Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald defended the firing of two employees who confronted three masked thieves robbing a Georgia store and called the police, with McDonald saying that company policy is for staff to “let the theft occur” and not try to intervene. --- OK, so when the store has all it's merchandise looted, what then? The CEO is a moron. The two employees deserve a medal.
The company just doesn't want to get sued by an employee harmed by a thief. They have likely determined that the loss from theft is a better financial decision.
At the very worst the employees maybe deserved some admonishment. Or better yet a reminder of company policy.
I can understand them prioritizing staff and customer safety and relying on cameras and police to try to hold thieves accountable enough to have a policy like that… …that said, the employees did not physically intervene—merely followed them, recorded, and admonished them. IMO, to fire them is absolutely terrible optics and bad press for the company. Add to that, the policy is probably one created for normal circumstances AKA one where the justice system isn’t just spitting back criminals onto the streets as fast as cops can round them up, assuming cops are even allowed to do so to begin with and have the staffing to do it with too. Right now we are living in times where the mob has figured out they can vote to break the law and get away with it at virtually every level and with sheer numbers, just like at our borders, our police can’t solve crime scenes fast enough. The policy, in other words, may need to be readdressed. The alternative is acquiescing not just to the thieves, but the downward trajectory in business that that acquiescence is bringing upon them at all levels of society right now
In the short run maybe. However, in the long run, it encourages theft. That is why businesses are leaving Blue cities.
And will enjoy the increase in merch stolen as a result of firing two woman for interacting with a felon. When a simple warning would have sufficed.
Why? Their confronting the thieves achieved literally nothing. They still got away with the stolen goods (though they were reportedly caught by police shortly afterwards and have been charged).
for being brave enough to do more than any progressive is willing to do in confronting the increasingly brasin theft progressive states allow because it's perceived white guilt in arresting black people who steal.
I think that government should step ion and stop private companies from making such decisions, he said sarcastically..
While ignoring the danger their decision presents to their employees & customers by basically allowing their store to be robbed.
We have no idea what factors they considered. I guarantee they made the decision that they determined would lose them the least amount of money though.
Oh I don't disagree on the money aspect. I just think it encourages the problem more than what they think, and I think they could be liable to a lawsuit if one of those thieves ends up hurting a customer or employee.
Yeah, and now guess what store all looters will target in the future. And no need to lock the doors at night.
Oh, if that's what actually happened then at worst, then those employees should've gotten just a slap on the wrist and then moved on from there, firing them was overkill. That said, if something bad happened and those employees got hurt or killed then it'd look worse. Department store items are easily replaceable unlike living people.
I think it was a bad idea to fire the employees. I think it was an even worse idea to go on tv and let criminals the stuff in his stores are free for the taking.
It appears he had no choice but to fire them. People love to sue (I call them sue-ers). If the thief or employee is injured during the scuffle, lawyers with dollar signs in their eyes will get them a big payday. By firing them, other employees are discouraged from doing the same. The CEO is not a moron; its the lawmakers.
And the CEO is abetting the lawmakers. He's also abetting the looters. If you want to have an organized society then you have to have laws and enforce the laws, plus do all you can to stop crime.
I don't see how he has a choice. Its only stuff not worth the risk of injury. If it were up to me, I would have thieves peppersprayed and tased.