C-A-L Ranch reviews

CAL Ranch is a business with so much potential. However it seems like senior management is determined to continue failing to achieve success. They are like children playing games on a super computer and don't understand what the super computer is capable of. Outwardly the senior management try selling a rosy picture but inwardly they are wringing their hands about the unprofitably of CAL Ranch but they continue to follow the direction of the "Retail Ops Team, which is only making things worse. At times it is hard to fault them because they don't know what they don't know. They are truly paralyzed by the fear of change and risk. Guys, WAKE UP. The castle is burning and you all are talking about the color of the drapes. It is incomprehensible that you cannot see what is going on. You take engaged employees and turn them into zombies and promote employees willing to accept low wages to the level of incompetence. Shame on you. The retail stores are a mess. Most of them are in poorly chosen geographical locations. Most are old, with outdated fixtures and the floors are always stained and dirty. The merchandise layouts are horrible, makes the shopping experience feel more like a garage sale than a well thought out retail shopping environment. And to make it worse, each of the 26 retail store layouts are different. The retail employees are unappreciated, underpaid and overworked. The stores never seen to have the correct number of employees to help customers. Try finding someone to help you. Try finding product. It is probably buried in the back room on a pallet. It seems logical that when presented the facts appropriate actions would be taken but senior management can't seem to place accountability where it belongs. Facts don't seem to matter, only the emotions of select individuals. Training? Almost nonexistent. SOP's? Almost nonexistent. Accountability for Senior Management's favored employees? Almost nonexistent. Equality? You guessed it. Almost nonexistent.

Where do I begin? 1. No loyalty to the employees. They don't care about you because there are 500 more college students waiting for a job interview. Even after 3 years of working there, you're totally replaceable. 2. Poor hiring skills. They would rather hire an 18-year-old for a management position than a married 22-year-old with a business degree. On top of that, many of the employees hired at he store I worked for were completely useless and only got hired because they had a sob story. 3. Non-existent equality. I came out as gay and for the next 6 weeks received only 4 hours of work per week. You try supporting yourself on $25 per week. They tried to say it was because of the labor budget, but nobody else had below 12 hours per week. The new manager is much more accepting, so at least that part has been better. 4. Extremely low pay. I started out at 7.50 and at the end of 3 years was finally making 9.00. finally. I worked in the animal health department where we were basically expected to be vet techs. Employees should be making more for the amount of knowledge they are expected to have. 5. Cutthroat culture. I watched some of the best employees get steamrolled because a few of the lifers decided they didn't like that person. They made life miserable for these employees. One of the steamrolled employees is a sweet old lady who has been something of a grandma to me since I started. She doesn't deserve that. There are so many other negatives that I didn't cover here.