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tania:

--- Quote from: snalin on 09 Aug 2010, 08:17 ---they need those at wall-mart? why?
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i've had to do this to some degree at every retail job i have had. one of the factors that often goes into ranking the performance of retail stores is the satisfaction of the customers that shop there, usually determined by surveys that customers fill out. often, the very first question is some variation of "did anybody greet you and/or were you made to feel welcome in the store", and to get higher ratings in this area is often why a lot of places employ people specifically to do this job. high customer satisfaction is then taken to mean that the store is successful and the employees work hard, which means more good things for the people who work there. in the grand scheme of things it's still all just part of a big fake numbers game that ultimately demonstrates nothing about the reality of the situation but in the scheme of how the success of a corporation is determined at store level, that's basically it.

snalin:
I... that's... whatwhy?...


USA

Barmymoo:
We have a very similar system here, but we don't have greeters because who wants to be greeted at the door? What they want instead is to be asked whether they have a nectar card and to be engaged in false conversation as they try to put their food into a plastic bag.

Zingoleb:

--- Quote from: snalin on 09 Aug 2010, 08:17 ---Try to find a new job, but do not quit this one or tell anyone you're trying to get a new job before you have it. It's probably self-explanatory, but being a door greeter (they need those at wall-mart? why?) is better than no job, I guess.

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I also write a number on a sticker if someone wants to return an item (no, really - 'how many items do you have?' 'two' so I write the number two on a sticker and give it to them) and watch to see if anyone's stealing anything. Not that I can do anything about it if they are. I just write it down and tell my managers and they write it off as a loss.

I...I am not kidding in the slightest.

Tania also has it right to a degree, though

Lines:
Greeting also lets people know as they walk in the store that people are watching them, so it's supposed to help prevent theft. Sure as hell doesn't at Walmart, but it does in smaller stores. Usually. Or at least you get a weird reaction and know that this is a person you should probably watch.

And from listening to all the stories from people I know who worked there, Walmart has possibly the shittiest theft policies ever to the point I'm surprised they even have any at all. But whatever, they make enough money I guess that having a shit ton of stock stolen doesn't really matter!

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