Well.........
I've been hearing snippets --from secondhand sources and TV/Radio here-that have me frowning.
The rumours being that these new Target stores will retain their management from the Zellers incarnations.
IMO, that will be a big mistake---at least for our local store--I don't know about other Zellers specifically enough to say if its good or bad for them.
My step-son worked for Zellers over Christmas..........and the management there treated him like utter shit.
He didn't quit there, and he wasn't actually even fired or "let go"..........they just stopped give him hours. They started him out working full-time, then down to three days, and then ONE day...............and then one DAY every TWO weeks...........and then he wasn't on the schedule. No-one told him this. He waits, calls them up daily......and no-one has an answer, or will not return his call. Then they stopped taking his call.
The local labour board was quite intrigued by that.
His work status was in limbo for about 2 months and then finally with the Labour Board interceding on his behalf asking if they had him still on hire ( they did not answer), Zellers sent him an ROE.
That was his notice of dismissal. My step-son is a good kid, hard-worker and responsible, he did nothing to deserve that kind of treatment.
And the Labour Board rep said that was Zellers' standard practice--and it royally screws their workers. Since UI payments are often based on the last couple of weeks of income, having no hours in that key period puts the screws to a worker who applies for UI.
Well, we were just appalled. THAT is the kind of management that will eventually represent the Target store here in town. The store in question is......small. The Target style of layout will certainly not carry the amount of stock this store currently carries, and not without considerable renovating and rebuilding the store. The place is cluttered, not very well kept up, and the staff...............well, you've just read how some are treated. The store was not one we shopped at often before.....and we have no interest in patronizing them from now on.
I'm VERY leery of Target coming here now, because it seems to me that they are really just brining in a name swap, for the most part, and little else will change. I have to ask: what's the point?