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In reply to the discussion: A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire [View all]rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)86. My company did that for awhile -it's called wage theft
To make a monthly arbitrary goal, I had to work an additional 16 hours of my own time to keep my job and do what was 'minimally' required for our goal.
And then, policy changed, the goals were no more, and we were told to not work past the allotted hours, and every one was switched to salary... and knowing how salary can mean extra hours, when I asked if there would be an expectation of additional hours, they just restated that our hours end at 5 pm.
And that was a year ago. So far, so good. All I can think is that someone in upper management became enlightened somehow or there was a lawsuit over wage theft.
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I believe there are supposed to be protections for workers who report such things,
SheilaT
Nov 2014
#11
Things have changed drastically, in so many ways, for workers in our country.
robinlynne
Nov 2014
#20
I only go in there to recycle batteries I've bought from someplace else. And that is only because
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#21
"At-Will" employment really needs to be renamed to "Fire At-will" employment, to say it
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#69
All that work that went into building up unions in this country wasted/lost in today's
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#77
He must go to the E.E.O.C. and file a complaint. They will investigate (ha,ha) and find nothing
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#87
That used to drive me up the wall. I had one clerk tell me once I could not buy anything at RS without
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#6
And they just don't get it! Just like Circuit City didn't get it. In the very very early days
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#7
They ditched appliances for video games and small electronics that could found cheaper online
pstokely
Dec 2014
#99
Yep, and they often move onto other companies into directorships, etc. It's often an
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#93
In all honesty, I keep on being surprised that Radio Shack is still in business.
SheilaT
Nov 2014
#15
Pretty much the same experience for me, actually Lafayette Radio before RS, and then before that
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#26
I got 20 years out of one of their top of the line stereo recievers I bought about 1981.
brewens
Nov 2014
#37
Yep, some of their re-named gear way back was really good. I have one of their record changes I
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#75
They sure did relabel as RS some real junk from time to time, and it just got worse and worse. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#28
Yep, thanks, hadn't noticed that. It is amazing, 10 years later, still appropriate more
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#72
My local Radio Shack is right by where I work and way handier than Walmart or others
brewens
Nov 2014
#34
They've always been like that. I was offered a management position in the early '80s just
1monster
Nov 2014
#38
What an awful work situation. I used to go to RS often, one near my house in NoVa
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#41
I've never found Radio Shack to be a pleasant experience, not for years and years. I've had some
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#52
Same feelings here. Just an unpleasant place to go into. When I went there on occasion I used
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#56
Retail electronics sale story to share, what the heck. NYC friend worked in a photo store in DETROIT
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#55
Yep, that happens a lot. There's a guy around here, looks totally homeless and he's
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#60
I believe it, good to know. On the other hand I recall Whoopie G. shopping with her mother
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#62
Yep, they stick to business as usual feeling omnipotent, like they control the world. I've
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#61
I would not mind seeing them gone, they deserve it, but I feel sorry for the employees.
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#110
I always wonder how RS stays open, I'm usually one of 2 or 3 in the store.
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#101
Yep, I used to buy tubes there and way back at Lafayette Radio. As I recall RS had the better ones
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#113
Dating myself, I remember its much better competitor Lafayette Electronics, closed in 1981.
happyslug
Dec 2014
#114
This is an exceptionally astute reply and right on target IMO. Yes, they often remind me of a
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#116
How do they sustain themselves? They can't be making much of a profit, not even to
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#117