Heads Will Roll at Harvey Norman

BewareOfThe Dog on 30/11/2023 - 22:24
Last edited 01/12/2023 - 10:02 by 1 other user

Heads Set To Roll At Harvey Norman After Massive Online Crash, As Chairman Slams Critics

Further to a previous post. As close ozbrs know I was a long term employee, and any posts I made sometimes got me banned because of my association with hn.
Hn made numerous changes to staff hours/jobs earlier this year. I was earning $420 a week and I was making more money on menulog, doing less hours. Since I left, I went to a store and was given the cold shoulder. I have been treated badly on a another matter, but I'll leave that alone.
I met gh several times, never smiles etc

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  • Guybrush57 on 30/11/2023 - 22:34
    +15

    I have seen a few of your posts before OP and it gives me the impression you aren't of sound mental health (not an insult).

    HN may have treated you poorly and that always sucks when an employer does that but I suggest you put it all behind you. Don't even shop there. Move on with your life and try to save your hard earned menulog money.

    • 2025 on 01/12/2023 - 08:49
      -1

      *Menulog

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 01/12/2023 - 09:23
      +2

      The place done me nuts, but i ŵas going through a rough patch with my ex.
      Its a better world now. :)

  • Gdsamp on 30/11/2023 - 22:37
    +1

    Incident

  • ihfree on 30/11/2023 - 22:39
    +5

    Article title:

    Heads Set To Roll At Harvey Norman After Massive Online Crash, As Chairman Slams Critics

    Damn, 14 hour outage.

    It's pretty funny considering that he was saying Australians were being to hard on the Optus CEO and execs.

  • Protractor on 30/11/2023 - 22:41

    Haha .
    His obsequious defence of the Optus CEO gimp was a portent for his own greedy IT meltdown. If nothing else Gerry has a crystal ball. I wonder if he's had a vision to snatch it,yet?

    As for Guybrush>

    "gives me the impression you aren't of sound mental health (not an insult)." It was.IMHO
    Let the OP paint his own truth, his way.

  • MS Paint on 30/11/2023 - 22:47
    +7

    If you've had such negative experiences with HN and GH why would you go searching for such articles?

    Just ignore the business all together and move on.

    • Guybrush57 on 01/12/2023 - 00:14

      *altogether

      • resisting the urge on 01/12/2023 - 09:15

        What a good idea, what OzBargainers and the rest of humanity should do as a whole, all together is… ignore the (ix)*tard and move on.

        ix: Insert your choice of descriptor/expletive
        * and I'm not talking about the OP.

        • BewareOfThe Dog on 01/12/2023 - 09:24

          Articles still show up on my news feed.
          Probably a good idea to remove it.

          • resisting the urge on 01/12/2023 - 09:33
            +1

            @BewareOfThe Dog: We're all victims of the Internet (or rather, how an increasingly select few, use it, to abuse us).

            Control your consumption, rather than the have it happen the other way around, life will improve.

  • jizmo on 30/11/2023 - 22:50

    $420 a week and no one comes in that's wise, not a bad gig if you're doing the dole too!
    Aircon big tv's to look at, and a lunchroom you might be better off doing less than signing a form each week

  • brendanm on 30/11/2023 - 22:52
    +2

    $420

    I can't tell if people do this deliberately anymore.

    • MS Paint on 30/11/2023 - 22:56
      +5

      I've mentioned 420 69 times in November alone.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/11/2023 - 23:35
      +1

      I was going to say this was one of the only times ever I was not going to comment ‘nice’

      • brendanm on 01/12/2023 - 00:05
        +1

        I did actually feel guilty mentioning it this case, but there are just some things that must be done.

  • mskeggs on 01/12/2023 - 01:39
    +3

    I have a friend who worked at hn for years, with low pay, in my opinion, for the skills and effort they delivered.
    If I was hiring at JB or similar I’d be targeting the hn high achievers for good skills and work ethic in a bad environment. It’s not like the good ones are looked after.

    • Clear on 01/12/2023 - 10:42

      The commision selling PCs was pretty good though.

  • SBOB on 01/12/2023 - 07:01
    +1

    Massive Online Crash,

    Called it..
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14556881/redir

  • solidussnake on 01/12/2023 - 07:45

    Retail sales just isn't the place to make decent coin anymore, I'm glad I left when JB purchased GG, the commission went out the window !!

    Edit oh it's this user…

  • payless69 on 01/12/2023 - 07:54
    -1

    How can you even live post your Gerry days?

  • Dollar General on 01/12/2023 - 07:57

    I stopped going to HN years ago cause of that old man smell in the stores

    • BOGOF on 01/12/2023 - 09:42
      +2

      I guess Gerry does visit all the stores

  • resisting the urge on 01/12/2023 - 09:29
    -1

    For sure the only reason it went down was because HN IT and eCommerce are incapable of flat out doing what GH prescribes when he calls a meeting over a glass of whiskey, and between poker games.

    Like ad agencies, marketing pros, they are all idiots, the whole damned lot of them!

    • Protractor on 01/12/2023 - 10:15

      Would not be surprised if GH shares the same ,or connected somehow, IT contractor or systems as Optus.

      The govt needs to reform laws so companies alert customers in real time, when shit hits IT fans. Time matters.

      • resisting the urge on 02/12/2023 - 09:14

        There is a public vendor relationship certainly. No overlap of IT function/suppliers AFAIK.

        For years HN eCommerce site was less than useless, it was Maq Bank (JB and TGG) that forced him to start spending seriously on his online storefront. It's now only as awful as the rest of the business.

  • Minimum chips on 01/12/2023 - 10:47
    +2

    Pretty embarassing for them, but my impression of Harvey Norman's main demographic is that they are not strong internet users. However it is a demographic that still has money for appliances and furniture, since many have paid off their mortgages by now.

    Coming from outside Australia it's always seemed off how this one CEO's opinions are somehow newsworthy. Like if Frank Walker from National Tiles had a hot take on the economy would they write articles about it?

    • resisting the urge on 02/12/2023 - 09:18

      Fair comment.

      Perhaps they would if Frank had lobbyists pushing an agenda to tile the highways, or pave National Parks down the halls of power, and was donating to the Laborals

      • Minimum chips on 02/12/2023 - 13:09

        Frank's only agena is deals on fabulous wall and floor tiiiles. This week only, in store and online. National Tiiiiles.

  • localhost on 01/12/2023 - 12:28

    Poor Gerry Harvey… crying now…

  • bobbified on 01/12/2023 - 16:06

    I was earning $420 a week

    Is that full time?
    Assuming that's after-tax, it's annual salary of $25,000. Isn't that less than minimum wage?

  • miwahni on 02/12/2023 - 00:09

    That article was a painful read - do they not have editors checking grammar and punctuation?

    • Protractor on 02/12/2023 - 09:21

      The media is as full of 'essential migrant workers' as every other sector. They just have to show up. Or WFH.Most of them couldn't get a birthday card message right. News.com.au, often has glaring spelling mistakes. What 'journalist' doesn't use hasn't got spell check, FFS.
      Grammar (not grandma) and punctuation died years ago. As long as "junior" can plant an emoji, it's all fine & dandy.

      As for editors, surely the owner of the piece would have an iota of personal pride in their work? (rhetorical)

      eg>
      At the time I linked this 'startling' in the headline was missing an 'L'
      https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/fresh-details-emerg…

  • Protractor on 03/12/2023 - 08:50

    Time for Gerry to go. Made the govt add a tax to benefit him, and now this short cut to bigger profits risks our national biosecurity.
    Where's Barnaby and his big mouth now?

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/china-fir-borer-first…

  • Sinnerator on 04/12/2023 - 08:37

    Revenge is a dish best served with FIRE

  • bobbified on 04/12/2023 - 11:07

    Since I left, I went to a store and was given the cold shoulder.

    Don't worry…it's not just you…

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