I work in a retail company. When you start there, you have to work 2 weeks in 1 of the stores to learn the business.
In the store I worked at almost all employees wanted to work on sundays. Of course for the 100% extra pay. They would work the same number of hours and have more money.
The company however won’t be happy with this. If all competitors do this, they will have to follow. This will barely give extra revenue, because it will be a shift from revenue of other days. But the operational cost will increase because of the 100% extra pay on sundays.
Also if everyone does this, in the end the extra costs will be passed on to the customers.
I’m bellow 55 and have an opertional office job.
I predict that before I retire at 72 , I’ll have to go back to work on Saturdays.
Very normal in some neighbouring countries, even longer than that
I’m against this. It squeezes out the small players, and is another step to those awful American style big box stores.
Gotta maintain growth at all cost 🙏
AH XL in Hulst NL is open everyday from 8 to 22…
Maaltijdcheques are for colruyt/collect&go but real shopping I do there in the late evening. It’s a lot calmer after 7pm, more pleasant to do groceries.
NVA… want Fuck de vlaamse werkers, lang leve de winst van grote bedrijven…
Finally! Progress comes to Belgium
Welcome to the 20th century, finally.
I hate this. I have very rarely shopped on Sundays, only for something stupid I had forgotten to buy and perfectly happy to shop in one of those Sunday shops were everything is twice the price of a normal shop. Everybody is entitled to a decent evening and to a day off. There is a Intermarché near my place open 7 days a week since it was taken over by them. I tried to warn authorities, nobody seemed to take this seriously.
Personally I like this, but I get the counterarguments as well.
Finally!
Finally!!!!. I am so happy with this, finally I will have time to go to the shops
I’ve loved overseas for the last 13 years. The open g hours of shops, or lack thereof, in Belgium always blow my mind when I return.
I refuse to enter a store on sunday or late at night. Let those people relax with their family.
Finally although could go even farther and drop the 9pm closing restriction too
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I work in a retail company. When you start there, you have to work 2 weeks in 1 of the stores to learn the business.
In the store I worked at almost all employees wanted to work on sundays. Of course for the 100% extra pay. They would work the same number of hours and have more money.
The company however won’t be happy with this. If all competitors do this, they will have to follow. This will barely give extra revenue, because it will be a shift from revenue of other days. But the operational cost will increase because of the 100% extra pay on sundays.
Also if everyone does this, in the end the extra costs will be passed on to the customers.
I’m bellow 55 and have an opertional office job.
I predict that before I retire at 72 , I’ll have to go back to work on Saturdays.
Very normal in some neighbouring countries, even longer than that
I’m against this. It squeezes out the small players, and is another step to those awful American style big box stores.
Gotta maintain growth at all cost 🙏
AH XL in Hulst NL is open everyday from 8 to 22…
Maaltijdcheques are for colruyt/collect&go but real shopping I do there in the late evening. It’s a lot calmer after 7pm, more pleasant to do groceries.
NVA… want Fuck de vlaamse werkers, lang leve de winst van grote bedrijven…
Finally! Progress comes to Belgium
Welcome to the 20th century, finally.
I hate this. I have very rarely shopped on Sundays, only for something stupid I had forgotten to buy and perfectly happy to shop in one of those Sunday shops were everything is twice the price of a normal shop. Everybody is entitled to a decent evening and to a day off. There is a Intermarché near my place open 7 days a week since it was taken over by them. I tried to warn authorities, nobody seemed to take this seriously.
Personally I like this, but I get the counterarguments as well.
Finally!
Finally!!!!. I am so happy with this, finally I will have time to go to the shops
I’ve loved overseas for the last 13 years. The open g hours of shops, or lack thereof, in Belgium always blow my mind when I return.
I refuse to enter a store on sunday or late at night. Let those people relax with their family.
Finally although could go even farther and drop the 9pm closing restriction too
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