Some of you may remember my old sales manager "Al" from my previous store.
Professor X used some shifty, probably unethical song and dance with the district manager to force him out of the store and into another store in the district for "unspecified reasons." But I'll bet you anything it was because Professor X wanted to replace all his managers and department heads with HIS people, and he used the slumping sales numbers as an excuse (never mind the fact that this was when the economy was really starting to go to hell). I mean, it's pretty obvious when the guy brought in to replace Al was someone that Professor X had hired and worked with during his Circuit Shitty days.
It was a real shame when Al left my old store because I liked him. He did a good job and actually cared about his associates. Sure, we butted heads a few times, but we liked and respected each other. His departure was a big part of why I chose to jump ship and get a transfer myself.
Anyway, I noticed on the schedule for this week that one of our full-timers was going to be spending 3 days helping out at Al's store. So I asked him to say hi to Al for me.
FT: Um.....Al is no more.....
Me: What?!
Now, I know I don't have the full story here, but from what my full-time colleague told me (which is only what he heard, so I really don't know the veracity of this), a customer came in looking to return something, and Al refused the return. I don't know the circumstances behind it, but I'm sure he had a good reason to refuse the return. Managers in this company have had the Hammer of Thor brought down on them for declining returns, even with cause, so Al must have had a damn good reason for doing that.
And he got fired for doing it.
Now, again, I know there has to be more to the story than that, and I will try to find out. But if he was fired for following policy........I don't even know what to say. I am very unhappy to hear this.
Professor X used some shifty, probably unethical song and dance with the district manager to force him out of the store and into another store in the district for "unspecified reasons." But I'll bet you anything it was because Professor X wanted to replace all his managers and department heads with HIS people, and he used the slumping sales numbers as an excuse (never mind the fact that this was when the economy was really starting to go to hell). I mean, it's pretty obvious when the guy brought in to replace Al was someone that Professor X had hired and worked with during his Circuit Shitty days.
It was a real shame when Al left my old store because I liked him. He did a good job and actually cared about his associates. Sure, we butted heads a few times, but we liked and respected each other. His departure was a big part of why I chose to jump ship and get a transfer myself.
Anyway, I noticed on the schedule for this week that one of our full-timers was going to be spending 3 days helping out at Al's store. So I asked him to say hi to Al for me.
FT: Um.....Al is no more.....
Me: What?!
Now, I know I don't have the full story here, but from what my full-time colleague told me (which is only what he heard, so I really don't know the veracity of this), a customer came in looking to return something, and Al refused the return. I don't know the circumstances behind it, but I'm sure he had a good reason to refuse the return. Managers in this company have had the Hammer of Thor brought down on them for declining returns, even with cause, so Al must have had a damn good reason for doing that.
And he got fired for doing it.
Now, again, I know there has to be more to the story than that, and I will try to find out. But if he was fired for following policy........I don't even know what to say. I am very unhappy to hear this.
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