Well, I'm an outgoing salesperson at one of the 'star market' (experimental store) Best Buys, after a year-long and tumultuous relationship with the company. I suppose the three most hilarious things that happened to my store were:
1. Our 'store meeting' jynx -- it snowed, from a period of september to the end of march, every time we had one, so bad it was hard to attend.
2. Theft. Someone stole two laptops from my department. Granted, I wasn't there, but there were five people on duty and they just walked up, ripped the lock out of the case (leaving a chunk of plastic behind) and walked out. Similar events include a man stealing a computer after being pissed he had to wait in line to buy it, and someone stealing $2200 in microsoft software in one night (lol).
3. Scheduling. For those of you considering a career at Best Buy, be aware. They can say they don't work on commission, because it's true, they don't pay you any better if you do well or if you do poorly. However, in an amusing display of euphemism, Best Buy uses something called "Demand-Driven Scheduling." You sell more, you get the 'opportunity' to work more hours. I'd rather they just stuck with a commission, I wouldn't have to work extra hours to make the same amount of money.
Anyway, now that that bit of remembering is over, I get to the point of this post. My two week's notice is due in a few days, so I have two weeks to avail myself of every 'employee accomodation' out there. I've already gone ahead and bought WinXP Pro and Office 2003 Pro for $15. I haven't been to the store in about.. oh, a month or two, so I don't know much about what's going on out there for the retail people. Any deals I might want to look in on?
( Erm. I struggled a bit to decide whether or not I should post this, but in the end, I figured that it'd be all right.
)
1. Our 'store meeting' jynx -- it snowed, from a period of september to the end of march, every time we had one, so bad it was hard to attend.
2. Theft. Someone stole two laptops from my department. Granted, I wasn't there, but there were five people on duty and they just walked up, ripped the lock out of the case (leaving a chunk of plastic behind) and walked out. Similar events include a man stealing a computer after being pissed he had to wait in line to buy it, and someone stealing $2200 in microsoft software in one night (lol).
3. Scheduling. For those of you considering a career at Best Buy, be aware. They can say they don't work on commission, because it's true, they don't pay you any better if you do well or if you do poorly. However, in an amusing display of euphemism, Best Buy uses something called "Demand-Driven Scheduling." You sell more, you get the 'opportunity' to work more hours. I'd rather they just stuck with a commission, I wouldn't have to work extra hours to make the same amount of money.
Anyway, now that that bit of remembering is over, I get to the point of this post. My two week's notice is due in a few days, so I have two weeks to avail myself of every 'employee accomodation' out there. I've already gone ahead and bought WinXP Pro and Office 2003 Pro for $15. I haven't been to the store in about.. oh, a month or two, so I don't know much about what's going on out there for the retail people. Any deals I might want to look in on?
( Erm. I struggled a bit to decide whether or not I should post this, but in the end, I figured that it'd be all right.
)
