to those who shop at sears
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it sounds like they are trying to force her out. they can try all they want to make it sound like they can fire her for not signing up enough people, but in the end, they cant fire her for not signing people up for credit cards. they cant sight that as the reason for firing her, if so, find yourself a lawyer and sue the company, because im sure that signing people up for cc's i not part of her job description.
and there are not many jobs around here and we are poor i dont make alot of money but i work at a pet shop wich allows me to feed my animals cheap
She should make a "form" that she could ask her customers to politely sign saying that they were asked (by your wife) if they would like a Sears card and declined it! What could Sears do then? Find another lame reason to fire her?
I would say 90% she doesn't work for a company that exercises Right to Work practices. Sears is based in MI, and most companies base their HR practices on California (strictest in the states) and neither are Right to Work states. This mean, if they wrongfully fire her then (you're right here) she has no legal standpoint. Even though the company doesn't practice these Right to Work laws, the court will uphold decisions made based on them (since it would be tried in Ma... although based on the text I was taught from, mass isn't a right to work state, might have changed since then though).
This may sound bad, but may be good. Courts are slow, HR departments are not (well, when compared to courts). So her company didn't break the law? But middle management did break company policy. I would be willing to bet that Sears has 3rd party arbitrators just for this type of protection (often called compliance services/numbers).
This is all conjecture, I would have to see some of Sears policies to prove it. The bottom line is, based on the HR trends today she has nothing to worry about. I would tell her to do what she has been doing and ignore pressure from management. most of the time these are empty threats, as they are getting pressure from the top.
I am working on my degree in HR right now, and I will be glad to share any help I may have to offer. I work for a company that has the same practices, and it isn't fun (starbucks is not a good company!). Tell her, whatever she does, just do her job right and she will be ok.
This may sound bad, but may be good. Courts are slow, HR departments are not (well, when compared to courts). So her company didn't break the law? But middle management did break company policy. I would be willing to bet that Sears has 3rd party arbitrators just for this type of protection (often called compliance services/numbers).
This is all conjecture, I would have to see some of Sears policies to prove it. The bottom line is, based on the HR trends today she has nothing to worry about. I would tell her to do what she has been doing and ignore pressure from management. most of the time these are empty threats, as they are getting pressure from the top.
I am working on my degree in HR right now, and I will be glad to share any help I may have to offer. I work for a company that has the same practices, and it isn't fun (starbucks is not a good company!). Tell her, whatever she does, just do her job right and she will be ok.
gotta look out for the good ones!
You've helped me out a lot, it's the least I can do. Let me know if you need anything.
You've helped me out a lot, it's the least I can do. Let me know if you need anything.
all i know is any company can fire any person for whatever they want. If shes not performing then she can 100% get let go all big chains in retail have a preset quota per store per employee for credit apps and its not an approval rate it comes down to how many you get in a month to sign up declined or not
we do this every day at my work and most we have to do in a month is about 180 and thats in a month split between 20 or so people so that makes 9 per person per month on average we have 12 people sign up half that at best get approved and nobody at my work has ever been offerd a promotion to customer for not hitting that number
we do this every day at my work and most we have to do in a month is about 180 and thats in a month split between 20 or so people so that makes 9 per person per month on average we have 12 people sign up half that at best get approved and nobody at my work has ever been offerd a promotion to customer for not hitting that number
