When Did Sears Die For you, why

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: When Did Sears Die For you, why

To All on the Forum, I am asking you, When did sears Die for you?

Please post, whether you still work there or not

Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 37 Location: Heaven

Not sure what you mean by the question-here goes sear has NOT and will not die for me- it will suck the life out of you untill it taints your whole life. and when it does that it will only lead you to poor health and unhappy life, most of the poster on this board have been there Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:27 am Post subject:

its not dead yet but im doing as much damage as i can Rock on!

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:39 am Post subject:

When they stopped caring for the customer.

Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 155

When we got sold down river by Lacey and usurped by Eddie.

Greed and apathy are killing us by a slow and painful death.

Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 35 Location: In the middle

I lost my loyalty when the LRQ scheduling came in and flooded the floor with unqualified sales people. It was a kick in the nuts to the people who built the business.

Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 1069

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:25 am Post subject:

For me it stopped when they took the commission away from Shoes. I made more money then. I worked hard, knew the dept. inside and out. But, when they also started setting up the dept. as the way it looks in Kmart. It was almost as if, what I did; didn't matter anymore. They quit getting after us about selling shoe care. I was tops in the dist. before they quit watching the sales for it. It just fell apart even more as I had seen how the customers mood changed as well.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:40 am Post subject:

Sears will never give up it's own life for anyone, they expect everyone to die for Sears and it's done a pretty good job. Sears is like a snake that wraps it's body around it's enemy and suffacates it. I'm watching everyone around me jumping ship and moving on with thier lives (and many are managers also), everyone is tired of this crap. Nothing anybody does is "acceptible" or good enough. When things are going bad, look out, the fireworks start. Then they come up with these "Romper Room" tactics to get us motivated and to get the numbers up. To increase credit a few weeks ago, they came up with an idea to give us our choice of a drink, a bag of chips or cookies for every app. I got 2 apps one day and they came out and asked me what I wanted, and I said "nothing, give it to someone else." I got critisized because thier gifts "weren't good enough for me". I tried to tell them that I don't need to be treated like I'm 10 years old to do my job. Some people laugh this crap up and can't wait to get these goodies. I think it's demeaning and a slap in the face. It's getting off topic here, sorry. It's just getting old getting scolded when things are bad, then they want to "bribe" us with goodies that my 13 year old son and 10 year daughter would push each other out of the way to get. I'm tired of the bashing and I'm tired of the little kid favors they dangle in front of us.

Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 136

When did the desire to work there die?

When it began the pattern of revoking benefits of people who had already retired.
Thats when I started looking for other employment.
And I ended up much better off by leaving.

I watch Sears now knowing what pension money I left behind will probaby be gone before I can collect.

Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 700

Yep, in 1999, when they terminated retiree health insurance.

And that was just the first shoe to drop!

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

And I remember alot of the retirees picketed in front of Sears stores Thanksgiving day over that. It's just totally wrong to see what's happening. I'm sure I won't get anything from Sears now, except from what I paid to have Social Security and even that may not come either.

Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1717

It's kind of hard to pick an exact time. I started to realize this company was doomed back in the 80's, but I was sure my personal positive attitude and can do spirit would make it work for me, if not for the other slackers around me. Very Happy

. It actually did work for me (sort of) for some years, but the bell tolls for everybody eventually.

Some critical memories of impending doom:

The first time they instituted a quota for MA's around 1981.
The first time I walked into a Home Depot.
When they started manipulating pay levels for the front lines and claiming it was for their benefit.
When they shut down the catalog business.
When they experimented with everyday low pricing for a few days and then went right back to the old way when it got tough.

Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 4998

you got it allhands-a slow agonizing decline with a few highs and lows in between.

But the thing that amazes me to this day is how the same mindset,attitude and bureacratic nature of Sears that still exists to this day.This makes for a very fertile breeding ground for fish lips on butt syndrome.

The final death blow: http://www.retail-worker.com/forum/about8792.html without a doubt and the mindset and foam that it created is still in the company today.

Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Georgia

J C Higgins! Love the name...before Ted Williams. Bet many on here have never heard of it before. My brother still has a 12 guage pump with J C Higgins on it. What a blast from the past. And people wonder when Sears started going down hill. Lose your identity and lose your customers.

Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 37 Location: Heaven

The day Sears truly died for me is the day Lampert got his dirty nasty hands on kfart to get a death grip on sears...... I HOPE THE MERGER OF THE TWO FU**k'S HIM OVER Evil or Very Mad

the way he did so many loyal employees Naughty!

Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 4998

I agree the merger was the actual kill shot but it took decades of management Sears and Reobuck style to become prey for predators like mr ed.It also took some self centered careerists and judases like the wheelman Alan Lacy.

Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 35 Location: In the middle

Old Yeller is also a good handle. I remember the Disney movie was the first time I cried in a theatre. I think you are correct, nobody remembers J.C.H as a brand, and most posters don't know who Ted Williams or Sir Edmund Hilary is either.

Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 7085 Location: Central CA

On the contrary... We had a bunch of JC Higgins stuff in my younger days including the High standard version of the High Standard Double Nine which was my anti-snake gun on many a fishing and hunting expedition.

But then again, I'm older than everyone else so I guess I'd be expected to remember... if I had any memory left at all.

Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 55 Location: Georgia

Remember the "Free Spirit" ten speeds? Best damn bike I ever owned.

Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 92

Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1717

Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject:

Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 4998

Ironically Sears had what the competition is killing us with back in the day:til the 90s for the most part.Sears used sell stuff like kitchen cabinets,carpeting,fencing,chain,garage doors,storm doors etc.Even if they scaled back with limited selections just keeping their foot in the door... .Never been in a TGI but if Sears would carry so much as 1 type of sheet of plywood or 2X4s,or copper,plumbing etc.Eh,been down this road.

But all this is NOT even possible simply because they went away from propietary house brands and went into direct competition by selling DeWalt drills or Maytag washers.Funny thing is though most knew Whirlpool made Kenmore and Stanley made alot of Craftsman.By steering away from house brands Sears lost valuable floor space AND buying power.

I think it was searsdealer even recommended everyday low price but mr ed isn't happy with A profit,mr ed wants A BIG profit.

And let us not forget socks and stocks thanks to Philip A Purcell.For me HE:Philip A Purcell set Sears on course from which they would never really recover.l

Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 266

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