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wsbboston t1_j3dkfj7 wrote

That’s the way to go on your 100th birthday

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Yonk_art t1_j3dvhkb wrote

When I worked for 84 up until last year he would call each store that beat their sales goal for the day. His daughter has run the business for a while now but him still being that involved was cool.

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[deleted] t1_j3ec0zz wrote

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Yonk_art t1_j3epu6j wrote

There's definitely growth potential at 84 for people who work hard. However their definition of working hard is dedicating your whole life to the store's performance. My managers were doing 70+ hour weeks with half the necessary staff constantly. I was in sales and got stuck doing physical labor and going to job sites to deliver materials despite them knowing my doctor didn't want me doing anything close to that.

The upper management was very mixed. My boss's boss was incompetent and always contradicted our sales guys and made them do stuff that cost us business.

The buildings aren't heated or cooled either, so it's hell all year at any store. Plus all promotions are based on transfers. I live in the Wilkes-Barre area and had to commute to East Stroudsburg for over a year because I wasn't able to move there. And there's no compensation for travel unless it's to job sites for business purposes. 48 hour weeks standard plus 10 hours of commute. The only opportunity I ever had to move up would've had me moving to Kansas. That would've been a wash anyway with the cost of living out there.

It's a good opportunity for single guys who don't wanna go to college and want to work somewhere you can actually move up the ladder. Otherwise there's no accommodations for those with families or commitments outside of work and sleep.

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animate_a_crack t1_j3gyhkp wrote

That’s because the area manager (Tom) has no fucking clue what he’s doing. All he cares about is his backpack.

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Away-Plant-8989 t1_j3esqp2 wrote

The one I worked at everyone was on Heroin and trying to kill each other with nail guns

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Pencilveinyah t1_j3gz118 wrote

Is it true that beards are forbidden at 84 Lumber?

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uncle_hooch t1_j3h0d1t wrote

Yes, it’s required to be able to wear a respirator.

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Yonk_art t1_j3h3ul9 wrote

That's not the reason I was given. Everyone just told me it was in the dress code because Hardy wanted it to be like the military.

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uncle_hooch t1_j3h96ib wrote

I’m just going off what a recruiter told me.

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Yonk_art t1_j3hb8al wrote

I get you. We never got protective gear unfortunately. Well, other than getting gloves at a discount.

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[deleted] t1_j3hbdi4 wrote

>Hardy wanted it to be like the military.

Friend of mine applied for a job for one of Hardy's other business ventures, and the morning start time was ridiculous and inflexible. Recruiter told him it's because that's what Joe did in the service and he kept the routine.

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Yonk_art t1_j3i2x0a wrote

Yeah our shifts were 7-5. Not terrible but there was no time left for anything else when I had an hour commute. The guys who had it worst were the comanagers. If a delivery was running late they'd be stuck waiting for the truck to get back, and they had to punch out. They worked every Saturday too and had almost no holidays besides Xmas day and Thanksgiving.

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Yonk_art t1_j3h3wz3 wrote

Yep. Mustaches only, and if you didn't have a clean shave otherwise you would get written up.

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wiltedtreestump t1_j3jucbc wrote

Beards are not allowed if you work at Nemacolin too. Men are not allowed to wear earrings as well

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TheSomerandomguy t1_j3e1dm1 wrote

The Hardy’s live down the road from us. Joe Hardy lived exactly like your average joe who became a billionaire would act, and I respect him for it.

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woodcuttersDaughter t1_j3e7b6e wrote

I grew up in Eighty Four, PA. My parents still live there. The lumber yard is still the biggest thing in town.

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vonHindenburg t1_j3f8r6j wrote

Same here. Brilliant, running a multi-billion dollar company from a bunch of low-rent offices in the middle of nowhere.

He poured most of his money into Bentleyville and Fayettenam, but honestly, I'm glad to've not seen too much development in the 84/Lone Pine area.

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RubberV t1_j3feplx wrote

Thanks for that info. I knew of Eighty Four, PA but didn’t know 84 Lumber started there.

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egJohn t1_j3hyq4i wrote

do Kissinger next.

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Defiant-Ad412 t1_j3ettl8 wrote

When i was little i used to think this was everyone’s fate. I also thought everyone learned 100% of knowledge by then

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Adm_Mitthrawnuruodo t1_j3g0ofq wrote

Dude willed himself to live to 100, meanwhile I’m crying in bed over here, begging god to kill me now.

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SucksToYourAssmar3 t1_j3gpk5f wrote

Hardy was quoted as saying, "I want to die broke. For the remainder of my life, I want to enjoy and participate in the giving of money to help improve people's lives."

…well, did he?

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GreenGlassDrgn t1_j3eyw87 wrote

I'm pretty sure this is what happens when we win the simulation.

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