News, JCPenney is purging full-time employees to cut costs (credit card, secretary, companies)
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But even Amazon is laying off distribution workers as they automate. Its weird because some people are hired with the express understanding that their job is to develop systems to eliminate employees.
There are also ppl building and designing robots that will one day hunt and kill americans, among others. Yet, ppl will sell their souls to the end.
While I love Amazon too I still go to support the brick and mortar stores, people's livelihoods are at risk here. If I need a pair of shoes I go and try them on, returns via online purchases are a pain in the neck. I'm a JC Penny shopper because they have the dress shirts with the expandable collars that are so much more comfortable.
So you're doing some save the world shopping?
Aren't you the humanitarian. I think they call this virtue signaling. Try learning how to form a coherent sentence first. Then you can save the retail slaves.
And even that is too much already. That's why you see so many college grads working in low wage jobs or in jobs that really don't require a degree to be able to do. After all, the entire point of the "college for all" movement is just a ploy to lower wages.
I'm surprised JCPenney's survived this long. I was an employee straight out of high school, so around 1987 or so. JCPenney's is one of my worst employers ever.
More like a well-worn playbook to destroy customer service. A part timer is typically going to be less experienced, less knowledgeable and less likely to give a carp.
But will be paid less. And that today is the name of the game. Who cares that they know less and don't care?
The aquatic version of a land crap.
Poop is the amphibious version
The JCP make everyone a part timer is nothing more than let’s save money we don’t need full time workers. One manager per department can make the schedule
JCPenney is turning to a well-worn playbook to improve customer service during key shopping days, The Post has learned. The department store will convert full-time employees to part-time positions — and hire more part-timers — in order to allow it to flood the floor with employees during key weekend days, sources said. Starting March 11, shoppers will find more associates in the stores over the weekend and other busy times as part of the staffing makeover.
The ue rate is 4.1 % and more high paying jobs than low paying jobs have been created since the end of the last recession. I don't understand why in this job market you have so many un ambitious adults who have no desire to attain better skills and education to do what it takes to get a high paying meaning in the six figures career
Here is the reality of retail stores. They can not control the cost of their inventory. They can not control the cost of rent. They can not control other costs, like electric, etc. The ONLY thing they can control is salaries.
If retail stores could figure out a way to run their operations with one part time employee, they would be thrilled. They say they want to provide good customer service, but they expect that to come with too few people on the floor, and employees who get less than 40 per week.
Retail doesn't need many employees, they are going the way of full service gas station attendants. Retail customer service has really declined over the years but I attribute that to the low unemployment rate and dearth of applicants for an $18 an hour job
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