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Target and Walmart retail locations will be closed for Thanksgiving.
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It's a really strange phenomenon where "going backwards" is actually a good thing. I remember when this was the norm before Black Friday took over the whole month of November.
I agree with this. Thanksgiving should be reserved for spending time & eating Thanksgiving dinner together with families &/or friends (& everyone needs a day off). Keep Black Friday strictly for shopping.
This is a good thing, so I don't want to be too negative. However, I'd like to know how many working hours are being lost by this. As in, if somebody normally worked on a Thursday, but now the store is closed, are they getting hours somewhere else or some sort of vacation pay?
Good. Let the employees spend the day with their families, goodness gracious.
My favorite holiday. <3
My favorite holiday. <3
Working at Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day was one of the worst experiences of my life. I hope all retail stores follow suit.
When I worked retail, I'd work my normal day off and then have the holiday off instead, just effectively a swap. No holiday pay or anything, but no loss of hours, either. Not sure if that's changed in the 10+ years since I last worked retail, but I imagine if they're not offering paid holiday, that's what they're doing.
Likewise. In the beginning, when I had to come in at 2 or 3AM on Black Friday, it was one thing. But once they started to encroach to the point where I was showing up 6PM-9PM on Thanksgiving, I was wanting to attack people.
I pray for the seemingly only six workers at my local Best Buy this holiday. Most of these big stores should be closed on the holidays.
Just like last year, just because the store is closed doesn't mean we are not working. It's the day before the biggest shopping day. Unless you are a cashier, sales associate, in automotive or the deli your ass is in there unloading trucks and stocking shelves the whole day.
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Used to work retail and this video is one of the best I've ever seen - I watch it every so often and it's 100% on point!
I hope this means that they're actually closed all day and not reopening at 12AM midnight on Black Friday.
I worked at Target from 2002 to 2012. I remember the first year or two opening at like 6am on black Friday then each year it crept up earlier and earlier. I think they last year I was there they were open Thanksgiving and I was pissed lol.
Good. Let people enjoy time with their family.
This brings me back working several Black Fridays in retail. It was hell. I'm nodding all the way through this video and my shift and everyone else's were 12 hours on Black Friday.
This brings me back working several Black Fridays in retail. It was hell. I'm nodding all the way through this video and my shift and everyone else's were 12 hours on Black Friday.
If by "spending time with our families" you mean getting drunk and fixating hard on the football games so you don't have to talk to any of your relatives - yes!
I am pretty sure that when Jesus and George Washington invented Thanksgiving it was to fill us up with enough food to give us the energy to shop non stop for the next 3 days.
This goes against the spirit of this great holiday by forcing us to spend time with our families.
Really hope this carries into other retailers. GameStop started working Thanksgiving day awhile ago and it's ruined the holiday for me and my mom. We'd spend the morning cooking and then I'd rush off to work without getting to eat dinner with the fam. The pandemic was a nice break from that craziness.
Thank god. A chunk of my family work retail in various roles and this move towards Black Friday turning into a Thanksgiving evening event has ruined our dinners for years now. It was a disgusting practice from the start.
As I recall none of them did because they didn't want massive crowds showing up. They started deals early and tried to increase online sales.
Even when I worked retail for Best Buy and Circuit City during my college days, I still had to be up at 3am to be at work by 4am to work 17 hour days during black Friday. That shit really needs to end, especially with online being the better option.
