Comments on: Online holiday shopping costly for employers

By: Shopping UK

Shopping UK — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:46:02 +0000

Shopping in person is just as risky. Scammers can get your credit card number from store sites, ATM machines and the percentage of criminal store employees is greater then the risk of shopping online.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:35:42 +0000

$3000 per employee? At $30/hour, that’s 100 hours, or over 12 work days spent holiday shopping on line? That’s totally ridiculous. Employees don’t have that much time to spare in a month without being noticed. If they do, they’re not necessary.

By: Mike Tnnon

Mike Tnnon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:24:54 +0000

Amen Jonny Amen!

By: corsair

corsair — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:58:21 +0000

Right on, Jonny Olinger!

By: Jonny Olinger

Jonny Olinger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:38:24 +0000

Complete bunk. I agree there’s fundamentally a problem when an hourly associate does anything other than ‘work’ while on the clock. But how much of your numbers was due to sallaried employees? I along with millions of others constantly do whatever it takes to get the job done and don’t charge by the hour for our services. How often do we work late – essentially for free? How often do we work through lunch – essentially for free? How often do we sit at our desks from dawn till dusk – for no additional money… just to get our jobs done? Will I do a little bit of online shopping around the holidays? ABSOLUTELY! Primarily because it will allow me to contribute just a few more ‘free’ hours to my employer by not having to venture out to the shopping malls. Happy shopping.