Reply to: John Lewis Bonus

[Mich the Tester]

Good job JL. I admire that lot; they're one of the few large companies that make a cooperative work really well. If I really had to go permie, I would much rather work for a cooperative like JL than for some blue chip corporation that sucks the life out of people to make a profit for some anonymous hedge fund in the far east.

[2BIT]

ftfy

to be fair I'm not sure primary school teachers are given the authority to make that kind of policy, blame the school/head/governors/LEA/Government but not the teacher - it's like blaming the bin man for not taking the non-recyclable rubbish in the recycling bin as if it was his idea!

[2BIT]

mmm, I disagree actually.

me too I left a place when I was a perm because the bonus (and pay rise) system was the same for everyone regardless of performance - absolutely no incentive

[SueEllen]

Actually I knocked up a generic complaint & excellent service letter a few years ago and sent it out to 10 companies. I received 7 replies, some apologies and freebies from the complaints and a £10 gift voucher from one of the positives.

Some companies are weird.

[MarillionFan]

With JL you can email them and tell them that their staff are tulip or if they are particularly helpful you can do that instead. Though I only tend to do the latter if the staff has trainee on their badge.

I actually enjoy emailing companies now and telling them that certain staff have been extremely helpful because they don't know what the **** to do with compliments.

Actually I knocked up a generic complaint & excellent service letter a few years ago and sent it out to 10 companies. I received 7 replies, some apologies and freebies from the complaints and a £10 gift voucher from one of the positives.

[SueEllen]

mmm, I disagree actually.

In a large organisation you are quite often having to introduce culture change and drive productivity. Giving bonuses that are based on metrics that support the strategy provides an incentive.

giving a blanket bonus based on corporate profitability provides no specific incentive.

Bonus schemes that are well thought out and implemented can be dynamite and progressive. Bonus schemes that are poor and corupt can wreck a company

With JL you can email them and tell them that their staff are tulip or if they are particularly helpful you can do that instead. Though I only tend to do the latter if the staff has trainee on their badge.

I actually enjoy emailing companies now and telling them that certain staff have been extremely helpful because they don't know what the **** to do with compliments.

[MarillionFan]

I expect the JL halo to slip accordingly as it so often does with expansion.

We've always been big fans of JL, we've bought furniture, TV's and white goods, we even had our wedding list there.

Last month we ordered a white bed for my daughter but they delivered a pine one and the customer services people have not gone out of their way to rectify the situation.

You should have ordered from me. I'd have delivered and put it up for you the next day.

[gingerjedi]

John Lewis is about to launch a 5 year bond to raise new funds for expansion.

Open to staff and John Lewis card holders it will be paying 6.5% per year, if which 2% of that will be in vouchers. Maximum investment 10k. Not covered by the FSA.

They're planning some major expansion.

I expect the JL halo to slip accordingly as it so often does with expansion.

We've always been big fans of JL, we've bought furniture, TV's and white goods, we even had our wedding list there.

Last month we ordered a white bed for my daughter but they delivered a pine one and the customer services people have not gone out of their way to rectify the situation.

[Churchill]

Yawn

Now you're beginning to understand.

[MarillionFan]

What possible justification do you have that requires you to take your kids out of school at term time?

Stop whinging and live with it. You're not special other than in a retarded way.

Yawn

[Churchill]

ftfy

What possible justification do you have that requires you to take your kids out of school at term time?

Stop whinging and live with it. You're not special other than in a retarded way.

[MarillionFan]

I don't shop in John Lewis becuase its one step closer to people asking me what my prefered primary school for my children would be and having to get the permission of an uneducated primary school teacher(who gets 12 weeks per year holiday) to allow you to take your kids out of it for a holiday during term time!

ftfy

[Sockpuppet]

I don't shop in John Lewis becuase its one step closer to people asking me what my prefered primary school for my children would be.

[Halo Jones]

they aren't necessarily the cheapest but that's.

You say that but I have brought white goods from them this year & they were the cheapest on a particular model (admittedly is was not a basic model) and you get a 5 year warranty included, so it seems if you are looking a quality goods to start with they are competitive..

One thing they are considering doing with the raised monies is to set up their own delivery vans for Waitrose, therefore negating the Ocado cost.

[AtW]

Going to check them out after Easter.