A dreamer examines her pillow

[vespae]

So um yeah, this link pretty much sums it up. My lovely company that I work for (J.C. Penney's), and their obsession with their store credit cards. It permeates every level of the corporation, and the people at the low rungs of the ladder tend to get stomped the most. The corporation has made getting credit applications their bottom line, so

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[anonymous]

Jeez, what a turnip. Your manager clearly needs to be beaten about he head and neck with a blunt object. Accountability is one thing, but telling an employee they outright suck compared to somebody else is bad news, and the fastest way to breed dissent in the ranks, especially if it's an open secret that she's cheating to make her quotas. Way to foster team spirit, butthead.

But then, this comes from a guy who, in his last review, was told I "care too much about my people", so corporate management guru I'm not, certainly.

I really hope you're not selling youself short and letting your so-called "inadequate resume" trap you there. You're so much more capable than you realize--I know I'd kill to have someone like you working for me. Engaged, intelligent people who can communicate effectively are a rare find, especialy in retail hell.

- Stephen

Get out of Wisconsin!

[anonymous]

Kate, if you wanted to move to SoCal, I bet we could find you a position pretty quickly, in a career that would take advantage of your verbal skills if nothing else -- you'd be hell on wheels as a copy editor, and if you thrive on the work and can ignore buttheads semi-decently, it's a job for life anywhere in the English-speaking world.

Re: Get out of Wisconsin!

[vespae]

I have to finish my degree first. :( I'd love to be a copy editor, but I want to at least start off with some of the right credentials.

I'm thinking about using some of my last 90 degree credits towards hard science courses, so I have the option of looking at possibly a different type of degree (if anyone would take me for grad school one day ;p ) after post-graduate work. My pie-in-the-sky dream has always been marine biology, and I'm finally starting to consider it more seriously, since the majority of retail/business leaves me cold.