Black Friday Workers

Christmas shopping season is now upon us.

With the comes the start of holiday shopping with Black Friday.

I recently came across this article talking about those who have to work on Black Friday.

Source Yahoo Finance – Why it Sucks to Work Black Friday

Like many I never really thought about those who are really affected the most by this

day the Black Friday Workers.

There were a couple of things that struck me in the article.

The first was that many stores are now opening on Thanksgiving day.

This means that many of the Black Friday Workers won't get to spend very much

time with their families during the holiday.

"Store employees have to show up even earlier to prepare for the retail rush. Others

have to lose sleep as they work long, hectic overnight shifts at stores that remain

open all hours of the night."

Secondly many of the Black Friday Workers will have to work really long shifts in

order to meet this demand.

"Doorbusters" make things more hectic. Customers get frustrated after waiting hours

for deals that sell out even before they get in the store. And workers usually bear the

brunt of customers' anger."

Also many people do not realize that the store only has a limited amount of the sales items.

Taking out your frustrations on the Black Friday Workers only intensifies the situation.

These Black Friday Workers don't order the inventory and have no control over whether or not there is enough to go around.

Companies are driven by the dollar.

They try to compete with each others sales.

When people stop running to these sales on Thanksgiving Day many of the Black

Friday Workers would be able to spend the entire holiday with their families.

In my own experience the sales are the same the very next day.

Some of the sales are even better after Black Friday has come and gone.

As a society we need to get our priorities in order.

We need to consider the Black Friday Workers who make the sacrifice to be away

from their families so that we can go crazy during the start of the Christmas

shopping season.

As you go shopping on Thanksgiving day please be considerate of the Black Friday

Workers.

How are you going to treat Black Friday Workers this Thanksgiving???

Your Financial Coach,

Renee Lawson

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