UPDATE: This site occupybestbuy.org is NOT...

UPDATE: This site occupybestbuy.org is NOT affiliated nor sponsored by Best Buy at all. It is a separate group or individual that created the site for personal purposes. I later discovered this when I put two-and-two together thinking, “Why would Best Buy stupidly involve itself in a political matter during such an important day in retail?” So I visited the site and scrolled to the bottom and saw “This website is not affiliated with Best Buy.” etc, etc, etc

occupyonline:

“Occupy Best Buy” Themed Black Friday Campaign

Oh helllll no. I used to work there. It’s a damn cult. They made a guy blatantly committing fraud the employee of the month five times and had the audacity to tell everyone to follow his “methods” even after I repeatedly complained about the illegality of his actions. They made us come in at 6am on Sundays for a “synergy” meeting whereupon we were lectured for NOT getting as many sales as the fraudster. We were all punished and made to wear white shirts like new hires for not selling enough sports illustrated magazines at the register and given balloons when we sold a magazine (wtf?). I was a cashier and my manager’s biggest concern was whether we sold magazine subscriptions to customers?? Never once were we trained on customer service (because that was not what mattered).

Don’t get me started on the rampant sexism and racism. I came to my interview for a geek squad/computer department position with ample computer experience. The girl I first interviewed with thought I was perfect for an opening they had. I was handed off to her male manager, who did not interview me. Instead he told me that I seemed more suited to a cashier position. I had never used a register in my life and I’m an introverted geek…really now. They gave the position I interviewed for to a 16 year old boy with half my computer knowledge. It was the most backwards, creepy, condescending, discriminatory company I have ever worked for.

It is beyond maddening to see anyone attempting to capitalize on the occupy movement to make profit and hypocritically encouraging people to camp for days in the cold, creating a bottle neck safety hazard when they open the doors…I beg everyone to resist the temptation of deals and boycott Black Friday. If nothing else, as pity for the poor minimum wage employees who have to work that day. I will tell you - it is hell on earth being an employee at Best Buy on Black Friday. Time and a half ($12) does not cut it. People passed out, were assaulted and harassed. It was disgusting and the epitome of everything that is ill in our country. And we must, as the 99%, recognize our own responsibility and power to resist these traps.

This is hella ironic, annoying and just wrong for Best Buy to do this. If SNL made fun of the Occupy movement, it would be cool cause it’s for comedy’s sake. But a huge electronics corporation to parody and base a huge ad campaign off of the movement is insensitive and opposite the movement’s stance.

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