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		<title>No excuses, just results.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so here&#8217;s the thing Best Buy&#8230; you suck.
Seriously, I read this article at Bloomberg that mentions that Best Worst Buy lowered their earnings forecast for the year. Of course, while I could care less about their earnings (I hope the company and its outlets of pure evil burns to the ground in a night [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, so here&#8217;s the thing Best Buy&#8230; you suck.</p>
<p>Seriously, I read <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&amp;sid=a7bxSlDo6lgA&amp;refer=us" target="_blank">this article</a> at Bloomberg that mentions that <strike>Best</strike> Worst Buy lowered their earnings forecast for the year. Of course, while I could care less about their earnings (I hope the company and its outlets of pure evil burns to the ground in a night of blood and of fire) I read the comments that came from the top people at that company&#8230;</p>
<p>They were excuses. They cited the increasing cost of gas, the slumping housing market, and the economy. They also noted that people don&#8217;t need anything Best Buy has to offer, since all of it is electronic junk anyway.</p>
<p>Of course, their comments were ones that supervisors at my Best Buy made over a year ago, when the economy began turning to shit.</p>
<p>The response from upper management: No excuses, just results.</p>
<p>That became the standard answer for everything. Staffing. Missing budgets by several grand. Basically, anything worthy of honest complaint or observation that went against the bullshit from on high.</p>
<p>Now I find it funny that the same people who condoned that bullshit line are regurgitating this feedback from supervisors (and intelligent managers) for the press.</p>
<p>Of course, I&#8217;m not curious as to the messages management and those minions under them will receive from on high&#8230; because the message to them will be quite different than what the big-wigs defecate to the press.</p>
<p>What will happen in the next six months? Simple. Restructures. People losing jobs.</p>
<p>Thank god I got out.</p>
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		<title>Best Buy Fucks Over Employees&#8230; Class Action Lawsuit in Process. In other news, what else is new?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I received this little gem in my e-mail. It&#8217;s from BusinessWire.com and covers the fact that a class action lawsuit has been filed in New York over the fact that people are being forced to work through their lunch breaks and are being held in the building for &#8220;security checks&#8221; after being punched out.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I received <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20080125005082/en" target="_blank">this little gem</a> in my e-mail. It&#8217;s from BusinessWire.com and covers the fact that a class action lawsuit has been filed in New York over the fact that people are being forced to work through their lunch breaks and are being held in the building for &#8220;security checks&#8221; after being punched out.</p>
<p>Basically, your standard Best Buy SOP that I can fully attest to, because I&#8217;ve worked through my lunch breaks and have had to wait for the fucking closing manager to stop playing with themselves. (Oh, I&#8217;ll also mention that I&#8217;ve had to search manager&#8217;s bags while off the clock as well during closing! Yeah. Go figure.)</p>
<p>Now, if this class action lawsuit becomes a country-wide thing, that would be wonderful. Hell, I&#8217;ll happily join in, even if the result is a monetary pittance.</p>
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