Thread: Sears/Military Duty

I received this in an email:
Sears - Christmas shopping has already started:

I know I needed this reminder since Sears isn't always my first choice. Amazing when you think of how long the war has lasted and they haven't withdrawn from their commitment. Could we each buy at least one thing at Sears this year?

How does Sears treat its employees who are called up for military duty? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up.

Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years.

I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution. I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.

Pass it on.

Decided to check this before I sent it forward. So I sent the following e-mail to the Sears Customer Service Department:

I received this e-mail and I would like to know if it is true. If it is, the Internet may have just become one very good source of advertisement for your company. I know I would go out of my way to buy products from Sears instead of another store for a like item, even if it's cheaper at that store.

This is their answer to my e-mail:

Dear Customer:

Thank you for contacting Sears.The information is factual. We appreciate your positive feedback.

Sears regards service to our country as one of greatest sacrifices our young men and women can make. We are happy to do our part to lessen the burden they bear at this time.

Bill Thorn
Sears Customer Care
webcenter@sears.com
1-800-349-4358

Please pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!!

It's Verified ! By Snopes.com at:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp

I got the same via my Corp. Email

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I won't shop at Sears anymore. I pretty much know how that company runs and they might help a few people but I can assure you it's only a select few and wouldn't surprise me one bit if they now make it a policy to not hire potential service people or somehow fire them before they leave so they won't have to follow through with their "promises". They may do it for long term full time or salaried employees, of which there are very few so it looks impressive and not enough who return to know yet if it really worked out like their "promise" states.

Shouldn't be long before Chrysler can be taken off the list. The way things are going, there's probably a bunch of them that will tank in this wonderful economy we have.