Comment Re:35 years salary? (Score 2, Informative) 354
As a current employee of 3 years (at circuit city), i figured id share my $0.02:
I think the firings were worth it to the company. Granted, the people that were there were friends, most of them were overpaid. We had about 6 cashiers making over $18 an hour. To ring people up. No sales. In fact, there were only about 3 sales people that lost their jobs in our store, all of which were "department seniors" that sold almost nothing, and told others how to do their jobs, more like mini managers making about $16.
A new associate makes $8.50 if seasonal, and an experienced part timer like me, makes about $10 to $11.
O, and now more than half of the people that were fired are now working at my store again for a pay cut.
I think the firings were worth it to the company. Granted, the people that were there were friends, most of them were overpaid. We had about 6 cashiers making over $18 an hour. To ring people up. No sales. In fact, there were only about 3 sales people that lost their jobs in our store, all of which were "department seniors" that sold almost nothing, and told others how to do their jobs, more like mini managers making about $16.
A new associate makes $8.50 if seasonal, and an experienced part timer like me, makes about $10 to $11.
O, and now more than half of the people that were fired are now working at my store again for a pay cut.
