Re:Ask HN: Should I choose big name or big salary?
by swcoders on Thursday August 18, 2016 @06:44AM
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Thanks, I think IT branch is not responsible for that kind of issues. They are moving more to ecommerce areas so I think retail does not affect much.
Re:Ask HN: Should I choose big name or big salary?
by davismwfl on Thursday August 18, 2016 @07:00AM
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Sears is not dying or dead. They have around 40 some brands they own and they are doing quite well. Yes they aggressively close non performing stores and they aren't in every mall like they used to be. But they are very much into ecommerce, supply chain management, repair business etc. and the technology groups they have do some neat shit, again not a panacea but pretty cool.
Also remember they are in the top 20 of all retailers in the US so if you can say you worked on ecommerce for a top 20 retailer and made real impacts, sorry that to me will be better then Deloitte. I'd hire a person with that experience over the consulting person, especially for a online business.
Re:Ask HN: Should I choose big name or big salary?
by swcoders on Thursday August 18, 2016 @07:09AM
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Great!! and really thanks for your advice. They selected me for working on their e-commerce project and they are trying to move more on e-commerce (As I have discussed with project managers).
I was very confused. Once again Thanks for your valuable advice.
To take an example of how they think, when I was a student they had a booth at my college where they were soliciting people to get Sears charge cards. I applied for one, and then they replied saying they would not give me a card because I lived in student housing.
Years later I went to Sears auto center to replace the tires on my car, the guy who was ringing me up insisted that I only pay for one tire instead of four tires, he argued with me for 15 minutes. It was dark, I had worked all day, walked two miles each way to work, wanted to get home, am I going to call the manager saying I want to pay another $300?
I also used a TV-B-Gone to turn off the TV sets at Sears, six months later the TV sets were still off.
Listen to me, do not take that job at Sears. If you do you are going to be tearing out your hair in six months and you'll be remembering that paul_houle told you not to do it. So don't.