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Two more retail companies look doomed
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feedthegoat27
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What were the conversations between staff like? was it basically "we are fucked, management don't know their arse from their elbow"? That would be a pretty fucking shit umbrella to work under. It must have been infuriating knowing how this is going and hearing about the big bosses annual bonuses on the grape vine.
I bet the bosses that fucked it all up are not exactly proud as punch when noting they were senior strategy managers at HMV on their linkdin profile. Or maybe they are, some of these tossers think the world owes them a national holiday for getting up in the morning.
Genuinely, entry level store staff could've ran the company better than the top brass at the time.
The best/worst decision they made was to bring in a person called Trevor Moore as CEO. This was, I think from memory, in the lead up to Christmas 2012. The first thing he did was alienate the entire workforce by instructing them to cover up tattoos. Then introduced a shite new uniform, because there was nothing better to use their money towards? Way to make an impression on your footsoldiers in the run up to a make or break sales period for the company.
Moore took Jessops under, and then the same happened to HMV on his watch. Quite what they thought he could achieve with his background I have no idea. He was on his bike by early 2013.
Simon Fox, the CEO before him, wasn't much better either.
The first thing he did was alienate the entire workforce by instructing them to cover up tattoos.
Why was this such an issue for the staff, could they not be grown up about it and think "ok new rules let's just do what's required" rather than behaving like spoilt 2 year olds and woman we are being alienated?
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Genuinely, entry level store staff could've ran the company better than the top brass at the time.
The best/worst decision they made was to bring in a person called Trevor Moore as CEO. This was, I think from memory, in the lead up to Christmas 2012. The first thing he did was alienate the entire workforce by instructing them to cover up tattoos. Then introduced a shite new uniform, because there was nothing better to use their money towards? Way to make an impression on your footsoldiers in the run up to a make or break sales period for the company.
Moore took Jessops under, and then the same happened to HMV on his watch. Quite what they thought he could achieve with his background I have no idea. He was on his bike by early 2013.
Simon Fox, the CEO before him, wasn't much better either.
ah but in British business circles failure is no indicator of ability - many a CEO has failed and gone on to repeat offend in another business. They all scratch each others backs you see so as long as you are " a good chap" and fit in you'll never go short of a job.
feedthegoat27
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Why was this such an issue for the staff, could they not be grown up about it and think "ok new rules let's just do what's required" rather than behaving like spoilt 2 year olds and woman we are being alienated?
Because for years the company encouraged 'individuality', embraced wacky hairstyles or colourings and to have as many piercings or tats on display as you wanted. And then suddenly that was randomly stopped one day, by the new CEO, who didn't appear to have a clue about the company.
HMV was on the verge of going under, there was much bigger fish to fry than uncovered tattoos, with a very important 3/4 month sales window before Christmas which could make or break the future. Instead of getting the staff onside, he did quite the opposite, essentially criticising the personal appearance of a high percentage of the workforce.
He was a very unpopular person in the ranks.
Edit....I forgot he also banned long hair.
https://www.marketingweek.com/2012/10/24/hmv-bans-staff-tattoos-to-boost-customer-experience/
Billions have been pick-pocketed from wage packets of the general public, housing, either rent or mortgage, has seen serious inflation, gas and electric and water/sewage have seen above inflation rises, the insurance cartel has had a bonanza, and all have to be paid for from 1990 rates of pay. Something has to give, the weakest businesses (least efficient) die first, but the race to the bottom drags everyone down eventually. An ideology that puts share-holder interest above everything is a throwback to the darkest days of victorian Britain. Brexit notwithstanding, the coming devastation on jobs through robot deployment will make a bad situation much worse. Except in boardrooms. And the 5% who own half the shares on the LSE. Globalisation, with the giant corporations instructing governments on legislation, tax etc. are over-influential, ruthless and untouchable and almost unstoppable. Interesting times just up the road, for the little people especially.
Because for years the company encouraged 'individuality', embraced wacky hairstyles or colourings and to have as many piercings or tats on display as you wanted. And then suddenly that was randomly stopped one day, by the new CEO, who didn't appear to have a clue about the company.
HMV was on the verge of going under, there was much bigger fish to fry than uncovered tattoos, with a very important 3/4 month sales window before Christmas which could make or break the future. Instead of getting the staff onside, he did quite the opposite, essentially criticising the personal appearance of a high percentage of the workforce.
He was a very unpopular person in the ranks.
Edit....I forgot he also banned long hair.
https://www.marketingweek.com/2012/10/24/hmv-bans-staff-tattoos-to-boost-customer-experience/
And again so what, he wanted a more professional appearance. People should just jump on-board instead of being childish and bitching they don't like the rules. Get over they are employed they do as the policies says, or do one and get another job.
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I won't say what I want to about you or I'd break the COC. The most polite thing I can say is you'd make a great CEO of hmv around Christmas 2012. Your attitude is awful. No idea how to handle staff at all.And again so what, he wanted a more professional appearance. People should just jump on-board instead of being childish and bitching they don't like the rules. Get over they are employed they do as the policies says, or do one and get another job.
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And again so what, he wanted a more professional appearance. People should just jump on-board instead of being childish and bitching they don't like the rules. Get over they are employed they do as the policies says, or do one and get another job.
Hard to tell if you're being serious or not.
You really expect a workforce, mostly made up of 18-25 yr olds, to just accept an instant, archaic rule changing? A rule changing that had no relevance to the performance (or lack of) to the company? Surely you want your staff to be motivated to work as hard as possible? Doing what he did had the complete opposite effect. Just look at the backlash HMV faced when news got out. When the company was in desperate need for positive PR, we were in the headlines for the wrong reasons.
I was told at the time that he visited one store upon his appointment, didn't like the appearance of 2 members of staff and snap introduced this new uniform policy. The guy wasn't fit to run the company, didn't have a clue about the business and was ousted from his position 6 months after starting.
If this is the direction he wanted to take, then there is a way to introduce it. And that isn't the way he did it.
MaineDAWG2008
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Retail parks have killed these retail. Tesco's and Sainsbury's and also Asda sell almost everything......