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one...two...tree   2,762

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Way back in March, Circuit City fired 3,400 of the chain’s most successful and experienced — and thus highest paid — employees. The idea, apparently, was to save money by maintaining a cheaper labor force. The reality was more discouraging for the company — almost immediately, the chain lost money when it sacked its best salespeople.

As Digby put it at the time, “Who would ever have imagined that customers would want someone knowledgeable and experienced to explain big ticket electronic items to them before they lay out thousands of dollars? Any pimply faced teen-ager can do it, right? Boy, these businessmen shure r smart.”

A friend of mine added that Circuit City had just alienated its customer base.

Most people who like electronic gadgets and gizmos follow new developments very closely. They like to have the latest stuff and probably want to deal with a salesperson who knows all about what’s hot. Yet Circuit City just sent those people out the door and replaced them with inexperienced, low-wage newbies….

[Also, let’s] say you’re a tad intimidated by new technology. Maybe you’d like to have a giant TV or an MP3 player or a digital camera that’s also a GPS or whatever. People like that might be willing to pay a few extra bucks to get some help from an experienced salesperson rather than just plunk down some money at Wal-Mart and walk out with an item they can’t even turn on.

Well, that was six months ago. Now, with the holiday season getting underway, Circuit City has come to a different conclusion — they want the fired workers back.

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Wow,...does my memory serve me correct on saying pedroh was part of that personnel cut back then, or was that another company he worked for??

or do i have the wrong person altogether??

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almaty Grand Master

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he did ,..he worked at radio shack

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ok,..my bad!!...lol

"When a man is educated, an individual is educated; when a woman is educated, a family and a country are educated."

— Mahatma Gandhi

The timeline... (Frankfurt) for the kids visas

10/22/2007 Filed I-130 x 2 in person + paid 710 USD (355 each )

10/22/2007 Filed DS-230 part 1 x 2

10/22/2007 Received the document checklist and FRN (case) numbers

12/18/2007 I-130 petition approved, but I didn't know. I was away at the time, didn't get confirmation letters til I got back from the states.

12/20/2007 Notice of Approval arrives in tha mail. According to the date received stamp on back of envelope at my post box.

Will now wait til hubby is back from Iraq to fax in checklist readiness, even though, I have been ready since day of lodging I-130's. all except medical.

02/18/2008 Faxed the "checklist" back to the consulate.

02/25/2008 Medicals completed.

02/25/2008 Appt letters in mail for appt on March 7th. Cant go due to prior military commitments. Emailed consulate and received an amended appt date of March 12th 2008.

03/12/2008 Visa interview - APPROVED x 2

03/27/2008 Visa's finally generated. I emailed the consulate. they apologised for the delay. They forgot to issue the visas after approval.

03/31/2008 Received visas

04/26/2008 Flying out of Frankfurt to next duty station on orders.

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They ought to start by handing pink slips to the idiots that came up with the idea to fire the best employees back in March. But I am sure that that won't happen. Oh Corporate America...

:yes: maybe they'd do better to outsource their upper management to india.

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The workers should demand a raise, more vavaction, and have the same benefits they had before they were fired.

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They ought to start by handing pink slips to the idiots that came up with the idea to fire the best employees back in March. But I am sure that that won't happen. Oh Corporate America...

Let it be a lesson to everyone - working in retail sucks.

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They ought to start by handing pink slips to the idiots that came up with the idea to fire the best employees back in March. But I am sure that that won't happen. Oh Corporate America...

Let it be a lesson to everyone - working in retail sucks.

Amen to that....it's what motivated me to go to college.

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They ought to start by handing pink slips to the idiots that came up with the idea to fire the best employees back in March. But I am sure that that won't happen. Oh Corporate America...

Let it be a lesson to everyone - working in retail sucks.

i agree ...100%

Peace to All creatures great and small............................................

But when we turn to the Hebrew literature, we do not find such jokes about the donkey. Rather the animal is known for its strength and its loyalty to its master (Genesis 49:14; Numbers 22:30).

Peppi_drinking_beer.jpg

my burro, bosco ..enjoying a beer in almaty

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