Monday, March 01, 2010

Poll Results, Comments: Jan/Feb 2010: Star of Year, Lawsuit, Vacations, Oh My!

Wide angle view of BJ's Wholesale club in VA.Image via Wikipedia
Greetings everyone, thanks for the out pour of comments and emails the past two months!

The poll we had up has just closed, here are the results:

Question: Do you like the idea of BJ's creating more 85,000 sqft stores?

Yes: 81 (69%)


No:  35 (30%)

Looks like most of you do like the idea of smaller stores, check out our new poll to the left of this post.  If you'd like to suggest an idea for a poll send us an email!

Okay, onward and upward, as most of you know BJ's 4Q numbers are being released this coming Wednesday, until then we thought we'd review this past post's comments and discussions that have been flooding our email accounts:

Lawsuit

Anonymous 'expects more Payroll cuts to offset this pay out [from wage and hour suit]...."

Anonymous says "Today's hourly wagers are not uneducated or dumb. HR would do well to see that respect is a two way street."

Anonymous said that 'Home Office has to realize that its the workers that make or break a business, and if they keep on doing the things they have been, there will not be a BJ's in the near future as today, there are many alternatives for the consumer...'

Anonymous said 'the Sad thing is, even with this lawsuit settled, there are Gms still running their clubs this way. They wont learn a lesson until the Labor board gets involved. The communication between management and hourly is atrocious.'
Anonymous wonders 'Why do you think there are so many Overnight Manager Positions listed on BJ's Employment site?'
One writer gives their first hand experience of the lawsuit
"This is not about Costco, or Sam's club, This is about BJ's and things that happen there. Nothing will ever improve if people just shut up and let things go on as is"
And one anonymous poster thinks if the club would become union, it would instantly become an under performing store and shut down.
 One poster says remember you must pay union dues, while another says 'Oh big deal unions collect dues'
Star of year 
Anonymous wonders how a cart-person can win SOY.

Anonymous tells us three things they look for in the SOY


Anonymous says "Its a favoritism thing. At our club, a part timer who is late a great deal, texts on his cell phone during work, etc got SOY but because he is a butt kisser, he gets on avg 45-50 hours a week"

Anonymous thinks the SOY program creates more disconnect and resentment than good.


Anonymous thinks SOY is completely arbitrary, while another thinks the award is well deserving to certain workers.

Vacation
Anonymous wants to know if anyone feels "the new system for paid Vacation and sick time is going to screw us?" 

Anonymous thinks the new program is better than the old.

Anonymous says it "seems that we are losing three weeks vacation time under this new system."

Anonymous wonders if that is true [losing three weeks vacation] why aren't we seeking union protection?

Anonymous says that "Misinformation abounds. No one is losing vaca time"

And Anonymous says "The biggest obstacle to union organizing efforts is simply the high turnover among the rank-and-file of a typical retail store. In some places, 60 or 70 percent of the staff can change in a typical year."

We'll have more to speak about on Wednesday, until then let the discussions continue and thanks again.  

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21 comments:

  1. VERY INTERESTING......

    3 of my comments are posted in this article

    Anonymous wonders 'Why do you think there are so many Overnight Manager Positions listed on BJ's Employment site?'

    Anonymous wonders how a cart-person can win SOY.

    And Anonymous says "The biggest obstacle to union organizing efforts is simply the high turnover among the rank-and-file of a typical retail store. In some places, 60 or 70 percent of the staff can change in a typical year."

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  2. People have a right to express their comments and opinions on this blog, but we also have a right to overlook the negativity of posts also.

    It's easy to get down and discouraged when your job at BJ'S isn't going the way you planned; your post says much about your character, attitude and possibly work ethic. Toxic comments become like toxic waste. They eventually contaminate your whole life, affecting self-image, attitude and level of confidence. It becomes a part of who you are.

    Your disapproval of my post just goes to show that you don’t need everyone to agree with you all the time.

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  3. CONGRATS!!!!!
    No need to hear what a fluffy enjoys!!!!!!

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  4. are there any more blog sites for bjs

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  5. what can an employee do about internal theft when everyone looks the other way? my meat manager chomps down on cheese, salami, sandwiches, chickens, wings and just about anything open, but threatens to fire anyone else on the spot if they are caught, but then offers them cheese and salami 20 minutes later. the second in command is the same. i've approached countless managers and supervisors with this problem including regionals. but it keeps happening. has anyone succeeded in getting this situation resolved? morale is down through the ground because of these idiotic managers roaming around in the company. help!

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  6. bjs is a funny place. The one thing everyone is 100% right on is that some of the GMs play games with each of the managers. If you are not a big time ass kisser, you are not with the in crowd.
    What a shame, the gms talk about the Regional managers like they are assholes but kiss the ass of the same regional when they come in. Half of the gms sit around and have no clue what the ops or other sr managers are doing or dont care. Oh but dont worry some of these people will be fired soon for doctoring the records and disrespecting the ladies that work in the clubs. Oh how the walls will come tumbling down.
    BJS will soon see an increase in law suits that they will loose because the gms allowed the management staff to make up there own rules and than the gms will act like they didnt know anything.

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  7. I know an OPS that doctored paperwork, and all the GM cared about was passing audits....this same OPS, driving a forklift, ripped steel from the floor.... this same OPS, when confronted with a sexual harassment issue, tried to pass off the incident as " perhaps people do not like her appearance "... this lesbian employee was trying to get other females to " join in " with her and her partner, and had pictures showing their behavior..... this same OPS NEVER worked overnights, yet got to the OPS position... Wonder what she had on somebody.....

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  8. Mike (GM)
    Amy (OPS)
    Louise (SENIOR)
    Tony (SENIOR)
    Colleen (CSM)
    Dave (AP)
    What club is this????
    Next, ask me what is wrong within this club.
    I'm willing to talk if your willing to listen.

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  9. I'm very important. I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. That sounds stupid. Can I start over? I'm gonna put something out their.... You can take it or send it right back.I WANT TO BE ON YOU! No, wait!!! I want to be on you.

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  10. As a former employee of this company..thank god. The club I worked at had nearly all the issues people mentioned in here. GMs doing ANYTHING necessary to pass audits. It's pretty bad when you have to spend more time covering your ass than actually working. I stopped caring months before I left and at the amount I was getting an hour, I don't even know why I cared to begin with. This company is gonna create its own demise with all these age discrimination and labor lawsuits.

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  11. They were clearly willing to kill someoneto get what they wanted. The day was getting on and I needed to spend the evening putting thefinishing touches to my scheme.
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    They were clearly willing to kill someoneto get what they wanted. The day was getting on and I needed to spend the evening putting thefinishing touches to my scheme.

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  12. i hate working for bj's its so unorganized an the managers are snakes in the grass definitely the one in Columbia on snow den river (steve) big silver bullet head ass

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  13. in Columbia (Steve) needs to man up to what he says with his big flow master nose, and he look like tom cruise on vanilla sky, hop off Scott because u bout to get fired anyway

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  14. The new store in Pittsfield a joke. Payroll shorting hours,paying people a lower rate than agreed to working thru lunches and having the half hour deducted. Know wonder they spend so much time on anti union topics during orientation. Open door policy a joke,Keep your f---in stars, 3rd grade mentality!

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  15. very poorly ran company. discrimination, hostile work environment, unethical, no professionalism, sexism and gms that have more ambition than intelligence. laura sen is a joke, claims to have an open door policy but she does nothing to address serious issues. lack talent and heart in key positions and each club has its own sub-culture, nepotism and racism.

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