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How Dare You: Inside The Hopelessness & Degradation of American Retail by Evan G

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Fear-inspiring Wagecucks
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plum dopamine base
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This is a great idea
Ocher soul-stirring field
  06/12/17
you've already written 3/4 of it on here
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Fear-inspiring Wagecucks
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chartreuse sweet tailpipe national
  08/24/17
It would be like that Barbara Ehrenreich book but way more i...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/24/17
cr she's a lib crackpot. you'll bring the objectivity.
chartreuse sweet tailpipe national
  08/24/17
Is that the one where some dummy dum dum works min wage jobs...
Diverse purple persian
  08/24/17
Yeah, I read it in college. Little did I know that I'd be fa...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/24/17
there's a much better book called "A Working Stiff's Ma...
Amber zippy cruise ship
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Amber zippy cruise ship
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One of the craziest aspects of these kinds of jobs is how mu...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/24/17
jfc cashiers have "sales goals"?
chartreuse sweet tailpipe national
  08/24/17
Yes, absolutely. They also track how many items you scan dur...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/24/17
So do they expect cashiers to be upselling customers? Like p...
chartreuse sweet tailpipe national
  08/24/17
Yes, and I've done this many times. A customer buys a bottle...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/24/17
flame. why not just wait tables at that point, and make 3-5x...
Hairless Scarlet Coldplay Fan Laser Beams
  08/26/17
It's not flame. I'm not personable enough to wait tables for...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  08/26/17
holy shit
Pontificating Comical Stock Car
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Stirring Locus
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Fear-inspiring Wagecucks
  08/19/18
Ughhh so unfair evan. Lets commiserate over drinks at my pla...
Diverse purple persian
  08/24/17
I can't overemphasize the points made in this poast. There a...
Ocher soul-stirring field
  11/16/17
I got fired from a shoe store for not selling enough socks w...
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Date: June 12th, 2017 5:26 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Wagecucks

Goldstein

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Date: June 12th, 2017 5:27 PM
Author: plum dopamine base



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Date: June 12th, 2017 5:37 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

This is a great idea

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Date: June 12th, 2017 5:39 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Wagecucks

you've already written 3/4 of it on here

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:49 PM
Author: nofapping parlour death wish



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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:50 PM
Author: nofapping parlour death wish



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Date: June 12th, 2017 5:45 PM
Author: Glittery filthy heaven



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Date: June 12th, 2017 10:14 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Wagecucks



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Date: June 15th, 2017 6:58 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Wagecucks



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Date: June 15th, 2017 7:03 PM
Author: Saffron Boyish Prole



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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:17 PM
Author: chartreuse sweet tailpipe national



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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:18 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

It would be like that Barbara Ehrenreich book but way more interesting, believe me.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:22 PM
Author: chartreuse sweet tailpipe national

cr she's a lib crackpot. you'll bring the objectivity.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:26 PM
Author: Diverse purple persian

Is that the one where some dummy dum dum works min wage jobs for two weeks or something? Nickle and dimed?

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:27 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

Yeah, I read it in college. Little did I know that I'd be facing that same shit in just a few years.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:30 PM
Author: Amber zippy cruise ship

there's a much better book called "A Working Stiff's Manifesto" by Iain Levison. it's actually hilarious

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:30 PM
Author: Amber zippy cruise ship



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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:35 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

One of the craziest aspects of these kinds of jobs is how much of your "performance" is completely out of your hands. An employee who happens to get scheduled during the busy afternoon rush, for instance, easily meets her sales goals and is praised by management. But the unfortunate few who end up on a quieter shift or have equipment problems (e.g., a cash register malfunction) find themselves criticized for failing to meet expectations, ridiculed by supervisors, and eventually terminated. You could literally be a Harvard graduate but find yourself terminated for failing to meet company goals due to the random algorithm of a scheduling program.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:39 PM
Author: chartreuse sweet tailpipe national

jfc cashiers have "sales goals"?

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:41 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

Yes, absolutely. They also track how many items you scan during a shift, which is completely beyond your control. This is how they measure your "productivity" and determine your worthiness as an employee.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:42 PM
Author: chartreuse sweet tailpipe national

So do they expect cashiers to be upselling customers? Like persuading them to run back into the aisles and grab more shit?

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:49 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

Yes, and I've done this many times. A customer buys a bottle of Pepsi, for instance, and I'll remind them that the 12-packs are on sale 3/$6 or whatever. This increases sales and also the scan rate. There were many occasions when I literally ran into the aisle to grab things for customers just to increase my scan rate. Cashiers are also supposed to promote various items of the month, charities, and special deals only available to regular customers. And all of this for barely above minimum wage in many cases.

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Date: August 26th, 2017 4:04 PM
Author: Hairless Scarlet Coldplay Fan Laser Beams

flame. why not just wait tables at that point, and make 3-5x as much for the same effort?

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Date: August 26th, 2017 4:13 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

It's not flame. I'm not personable enough to wait tables for "tips" like a faggot.

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Date: September 20th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: Pontificating Comical Stock Car

holy shit

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Date: September 28th, 2017 3:02 PM
Author: Stirring Locus



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Date: August 19th, 2018 2:33 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring Wagecucks



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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:41 PM
Author: Diverse purple persian

Ughhh so unfair evan. Lets commiserate over drinks at my place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3645113&forum_id=2#34060727)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 3:37 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field

I can't overemphasize the points made in this poast. There are all kinds of factors beyond an employee's control, yet they are still held accountable and rated as "below expectations" for this or that metric. I've seen people fired over this sort of thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3645113&forum_id=2#34702397)



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Date: April 21st, 2019 12:13 AM
Author: insecure glassy ticket booth

I got fired from a shoe store for not selling enough socks when I was in high school

I sold more shoes than anyone but the 'manager' (we just called him that because he was our dealer, nobody was really In Charge), but got fired over socks.

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Date: August 24th, 2017 3:38 PM
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Date: August 24th, 2017 4:26 PM
Author: Ocher soul-stirring field



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Date: August 24th, 2017 5:48 PM
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