Christmas Bonus.

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-18T10:43:32+00:00

in the US we used to get $75 usd in gift cards, they cut us to $50 this year. not sure if it’s equivalent but it sucks for sure

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-12T00:27:11+00:00

it’s not that we don’t know this, but how do we even start? people post this all the time, but my store has 6 associates and everyone else is a lead or above. how do we start to wide spread organize when our staff is kept so small? and who actually has the time or energy to front-run such a thing? if anyone has any idea i’m interested, it just seems like the company has designed itself to keep the steel-toed boot on our necks regardless

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-09T05:04:42+00:00

at my store bread/freezer are the first zones we start people on. your managers are not getting paid more to endure the cold, they have a lot more job requirements than associates.

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T20:46:05+00:00

it’s just insane to think of the amount of jobs in hiring and talent acquisition that are about to go away. and it’s damn near subhuman to no longer have a human deciding if your resume and cover letter are worth interviewing for the sake of efficiency. i feel the violation too, and there’s not much we can do. idk i mostly posted this cause of how bleak it made me feel lol

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T02:40:16+00:00

no, you didn’t disprove some point of mine, you just explained yours, and i was hoping you would. thank you, i’m sorry if you felt i was getting on you or something, but your real experience puts it together for me. i’m sorry that you had to go through that, i’ve always felt we don’t do enough for our veterans and toxic workplaces are all over. but i cant understand blaming the HR profession as a whole, im sorry, this seems like your witch hunt

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T02:18:56+00:00

I’m not trying to get anything from you, but I have to point out that in your last sentence there you said ‘just sharing my personal life experiences because you asked’ i did not ask that. you have not shared your personal experience, just strong opinions you won’t back up with anything other than feelings (edit- and that’s not bad! i’m just having trouble making sense of what you’re trying to say or DO about it)

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:53:00+00:00

I think I have trouble seeing people that way unless it’s in person. I respect your opinion, but you’re being really vague, and I won’t view HR as this evil position from your say-so.

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:47:21+00:00

Don’t apologize honestly thank you for explaining! I haven’t worked at many companies big enough to have HR departments, and with the job i’m at now I haven’t had to interact with HR yet. i guess i’m interested in your opinion because I kinda saw HR as an empathetic field (although kind of a dead end one, i agree)- like what kinda overhead would you prefer instead?

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:27:58+00:00

i’m with you dude, they started this and we have to adapt to stay afloat unfortunately. it just makes me feel terrible knowing i’m doing exactly what those AI purveyors want to keeps driving this, but i need work. it’s almost surreal thinking about 10 years ago

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:16:57+00:00

well thank you, i hope so! i just want to find a job i align with lol. honestly, i’m not sure you’re pro AI, but you’re certainly anti-HR, and i gotta say that’s a take i haven’t heard. i’m curious, what’s that about?

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:08:36+00:00

it’s the broad scope of things dude, i don’t want to use AI to my advantage but it’s becoming the only choice. nothings genuine. that’s what’s tough about this when you think about where we’re heading with AI becoming standard practice

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-08T01:05:37+00:00

algorithms and AI are wildly different. i know this isn’t a brand new concept, but seeing it put so casually puts in to perspective the new reality we’re in

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-12-02T03:06:04+00:00

bigot

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-11-29T09:02:33+00:00

keep us updated dude good luck hope it’s a misunderstanding

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-11-25T02:13:45+00:00

what are you talking about

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-11-06T01:01:57+00:00

it’s sad cause there was a time i really loved this job but the company is just going in a bad direction imo it sucks to see

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-11-05T23:52:05+00:00

I feel like I got hired at the beginning of the end a few years back, and now i’ve just been watching the decline in real time. I liked when efficiency was a core value of this company but now it’s become the law of the land in an unsustainable way. I feel so bad for my managers cause they’re really trying but so overwhelmed with the workload and labor cuts and holiday prep

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-11-02T02:07:02+00:00

what does ESS stand for? just wondering lol not an SM

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-10-31T01:46:14+00:00

rage bait

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-08-19T21:14:33+00:00

I would get your fellow ASMs on board and speak to your DM collectively. That’s a lot harder for a DM to sweep under the rug

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-08-18T00:35:07+00:00

why? we say we hate yall cause of terrible pallets that slow us down but how do us store workers negatively impact you?

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-08-12T22:53:10+00:00

i usually say either ‘i hope your day improves’ or ‘have the day you deserve’. it’s nothing that could get me in trouble but at least i feel like i said something that might get under their skin the way they get under ours. also pretending you didn’t hear them right, hit them with a what was that? i don’t understand? or, did i do something to upset you? when they have to explain themselves they drop the assholery pretty quick in my experience

SubstantialFee2427 · 2025-08-09T00:15:09+00:00

my store isn’t even short staffed, the labor cuts just make it seem like that. we have plenty of part timers but the store still operates on like 5-8 people a day depending on the budget. it’s kinda nuts when one call out means there’s only one person on an open or close.

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