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My Daughter worked there and all I can say is........Just Say No!!!!! Can you say Catty?

My Daughter worked there and all I can say is........Just Say No!!!!! Can you say Catty?

Please elaborate or I will delete.

do as i say, not as i do! is there any free speech on this web site? or just free advertisment! lighten up francis.

My Daughter worked there and all I can say is........Just Say No!!!!! Can you say Catty?

Maybe your daughter wasn't the right fit for that job. What do you mean, "catty?"

do as i say, not as i do! is there any free speech on this web site? or just free advertisment! lighten up francis.

Not sure what you mean by that. Have you seen me smack someone with an insult and run? I read the comment as not helpful and out of line. To call a place "catty" is a little catty in itself isn't it? But if a valid reason exists to warn people from not working there I am glad to allow it if it is legitimate. That is why I gave FLDawg the chance to elaborate. Should we tolerate trolls?

Catty = Employees stabing each other in the back to get the commission. Rules governing where the employees can eat (i.e. no dining @ Pickles). The "Greenwise Rule" they call it. No talking to other employees or friends during store downtime (i.e. no customers in the store). We are talking about a predominant staff of high school girls here. I also understand several (4+) other employees have left Perspicasity in the last few weeks. I guess they weren't right for the job either. I just recommend you get ALL the store imposed "rules and regulations" before accepting the position!!!

Catty = Employees stabing each other in the back to get the commission. Rules governing where the employees can eat (i.e. no dining @ Pickles). The "Greenwise Rule" they call it. No talking to other employees or friends during store downtime (i.e. no customers in the store). We are talking about a predominant staff of high school girls here. I also understand several (4+) other employees have left Perspicasity in the last few weeks. I guess they weren't right for the job either. I just recommend you get ALL the store imposed "rules and regulations" before accepting the position!!!

Thanks for more info. I think when you say "We are talking about a predominant staff of high school girls here" you have said it all, with no offense to your daughter or other girls working there. I imagine there is a constant stream of employees. Working outside in the cold or the extreme heat can't be fun and it's probably hard to be nice to customers all the time.

Although, I don't understand the policy about Pickles - "greenwise"?

I worked here the summer of 1988 and what funn it was. Guess it has changed from hanging out with the kitchen surfer guys from bud and alleys and walking around in swimsuits only:roll: But then, hasn't Seaside changed all together from the early years?????

I worked here the summer of 1988 and what funn it was. Guess it has changed from hanging out with the kitchen surfer guys from bud and alleys and walking around in swimsuits only:roll: But then, hasn't Seaside changed all together from the early years?????

Wow! Yea things have changed.

Do you think Seaside is alone in not wanting employees dining with the customers? If so, you haven't worked in many places.

Also, most businesses do not want employees who are in view of potential customers, standing around chatting or wrestling (guys) because it can keep customers from ever coming into the shop. To point a finger at Perspicasity, shows that you haven't ventured out much in the business world.

Do you think Seaside is alone in not wanting employees dining with the customers? If so, you haven't worked in many places.

Help me understand that. It's kind of hard in sowal not to dine with customers since they are many times friends.

Help me understand that. It's kind of hard in sowal not to dine with customers since they are many times friends.

While on the job. In most businesses, employees have separate dining rooms and restrooms. Customers don't want to hear moaning from staff, and, overhearing how drunk an employee got last night, and how hungover they are right now, or who they might have slept with, etc, may turn away customers.

While on the job. In most businesses, employees have separate dining rooms and restrooms. Customers don't want to hear moaning from staff, and, overhearing how drunk an employee got last night, and how hungover they are right now, or who they might have slept with, etc, may turn away customers.

Well, yea, but I thought she said after work hours they weren't to either ("store downtime").

Well, yea, but I thought she said after work hours they weren't to either ("store downtime").

Store downtime refers to when there is no one shopping currently.

Store downtime refers to when there is no one shopping currently.

Well, alrighty then.....now I am all cleared up!
Is the sun shining there?

Catty = Employees stabing each other in the back to get the commission. Rules governing where the employees can eat (i.e. no dining @ Pickles). The "Greenwise Rule" they call it. No talking to other employees or friends during store downtime (i.e. no customers in the store). We are talking about a predominant staff of high school girls here. I also understand several (4+) other employees have left Perspicasity in the last few weeks. I guess they weren't right for the job either. I just recommend you get ALL the store imposed "rules and regulations" before accepting the position!!!

My friend is the manager at Perspicasity and I am sorry, but I truly disagree with most of your statements here.

I have worked in many retail stores and can tell you that anytime comission is involved, there is inevitably at least one person willing to stab others in the back to make more money. It is sad, but true, and just one of the annoyances you must deal with when working in retail with commission rewards (and let's not forget it is a reward). Doesn't every job have annoyances? To pick on Perspicasity for this is unfair.

Also, there isn't a "rule" at Perspicasity that you can't eat at Pickles. In an effort to be more socially responsible, the girls got together and created a posterboard of ideas on how to be more environmentally friendly. One of these suggestions was to bring a cup from home to drink out of rather than using the styrofoam cups from Pickles for drinks. I think this is something to be commended, not condemned. :clap_1:

As for not socializing, this is also not true. As long as no customer needs help and all of the merchandising and cleaning has been done, the girls always chat with each other and friends. It only becomes a problem when the chatting is excessive (over 30 mins. long, for example - that's what lunch breaks can be used for) or takes away from work that needs to be done. I think this is very fair. After all, they are being paid to be there and do the work.

Finally, you should not just assume that people are leaving because they are unhappy. I know two of the people left because they are moving out of the area. Another two of the girls that left have worked there for over two years (since they were 16), still love it, and were sad to leave, but wanted something with more upward mobility.

Most of the people that work at Perspicasity are very happy there and get along very well. I am sorry if your daughter didn't like it, but as SJ said, maybe it just wasn't the right place for her. I hope whatever she chose to replace Perspicasity works out better for her.

May I suggest that local employers take a moment to read an article that appeared in Friday's (Apr 20) Wall Street Journal entitled "The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work." (By Jeffrey Zaslow)

Here are some excerpts:

You, You, You -- you really are special, you are! You've got everything going for you. You're attractive, witty, brilliant. "Gifted" is the word that comes to mind.

Childhood in recent decades has been defined by such stroking -- by parents who see their job as building self-esteem, by soccer coaches who give every player a trophy, by schools that used to name one "student of the month" and these days name 40.

Now, as this greatest generation grows up, the culture of praise is reaching deeply into the adult world. Bosses, professors and mates are feeling the need to lavish praise on young adults, particularly twentysomethings, or else see them wither under an unfamiliar compliment deficit.

The 1,000-employee Scooter Store Inc., a power-wheelchair and scooter firm in New Braunfels, Texas, has a staff "celebrations assistant" whose job it is to throw confetti -- 25 pounds a week -- at employees. She also passes out 100 to 500 celebratory helium balloons a week.

Workers under 40, he says, require far more stroking. They often like "trendy, name-brand merchandise" as rewards, but they also want near-constant feedback. "It's not enough to give praise only when they're exceptional, because for years they've been getting praise just for showing up," he says.

At the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, marketing consultant Steve Smolinsky teaches students in their late 20s who've left the corporate world to get M.B.A. degrees. He and his colleagues feel handcuffed by the language of self-esteem, he says. "You have to tell students, 'It's not as good as you can do. You're really smart, and can do better.'"

Prof. Sloop says. He has attended seminars designed to help professors learn techniques of supportive criticism. "We were told to throw away our red pens so we don't intimidate students."

In the end, ego-stroking may feel good, but it doesn't lead to happiness, says Prof. Twenge, the narcissism researcher, who has written a book titled "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled -- and More Miserable than Ever Before." She would like to declare a moratorium on "meaningless, baseless praise," which often starts in nursery school. She is unimpressed with self-esteem preschool ditties, such as the one set to the tune of "Fr?re Jacques": "I am special/ I am special/ Look at me..."



<I LOVE THE END.>

For now, companies like the Scooter Store continue handing out the helium balloons. Katie Lynch, 22, is the firm's "celebrations assistant," charged with throwing confetti, filling balloons and showing up at employees' desks to offer high-fives. "They all love it," she says, especially younger workers who "seem to need that pat on the back. They don't want to go unnoticed."

Ms. Lynch also has an urge to be praised. At the end of a long, hard day of celebrating others, she says she appreciates when her manager, Burton De La Garza, gives her a high-five or compliments her with a cellphone text message.

"I'll just text her a quick note -- 'you were phenomenal today,'" says Mr. De La Garza, "She thrives on that. We wanted to find what works for her, because she's completely averse to confetti."

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Helium Balloons--they're not just for Open Houses anymore!






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I think it's important not to base one's assumptions about what it's like to work at a place based on a few (or one) employees' opinions. Certainly, it could be that the place has a lot of problems that make it difficult to work there, but it could also be that the employee(s) who didn't like it were a bad fit, were difficult to work with, didn't work that hard, felt entitled (the article Shelly's referring to), etc. In most cases, people make their own experiences.

I'd need a lot more information about a place before I decided whether or not it was a good place to work. Perhaps some of the managers of Persipacasity could give us some insights regarding what they think it's like to work there.

I just want to say i have worked with perspicasity and ' IT ROCKED'. Most of the workers there were very nice and we had a good manager, the best any one could ask for. On the otherhand working in the sun wasnt a lovely matter though. However it was a good experience which i will always remember. Those 45% discount on clothes and stuff really helped out. lol.

abby.

I just want to say i have worked with perspicasity in summer 06 and ' IT ROCKED'. Most of the workers there were very nice and we had a good manager, the best any one could ask for. On the otherhand working in the sun wasnt a lovely matter. However it was a good experience which i will always remember. Those 45% discount on clothes and stuff really helped out. lol.

abby.

Stores, restaurants, and other businesses are constantly having to add more rules because employees do not understand how to behave or dress professionally. Often it is a case of one person's extreme behavior ruining it for others because the business has to adopt a strict rule to prevent it recurring. I would imagine a business staffed predominantly w/ high school kids would need many rules!

It drives me nuts when I am in a store and the employees are so busy talking to their friends or each other that they can't be bothered to help you or ring you up. There is a great deal of tidying up, stocking, pricing etc. involved in retail. It is part of the job and what you are supposed to do when the store is empty. If it was true that you weren't allowed to eat at the food stand next door I would imagine it had more to do w/ employees wandering over when they were on the clock instead of on break.

I'm sorry if someone had a bad experience working there, but from the sounds of it, they need to toughen up and realize that's why it's called work. I've had far worse jobs and working conditions and I'm sure many other people have too!