Sears Isn't That Bad..

Let me go over a couple things real quick.

1. The Interview process- Seems like many have had problems with this..When I went in for mine, a cashier (Who I am great friends with now BTW) escorted me to HR, no problem. I waited in HR for about 5 minutes, and got my interview. The interview was extremely breezy, the manager was nice, and hired me on the spot. Within 10 days, I was at my orientation and training, no problem.

2. The Pay- Yeah..I'm a cashier and I get 6.55 an hour..BUT I KNEW WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. HINT HINT. If you don't like the pay, go somewhere else. Sears hires a new person seemingly every day at my store. If you won't do it for what they pay, 10 people behind you will. This is ignorance.

3. Lack Of Hours- Bogus. Within 6 months I get 34-37 hours a week. You just have to perform. As a cashier, that means CREDIT for me. You got a problem pushing plastic..oh well. Like I said, 10 people behind you don't. You perform, you get hours.

4- Age Discrimination- ROFL. We have like a 70 year old MCA, and a 62 year old cashier. Please, this is lame.

5- Credit, PA's, etc. - It really isn't that bad. It's not like we force anyone to sign up for the stuff. You ask him if they want the 15 bucks off to open an account, and they either take it or don't. It's their free will. I can usually get 30-35 a month.

Bottom Line: Sears isn't half as bad as people make it out to be. It just ain't a place for wimps. You don't get credit as a cashier, you don't sell in Hardlines, you get cut. It's that simple. The people are generally nice, and I enjoy working there. The pay isn't great..But most people don't make a career out of it anyway. Give them a look if you need a job and a quick little dash of cash.

I had a good experience with the interview process when I was hired for a job at Sears in Braintree, Ma.

But then years later when I looked to go bsck to work and applied at one that had current openings in Brockton, Ma... the experience left me pretty fustrated. The manager told me she's "definitely calling back" and seemed like she was going to hire me, but well, let's just say my phone number must have been lost in the wind... LOL!

And it's not like I had even got to the part of a background check or drug test, but the manager just told me that the final part to her giving me a job offer would be to confer with her manager. She said she would definitely be calling me back, I just wish she was being honest when she made that claim.

GoNoles11 in Charlottesville, Virginia said: Let me go over a couple things real quick.

1. The Interview process- Seems like many have had problems with this..When I went in for mine, a cashier (Who I am great friends with now BTW) escorted me to HR, no problem. I waited in HR for about 5 minutes, and got my interview. The interview was extremely breezy, the manager was nice, and hired me on the spot. Within 10 days, I was at my orientation and training, no problem.
2. The Pay- Yeah..I'm a cashier and I get 6.55 an hour..BUT I KNEW WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. HINT HINT. If you don't like the pay, go somewhere else. Sears hires a new person seemingly every day at my store. If you won't do it for what they pay, 10 people behind you will. This is ignorance.
3. Lack Of Hours- Bogus. Within 6 months I get 34-37 hours a week. You just have to perform. As a cashier, that means CREDIT for me. You got a problem pushing plastic..oh well. Like I said, 10 people behind you don't. You perform, you get hours.

4- Age Discrimination- ROFL. We have like a 70 year old MCA, and a 62 year old cashier. Please, this is lame.

I agree with most of what you are saying, the only part I wanted to comment on was the age discrimation. Most of the posts are about older workers in management positions being forced to retire or demote not about elderly cashiers/sales floor workers. Theres a difference.