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LowesMillworks
Joined: 22 Jun 2008
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:07 am Post subject: Transfers and COLA question
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I'm wondering if anyone has ever transferred out of state? Is it an easy task? Is COLA involved? If so, is there a way to look up or find out how much COLA is involved before asking for the transfer? Will Lowes help the simple associate in any other way? Thanks!
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skibunny
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject:
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You can call the store that you want to transfer to and ask them what their cola rating is at this time. I've transferred out of state and if you're good at what you do and can negotiate you may be able to either keep your higher wage or gain a slight increase. The SM is the one that makes that decision. Good luck. There used to be a link to the cola ratings on the computer before they switched everything to MLL. Not certain if they still are around or not. Find out what rating your store is too before even asking. It may be the same cola rating. Don't be mislead that a higher populated area will be a higher cola. Just isn't so.
Good luck.
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mdovell
Joined: 22 Dec 2007
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:
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After seeing the pay scales much of it I'd say is more based on the competition in a given area. Not the cost of living. Most stores in the country are leveled 1 to 5. 5 is the highest. most stores are 2's and 3's. 4's are rare, 5's are very rare. 1's have not much near them. It's just it was interesting to see how much of the north east is 2's and 3's and so is florida..even though the cost of living is far less in florida. So depending on where someone is going it might be a good or bad thing. This is why they dramatically under pay higher cost of living areas.
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LowesMillworks
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject:
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It would be interesting to see how each store rates. I wonder how often they rate each store. I was told that some stores take years to reach their potential. If your a person who counts on a lot of SOS sales, I could see where certain stores would make a world of difference as far as income.
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mdovell
Joined: 22 Dec 2007
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:
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the amount of specialists depends on the volume of sos sales. when the home decor one was cutted I think it stayed on if a store made 30K a year in sos sales...
just like technically you could have a install sales office with I think eight or so people if the volume was high enough.
there used to be specialists in other areas like tools and electrical but that's long gone.
there's a few different ratings on stores though...
the budget can be one thing
the pay ranges can be another
the LP level also can be different. the higher that is the more security.
some stores used to have a phone operator, some might have had more help for the hr etc. as things get more generalized there's less staffing.
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