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“All these companies that are screaming about theft, they’re kind of complicit in it because they keep reducing staff,” says Steven Rowland, the host of The Retail Warzone podcast and a former retail store manager. “From an hourly standpoint, a lot of these folks feel like they’re not paid enough to care anyway. And then you have store managers who are bleeding out, basically, because they have a lack of payroll, they don’t have enough staff just to get their basic functions done.”

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[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the insight, but really... how can you just compare numbers from 2021 and 2022 and not even mention covid or its possible effects on retail/statistics???

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, usually reporting from Vox is pretty high caliber. It's strange they missed this detail.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

“That kind of stuck with me,” he says, “because the robber actually showed more concern for our well-being than my manager or the police did.”

Good read. Definitely highlights some of the issues.