Comments on: FUTURE SHOP BELLEVILLE!!

By: hitman942

hitman942 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:13:55 +0000

I used to work as a merchandiser too and wasn’t allowed a coffee break either, just a half hour lunch break. Total b.s. . Not only that, we had a bitch of a ops manager. She was a inexperienced 24 year old who thought she was experienced. I think it’s very stupid to put someone that young in that kind of position. And I was treated like shit too. I was eventually let go before my probationary period was up. Thank god, saved my sanity.

By: srt4u2nv

srt4u2nv — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:03:03 +0000

“The Truth”

I was a Future Shop Employee for 6yrs 5 spent as a Manager/Lead. I was wrongfully dismissed after I started keeping track of Marc’s shadiness. My personnel file was full of “write-ups” all missing my signature which means they never happened because to be written up requires the employees signature.

Marc would come in late and leave early nearly every shift his wife would get staff purchase which is also against store policy.

I was also the Manager mentioned above by XDR099 that took pictures of a certain employees stolen goods and did all the digging to find he was stealing. I brought this information to Marc and after a week he still did nothing so I sent all the information to the District team and a few days later with the evidence I compiled the employee was fired. Marc was pissed at me for getting rid of the “best sales guy”…..

When I was let go I was working out side of the shop all day at a marina in the beating July sun making peanuts while the store cashed in thousands in install dollars from my skill set. They could have let me go in the morning when I first came in but they waited until the end of the day when I was finished the install. They used me and abused me but my lawyer had the last word!…..

Future Shop Belleville constantly has a now hiring sign out front because as soon as you stop kissing ass, drinking the cool-aid or making them money your GONE they do not care about YOU…I was an ASSET to the company not a run of the mill sales guy I have an Education a Trade certification and as soon as I stopped being a YES man I was out the door after 6yrs of service and not one single write up!…..Don’t kid your selves with their “family” crap the only thing that matters in the future Shop family is the money you make them!….

They do not allow non-smokers to have more then a 30min lunch and no other breaks during the day trust me!….While smokers would get their 30min lunch followed by a 5-10min smoke break and at least 3-4 5-10min breaks during the day for smokes.

I could write so much more but I will just leave it at the management team at Belleville Future Shop lacks Maturity, Integrity, Accountability and Respect they are no skill lackeys who have no marketable skills out side of the Future Shop fantasy World!…..

By: Agizzle

Agizzle — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:13:02 +0000

First off, Future Shop is the devil. Best Buy bought them and the same crap that Best Buy was known for, was just adopted by FS in Canada. There may be some good stores, but they are by far a result of the community they are in an NOT a reflection of the company, culture or policies.
Secondly, noting a persons race is NOT inherently racist . If you want something racist here you go… why are there soooo many indo-pakistani employess at EVERY metrolpolitan location? The burbs, toronto, hamilton ( Bramladesh and Malton a.k.a little mumbai, are a given, come on now…)
I wish I could be colour blind to this and if the quality of service was consistently good or at least not crap, I could believe the argument that ‘the best men/woman are getting the jobs’. However, my experience is that most future shop sales associates will say anything to get a sale and don’t really know that much about technology(I still get blank stares when I mention L2 cache, sort of like a glazed over look). Shit, I catch them in lies or half truths almost everytime I ask them questions(I love tech, but I love messing with these guys even more, ROFL. They sweat like crazy and then always call some other guy over, who barely knows any more info…) They knowingly push bad products, lie about known manufacturer defects and don’t even get me started on the warranties or $99 restore disk….

I am one for open immigration, as the son of an immigrant, but there is definitely reverse racism at play. In fact, an indian friend of mine, 10 years ago basically confirmed something was fishy…one of those wink, wink deals when I asked him WTF.

Oh, and another thing. There are spelling and grammar issues with my post but if that is what you will be hung up on, phew…

p.s. transgendered doesn’t mean you have to be post op or on hormones, that is transsexual. Gender is different…google that shit but I love the burn!

By: grunigj

grunigj — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:31:33 +0000

HEY BITCH MEET UP WITH ME AND ILL FUCKING SMASH YOUR FACE IN WITH A 2BY4, FUCKING SERIOUS. I WILL SMASH YOU THEN FUCK YOUR MOTHER. I DONT WORK FOR DELL EITHER I DONT KNOW WHERE YOUR GETTING YOUR INFORMATION. FIRST OFF THERE IS NO DELL HERE SECOND YOUR A BITCH FOR NOT LEAVING YOUR NAME. I LEFT MY USER NAME MY LAST NAME SO THAT EVERYONE WOULD KNOW WHO I WAS TRUST ME EVRYONE KNOWS THE NAME GRUNIG IN THIS TOWN. YOUR SUCH A BITCH FOR HIDING YOUR IDENTITY. LEAVE YOUR NAME AND INFORMATION SO I CAN MEET UP WITH YOU.

By: nottobetrifledwith

nottobetrifledwith — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:24:51 +0000

Well Josh I hope that you bring your stellar work attitude of “its a free country” I can do what I want to your Dell Hardware Warranty job. I’m 100% sure your customers appreciate talking to a nitwit with his mouth full. I just lost a lot of respect for Dell. If your the kind of person that they hire I will not be buying a computer through them again.
Realistically it sounds like your biggest problem is your piss-poor attitude towards work. You say you worked hard but your attitude says otherwise. Sorry your a b*tch Josh. Hows Dundas Street this time of year.

By: bvilleemployee

bvilleemployee — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:03:28 +0000

There is such a big divide between merch team and everyone else. Sometimes I feel sorry for them. They work shitty hours. Do 90% of the work and then come in and get treated like garbage by half the people there. Anytime theres more than 1 merch guy in a department you hear these words comming from EVERYONE “What you guys having a meeting in the ” Meanwhile the same people that are saying that shit are standing around talking about stupid shit while customers get pissed about not being able to get any help. And to Nideveta. Its great that you enjoy working there and that so far everyone has been so nice. It took me about 2 months before the novelty of getting to work at such a cool store wore off. Worst part about my time here is you can do a thousand things perfectley. But the second you make the SLIGHTEST mistake you hear about it. Not only do you hear about it, you may be lucky enough to have them announce it in the morning meeting. Word to the big bird.

By: grunigj

grunigj — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:47:06 +0000

Oh and Nideveta I already got what I wanted out of that place trust me. I always talked about how much I hated working there. The one day I put my fist through a 52″ plasma tv cuz I was so angry lol. They said they were gonna watch the cameras and shit hahaha. I never heard anything again about that. I did plenty there thats just one of the things I did to fuck up the ol spot. I used to drop shit and break things all the time I was wreakless and did not care about my job there. I did for the first bit dont get me wrong. Then they lost Greg as the merch sup and shit just slid right downhill all the way. FUCKIN HATED THAT PLACE SO MUCH STILL DO. If I need to go shopping ill go to the mall next time!

By: grunigj

grunigj — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:33:21 +0000

Oh and as for you Nideveta. You better not take so many smoke breaks or im telling you right now you will not be working there for much longer. The only reason why they dont care is obviously because they dont notice. Your lucky that your fellow employess allow you to do that as well. I dont fucking get it how does you being a smoker allow you to take 5 min breaks whenever you feel like (never was accepted when I worked there). I DONT REALLY CARE HOW MANY SPELLING MISTAKES I GOTS EITHER BITCH. Your transgender as well? What the fuck is wrong with you, not happy with what you were born with?? So fucking gross! You only work there cuz the Operations Manager has a soft spot for gays and people that are different like you!!

By: grunigj

grunigj — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:24:28 +0000

Thanks XDR099! People just dont understand when they read my post. They just figure oh this kid is just another one of those lazy workers. Fuck that shit! I worked my ass off for that crappy company and still got treated the way I did. Both managers from 611 are exactly like you say “The problem with these managers is that they are high school guys who were promoted through the ranks without any additional education.” Anyone could do the same job as these people! “Marc the gm is a nice guy to your face but can be completely hostile behind your back” I feel ya brother. The managers will sit in the office there and talk shit about the employees to pass the time. I dont think they realize that the doors open and people walk by the office all the time.

By: XDR099

XDR099 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:17:08 +0000

I used to work here before I resigned to go to university in Toronto. I was a good employee with about a PSP percentage of 14 while still being a sales associate before they phased those out. What that meant was I had to give up all the big sales to product experts if one was available.

The Management

Having worked at this futureshop I can tell you there are a lot of high school politics that go on. The different supervisors and DSMs have slept around with each other and bickered over that. Marc the gm is a nice guy to your face but can be completely hostile behind your back. The former IPG DSM Randy was completely incompetent and tried to tell me that when I was not working I was still representing futureshop and that I could only shop at 611 or take care of my warranty issues there. Essentially he was trying to say I’m not a private citizen when not on their watch. After consulting with the GM he literally yelled this message at me that I am never a customer and that I am a second-class citizen in comparison, customers get treated first and I second whether I am working or not.. also I get the shaft when it comes to helping me with these problems. This guy was eventually demoted and moved to the Kingston store because the entire IPG hated him but he had the full support of Marc.

Theft Coverup:

One of the biggest sales guys in IPG was this newer older guy who had a habit of stealing GPSs and laptops. The audio DSM found out about him, took snapshots of the camera shots and submitted it to Marc. Marc said he would take care of it but nothing happened. So the DSM had to go to the district manager so they could come down and fire him. Marc and Randy (IPG DSM at the time) were extremely pissed about this.

Conclusion

The problem with these managers is that they are high school guys who were promoted through the ranks without any additional education. They do not know business law and they do not know proper management skills. Hence why they think and act the way they do. If they knew anything about law they would know that when I’m not on their watch I can do whatever I want and go wherever I want. Trying to restrict my freedom of movement and choice is laughable.