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February 01, 2013

Sears cuts managers jobs at Guelph store

Posted by Phil Andrews

The Sears staffers who lost jobs at the department store's Guelph outlet this week were all managers.

A Sears spokesperson called to advise that no local customer service-focused employees were affected by the national downsizing announced Thursday.

That sort of spin is always unsettling.

Customer service is unlikely to improve somewhere that just thinned out its management to cut costs.

February 01, 2013 at 11:43 AM |

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the viggen

If the base workforce is skilled, work generally improves when managment is reduced.

Posted by: the viggen | February 01, 2013 at 02:43 PM

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