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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:21 PM Original message |
"Circuit City Cuts 3,400 'Overpaid' Workers" |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fire anyone with experience and knowledge... Yep - that'll improve customer satisfaction at CC |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ever been to Circuit City? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They perform the functions of stocking clerks and data entry. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Boycott anyone? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not defense of circuit city. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. A dozen threads about this BULLSHIT is fucking EMBARRASSING! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The corruption in our "body politic" is wide and deep - and it INCLUDES petty tyranny. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh are we now? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Kucinich is my favorite, as well. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It certainly does. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. "Meanwhile, back in Iraq..." |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. must have been bag checkers... n/t |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I love it when Instant Karma gets you! |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. So in sales |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. What assholes! Like $11.59/hour is "overpaid" . . . |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I agree. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. ... and $6,954,948 isn't. Fab, isn't it? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Again? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I was careful to include "Thursday, March 29, 2007" in the OM. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Doh! |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. not again |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder if the guy who had the customer arrested lost his job |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. LOL, Nice Description |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Hahaha! Good one! n/t |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wonder why that blogger went there in the first place |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Jackass, Idiot, the Next Rosa Parks |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You apparently do -- you've been in every thread multiple times. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. At first I thought it was funny. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yes, I saw that thread. (NT) |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Circuit City sucks for a lot of reasons. NT |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Now this is something to boycott over, IMO. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. Well, at least they're honest |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. They are desperate to goose the stock price up |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. maybe they're feeling the crunch of lawsuit threats from spoiled children like your hero |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. "spoiled children like your hero"? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. that is what this is about, right? that poor abused blogger who calls the cops then acts like a dick |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. $50k relocation payment; $23k for car "allowance"; $92k worth of use of the corporate aircraft |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. ... and over $16 million in stock options to mature in future years. |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. And still some dems don't understand why unions, that the corporations despise so intensely |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. There used to be laws against firing people for that reason. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. sad |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. And they don't regard $6,954,948 as "overpaid"? (Talk about batshit insane.) |
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cabbage08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. The item is from March 29th, is there any update on the story? |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. see post #7 it backfired on them |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. Ya know how I'm going to protest this? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. ... and that's different because ...??? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. I dealt with those people. They WERE overpaid. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. How do you know? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-08-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Let's put it this way... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. damn, that's pretty bald of them. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Circuit City may as well hire apes from the zoo |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. Bailed out Country Wide Mortgage Co. lays off up to 12,000 Workers...Breaking CNBC! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Weeks ago when Circuit City announced they were laying off those not accepting pay cuts |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. $48,133,155 'basic' compensation for CEO Angelo Mozilo, and an additional .... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. The only think we can hope for is that these CEO's took their millions and invested in Hedge Funds |
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