bye-bye commission sales - and bye-bye Circuit. Commission sales was, for better or worse, who they were. When they killed the commission sales model, the rapid evacuation of talent at all levels of the organization in the late '90's and early '00's was simply stunning. They could not keep their best people, but what's worse is they didn't seem to think it mattered. The cost of people, first the commissioned sales person, then the store management and finally in the rest of the company, came to be seen as a liability when in fact it was their greatest asset. Ultimately retail is a customer service business and when people cease to be an asset, the customer is not valued and they walk.
saikyanNov 3, 2008
"Welcome to Circuit City! Our service is state-of-the-art!" *Giant red plug descends into the earth amid lightning bolts*Please someone tell me they remember those ads.
endustryNov 3, 2008
Breaking: a dance style from the 1980s that made ingenious use of orphaned floor tile samples and large, cardboard boxes used for the shipment of refrigerators.
markofthedeadNov 3, 2008
Someone as dedicated and hard working as you are is nothing to be ashamed of. I hope the next job you find is one that appreciates you and rewards you accordingly.
backslashdiggNov 3, 2008
How much for a cleveland steamer? giggidy
xaserNov 3, 2008
This comment holds the most truth on this thread. BB's stock has dropped like whoa also in these hard times they're just in a much better spot to battle it. It really does come down to management and that's just one thing CC hasn't figured out. Sorry for all the CC people losing their jobs right before the holidays! Don't let these threads get the best of you because in retail where "the customer is always right" young minimum wage high school students don't give a s**t. Nor should they with a company on that structure.
troublemonkeyNov 3, 2008
I worked in upper management at Circuit City in their Richmond, VA HQ for a good many years back in the glory days (left in the late '90's). At that time they were without a doubt one of the best run retail companies in the country with the tightest operations, and some of the brightest, most driven people you could find in retail. But then Best Buy came along. Circuit couldn't compete on the expense side of the equation. Then internet sales took off and the margins went south even more. So it was bye-bye commission sales - and bye-bye Circuit. Commission sales was, for better or worse, who they were. When they killed the commission sales model, the rapid evacuation of talent at all levels of the organization in the late '90's and early '00's was simply stunning. They could not keep their best people, but what's worse is they didn't seem to think it mattered. The cost of people, first the commissioned sales person, then the store management and finally in the rest of the company, came to be seen as a liability when in fact it was their greatest asset. Ultimately retail is a customer service business and when people cease to be an asset, the customer is not valued and they walk.
shokedNov 7, 2008
well, i just recently got a CC Visa Rewards. I guess I should get it paid off and spend my rewards before it's too late.Anyone else in the same boat?
m3mn0nJan 28, 2009
pretty sure that wouldn't bring radio shack back...
m3mn0nJan 28, 2009
Only Kevin is.
m3mn0nJan 28, 2009
One door closed means another one can open.Usually it's better. Just play your options right.