18 March 2012

SEARS HOME IMPROVEMENT SNAFU PART 2

I have been setting here for 3 months now unemployed, I was told back in December that I would be called back at the end of February first of March, ti's now the middle of March. Now let me back up, on February 19th 2012 the news paper ran a large add wanting to hire appliance techs, it also included refrigeration, (which I did for 5 years for them in the 90's) I faxed a resume to the contact number and also e-mailed a resume, this is one of the responses: We have to get a letter of introduction from your manager to review your resume, sense your not part of this team, WTF? I thought that if you worked for Sears you where part of the team!! after 3weeks of sending e-mails and request to her and my manager still no response. Finally a call from the manager, his bullshit response, (I never got any e-mails) how convenient!! so he said he would contact the person in the add and send her a letter, But guess what?? this person is retired! WTF!! you put an add in the paper with a contact number and there retired!! so I call the new contact, what does she say, ( we're not hiring for refrigeration) Well why did you place the add? Then she said that it was in certain areas, OK! some are close to me! oh no! they only hire in the area! WTF! I worked all summer for Sears and drove 150 miles average a day! what do you mean not close!!I could go on and on, but the biggest thing I have learned is this, Remember the saying :The right hand doesn't know what the left is doing" this is Sears!! and they have some of the dumbest people I have ever dealt with in 40 years!!

17 March 2012

SEARS HOME IMPORVMENT

Patients has run out!! I started working for Sears in the Spring of 2011, at the time I was hired h was told that there would be plenty of work year round, I busted my ass for them all summer, (working in 140 degree attics) and they did not care! they would schedule a long attic job in the after noon because you had to have 5 complete call first (so the manager looked good) come fall he got layed off, (SO THEY LIED) I was told they would call me back at the end of February-first of March, now it's March (SO THEY LIED) and they won't even return an e-mail, I have seen in the news paper that they are hiring appliance techs, I was an appliance tech for them for 5 years in the 90's, I contacted the person and was told that I was not part of that team! (I thought if you worked for Sears you were part of the team no matter what division it was) I had to get my supervisor to release me or send this person a letter of introduction. He has made several attempts to contact both persons and still have not received a response, here they have need for appliance techs, (year round) they have guys layed off within there structure, guys that already know the system (SST) and you can't get any response or work! Yes! Im getting un-employment (which sucks, because dealing with the un-employment people is a whole different story) and looking for a job at the same time, but why??

P.S
Ya want to know why Sears is in trouble? they charge up the rear, the mark up on parts alone is 2-1/2 times, so if it cost them 50.00 it cost you 125.00