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Status of American Employment - Home Depot
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:38 pm
At the Home Depot by my house. One lady is checking out customers. An angry Karen raised a fuss, to which the register employee stated Home Depot hired 30 people last month and not one is still employed.
What a mess. Thanks, Brandon.
What a mess. Thanks, Brandon.
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Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:41 pm to Northshoretiger87
Northshore, Im usually the guy in line to diffuse the situation by saying "What are you angry at her for, she is the one who showed up to work trying to do the work of the five who didnt".
Posted on 5/14/22 at 7:42 pm to Northshoretiger87
They just show up a few days then get back on the dole
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:44 pm to Northshoretiger87
True story - I tried to get a Sunday job there and was not called back 
I even told them I’d work for less than $10/hr - nope.
College degreed professionals need not apply
I even told them I’d work for less than $10/hr - nope. College degreed professionals need not apply
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:46 pm to Northshoretiger87
A bunch of companies were offering sign on bonuses. Workers would come in, work the time to get the bonus, then quit.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:52 pm to Strannix
quote:They know exactly how much they need to earn each year to qualify for the Earned Income Credit.
They just show up a few days then get back on the dole
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:55 pm to Northshoretiger87
True story - I’ve got a BS and an MBA. Got laid off back at the beginning of Covid because we couldn’t travel to clients and they were all remote anyway. In the 6 months it took to find a new job paying the same, just to make some cash and get off the dole I applied to a few stores trying to get open/advertised gigs like “golf shop manager” at Dicks or Tool Dept Manager at Home Depot.
I could not even get them to call me back. So now they can deal with the dregs of society and complete flakes for all I care. They earned this.
I could not even get them to call me back. So now they can deal with the dregs of society and complete flakes for all I care. They earned this.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:55 pm to idlewatcher
Ha…must be white. Nice try whitey! Go look somewhere else.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 8:56 pm to Northshoretiger87
They should hire the people at the edge of the parking lot.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 9:09 pm to Northshoretiger87
The nearby Kroger is in a good part of town, customers are typically nice (never heard a Karen in there, although I'm sure they get them).
They have two sets of U-Scans, one on each end of the register line at the front of the store. They were shutting one U-Scan section down, blocked off with shopping carts, and had two or three human cashiers. This was around 7pm.
They couldn't even run all of the U-Scans.
They have two sets of U-Scans, one on each end of the register line at the front of the store. They were shutting one U-Scan section down, blocked off with shopping carts, and had two or three human cashiers. This was around 7pm.
They couldn't even run all of the U-Scans.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 9:52 pm to NOLAVOL16
I don’t blame them. Why would they hire you as a manager? You’re obviously not going to be at the job long term and it’s not worth their time to train you. If you applied for just a regular associate position, they’d hire you in an instant even knowing you would be there a few weeks probably.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 10:02 pm to NOLAVOL16
quote:
I applied to a few stores trying to get open/advertised gigs like “golf shop manager” at Dicks or Tool Dept Manager at Home Depot. I could not even get them to call me back. So now they can deal with the dregs of society and complete flakes for all I care. They earned this.
They aren’t going to waste time on overqualified individuals because they know you aren’t a long term solution…they have plenty of applications just like yours for “fill the gap employees” but they know you will want higher starting pay and jump as soon as you get a “real” job
There are a few places that will hire “overqualified” individuals, such as pizza delivery, but most don’t really want you. An overqualified college educated employee at McDonalds would probably be weird and counterproductive for everyone
This post was edited on 5/14/22 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:18 pm to TheWalrus
quote:
You’re obviously not going to be at the job long term and it’s not worth their time to train you.
And this is the type of stupid thinking that is now costing them. Yeah, I wouldn’t be there long term but who does stay long term in retail? They have 100% turnover. Pretty sure I’d be trained in 2 days and then for however long I’m there, for $15-20 an hour they’d be getting someone that bills F500 companies $300 an hour for advice. Maybe they get some benefit out of that? In fact I can pretty much guarantee that I would walk in there and find/fix enough inefficiencies to pay for myself 10 fold minimum.
This post was edited on 5/14/22 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:25 pm to Eighteen
quote:
They aren’t going to waste time on overqualified individuals because they know you aren’t a long term solution…they have plenty of applications just like yours for “fill the gap employees” but they know you will want higher starting pay and jump as soon as you get a “real” job
There are a few places that will hire “overqualified” individuals, such as pizza delivery, but most don’t really want you. An overqualified college educated employee at McDonalds would probably be weird and counterproductive for everyone
No one is a long term solution at these places, as the OP clearly illustrates.
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:27 pm to NOLAVOL16
Maybe you’re not qualified?!?
Posted on 5/14/22 at 11:38 pm to skiboman1
quote:
Maybe you’re not qualified?!?
Yeah, you’re right. Someone who has controlled hundreds of millions in production and inventory expenses and managed teams of employees for 15 years is absolutely not qualified to stock golf clubs and run a department at Dicks.
Posted on 5/15/22 at 12:03 am to NOLAVOL16
quote:
NOLAVOL16
if I was a hiring manager I would hire you. You would be an excellent role model and mentor for young employees.
Posted on 5/15/22 at 1:02 am to NOLAVOL16
quote:
And this is the type of stupid thinking that is now costing them.
Yep. Everyone has signs and no one is hiring.
Posted on 5/15/22 at 1:54 am to NOLAVOL16
Oh, see, they don't want people to come in and try to fix things in retail chain stores. They want mindless drones that don't ask questions about why they do something inefficiently, just follow corporate policy or the GM's whims, no matter how asinine.
Posted on 5/15/22 at 1:58 am to AcadieAnne
Bingo.
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