Sears Holdings Corporate Experience (financing, buy, job, money)

[searsbound]

Has anyone worked for Sears Holdings' corporate at Hoffman Estates? I was offered a job and was wondering what the corporate culture was and how people enjoyed working there. Thank you in advance.

[chet everett]

Wellllll, how to put this politely -- it sucks? Various friends that have left Hoffman Estates in the past months / years have experience in the IT, retail operations, and financing areas. Pretty much all say the culture is a step above "the beating will continue until morale improves", but only a small step. You have to realize that once upon a time this was THE place to build a career, now adays even strng retailers like Target, Gap, WalMart and Best Buy are quaking. The shear amount of bad news that retail has caused a friend to say: "there may be worse places to work, but you'd be called an 'inmate' if you worked in one"...

My take is the good people left a loooong time ago. Those that are left are mostly end-of-career types, those that have no other options, and those who live real close by and just don't give a damn any more...

The share price of SHLD has been falling all year, and all you need to do is google Eddie Lampert to find out why -- the guy made a lot of money as a trader but has zero credibility as a hands-on leader of a retailer --he is making a bad situation worse...



If you have another option it might make sense to pursue that...