Originally Posted by Jlperr1 (Post 752075)

Exceptional employees are generally retained by the new owners. But this is also a great opportunity to weed out the under performers. a good manager can easily spot those that are less than desirable. So, those of you who are in the exceptional category need not fear. The others, good luck in your job search. Just hard fact!

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes (Post 752684)

Yes, but, are the exceptional employees going to make as much money working for City Furniture compared to Southern Lifestyles?

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee (Post 751125)

Relocation of employees is prohibitively expensive, especially for floor sales assistants. Also, where would they get this relocated staff?, I have not heard that they are closing a store to come here, only that they are adding TV store to their list of stores they now own.

Unfortunately, I know too much about take overs of businesses, and if I am correct they are likely to keep the sales staff they want and need, they will bring in their own CFO to make sure the books are in order and he will probably only stay for a month or two and then hand that over to a reliable trusted person. They will probably bring in a high level sales person to teach the sales staff in their own way how they want their product sold, and they may well have managers in their organization who wish to relocate (but I doubt that), but I think they will keep people from this store to manage it for them.

The major problem with this type of sale is FEAR, people will get into the break room and say they have heard this that and the other, and none of it will be true. Believe me NO ONE knows what is going to happen except the people from TV who are handling the sale from this end, and the people from City who are handling it from their end. Unfortunately it is a waiting game and it is so stressful for the employees involved, I really feel for them.

I would add one more thing - DON'T talk to customers about the changes. There will be many people who want to discuss it etc. etc., with the sales staff. Don't get drawn in, you do not want anyone to hear you talking about TV or City at this time.

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee (Post 752742)

My concern for the young employees with children, is whether their children will still be able to attend TV schools! The money is definitely a factor, but loss of the school to their children would be awful, especially as this change is none of their fault.

Originally Posted by Kelsie52 (Post 752786)

The benefit of attending the Villages Charter School goes with the location of the business within the Villages not the employer, as I understand it .

I know when looking for information at Sun trust one day the Manager told me she lived outside the Villages but loved working there due to the school benefit.

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston (Post 752808)

That is my understanding. The employer (City) pays the lease but the benefit is provided (by TV) as a perk with the SPACE for lease.

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 752872)

Sadly, the schools are filling up. The high school now is for Villages' employees only -- only the senior class has kids that do not work directly for one of the developer's companies. Kids that have gone through the TV schools are having to switch to other local high schools because their parents do not work for TV but just on TV property (think banks other than Citizens First, stores other than the Mercantile, restaurants, construction and landscape workers). The Pre-K and Day Care have a waiting list of over 30 kids. And, now comes the rumor part, this policy is beginning to trickle down to the middle and elementary schools as well.

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 753090)

Russ, this started this year. It was announced last year. Jess was warned that Aaron could go from Pre-K to middle school but unless the high school expanded, he would have to transfer to a local high school. However, with 37 kids in line to get into the Pre-K program, she had to find something else, anyway.

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 753090)

Russ, this started this year. It was announced last year. Jess was warned that Aaron could go from Pre-K to middle school but unless the high school expanded, he would have to transfer to a local high school. However, with 37 kids in line to get into the Pre-K program, she had to find something else, anyway.

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 753147)

With the way the middle school was so hugely expanded this year to accommodate many more students, to me it seems like they would expand the high school too, so they can stay.

As a parent, high school and teenage years are when it's most important to have the kids in a school like this, where every kid is known by having come up thru the grade and middle schools, and their parents are involved and available to the school and teachers, and to parents who want to know their kids' friends have supervision.