"Reloader" wrote in message
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Back in the '70 you had to demoinstrate knoweledge of electronics before
you could be hired; not an expert, but at least understand what the
customer was looking for. I worked for them until '79. Their new
slogan is "you got questions, we got insults."

I doubt that requiring applicants to demonstrate knowledge of electronics
would work anymore. I believe that most Radio Shacks start people at minimum
wage plus commisions on cell phones, extended warranties, etc., so when that's
the 'deal' you're looking at, a would-be employee can do just as well working
at many other stores that don't require any particular knowledge of what it
is, exactly, that the store is selling.

Personally, I think you could run many stores with, say, 2/3 the people and
pay them 3/2 as much as normal and thereby demand some actual skills and
retain them (and work 3/2 as hard!), but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be
the standard business strategy these days.

---Joel Kolstad