San Antonio lost many great, longterm fulltime dedicated hard workers. 19 on the first day I believe at 1 store. Honestly a few let go were probably a long time coming (meaning give it a few weeks and theyd be gone because of other reasons anyway), but take a look around both stores and start asking about the people you dont see anymore. Cashiers, buyers/specialists, marketing, regular tms. It was devastating and it still is. Theyre playing nice to try to retain key people who they know the business stops without them. Given the options some could have applied for other jobs but the heavy reality set in- what if this continues into january and another round occurs and they have then reapply for the "new" position all over again? For many, taking severence and leaving immediately was the best options. Every face that disappeared, my heart burned and tightened. I knew them well and I knew what we lost without them. They never should have opened a second store in San Antonio. As the 7th largest, but one of the poorest, cities in san antonio, it was unsustainable. The floods we had destroyed us. And the higher ups said it wasnt an excuse for not comping. Wth?
San Antonio has a lot of problems, it is a microcosm of a greater evil pervasive throughout the company. The failures we experienced werent just from high prices, it was because people hired yes men friends instead of those who would do the job right. Cronism at its finest.