If this doesn't sum up the current employment market in the US, I don't know what does. It's the ultimate in "At Will" employment. LOL

I saw this same thing walking into a Linens 'N' Things this past weekend. I couldn't believe it...I didn't think of it at the time, but I should've snapped a picture of it.

I think this is the brand new one in Macon at River Crossing. It was only open a day or so before the banko was announced.
Pathetic.

I saw the same thing at Linens N'Things the other day. Big banner over the store, "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS." Walk through the door, a little table with a placard reading, "Have you thought about a career with Linens N'Things?"

@NefariousNewt: why yes, yes i have. but no thanks!

At this point in history, all jobs are temporary anyhow.

So funny! Leave it to CC to forget to take down the hiring banner when putting up the "store closing because we have no money" banners.

Most likely hiring those guys that stand by freeway ramps holding the "Closeout Deals!"

They don't have any employees to take the sign down. Obviously.

So is the Steve and Barry's in downtown Ann Arbor. Makes lots of sense.

Wow this is akin to being considered for an exciting career opportunity to as a crewmember on the Titanic.

I thought liquidations didn't actually mean that the store was closing. I mean, didn't LNT already liquidate once in the late '90s/early '00s? And FAO Schwarz liquidated just a few years ago, even the Manhattan store did, but it's still there.

Hey the picture looks like the store in San Jose, CA on Alamden Expressway.

@hank18: I don't see what's so hard to believe -- a store announces it's closing, all the employees with sense get new jobs and stop showing up for work. The store needs someone to work during the months it takes to sell off all the stock, so they start hiring people.

All the stores within 50 miles or so of Atlanta are closing up permanently, but the one at Perimeter Mall still had its "Now Hiring" sign, too at least a couple weeks ago. The thing is, I could have sworn it was a "Now Hiring Manager" sign.

seems maybe it's the liquidators looking for some short termers maybe?

I was at Borders book store during lunch looking for a book that was listed as 'might be instock' on their computer. The phone rings and the man behind the counter picks it up and answers, "Circuit City, how can I help you?.... pause.... pause.... I mean Borders Book Store"

nice

I bet that sign's for sale!

Back in the day I was hired to "close" a Reebok outlet. For them their sales were genuine bargain sale prices and we were always swamped with customers so they had to hire extra staff to be able to handle the workload. Though after reading this site it doesn't sound like their prices are drawing in huge crowds like that. So... who knows!

@CFinWV: "their prices" meaning Circuit City.

I saw the exact same thing at a Linens-N-Things store last week!

@Front_Towards_Enemy: To be fair, at least the folks on the Titanic weren't aware of the iceberg when they signed on.

@chrisjames: Wonder if you'd still get a year end bonus as a manager.

ill have to send them my resume.

My friend just got a job at CC 2 weeks ago. We're taking bets how long she stays ;-)

@CFinWV: I think Comp USA ruined it for everyone by selling stuff for HIGHER than normal, since they thought people wouldn't check prices at a liquidation sale. Circuit City isn't really dropping prices much, either.

A lot of stores hire temporary workers for the holidays (look for the "seasonal" job listings), or they might want more staff to better push merchandise. They have both of those situations.

@hank18: Yeah, as Sean said, it's pretty common. The store employees who are full-time start looking for other jobs -- often the store even helps them to hunt. There's generally a fairly skeleton crew of longer-timers left (or, depending on the store, they may have a regional person who primarily manages store closings), and then they hire employees who want to work temporarily to finish the closing out. Especially around the holidays, plenty of people are looking for short-term employment.

I've noticed around here the employees who stay on through the end of the closing are quite frequently pregnant women who are planning on taking some time off from working anyway. So the other full-timers seek jobs, the pregnant woman helps the store close out, and then she goes stay-at-home for a while.

R.I.P.!

The liquidation stores are no longer Circuit City stores. They are owned by a Liquidation Company. My guess would be that the hiring signs are being used to staff the closing stores.

Having recently been an employee of a company liquidating its stores, I can tell you this is par for the course. I was an employee of Barbeques Galore, who after its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization, Hilco, the same company brought in to liquidate Circuit City locations, was very actively trying to hire temporary help for us as well. The reason is that they're forced by most liquidation arrangements to pay current employees the same wages they were earning - it's advantageous and from what I can tell standard operating procedure to 'encourage' employees to leave and hire temps at minimum wage to reduce the costs of liquidation and thus make more money out of the deal.

Hilco is the only liquidation company I've ever dealt with, and I can tell you from 6 weeks of experience that it's a damned shame they'll be doing so well in this economy. They're the biggest lying, cheating, cheapskate sons of *****es I know of short of politics.

I worked for CC for 4 years, in the MN, Twin Cities market. I have to say this was the most unprofessional position I ever held with a company in my entire life. It was an extremely crooked place to work. Most management had zero integrity and the district staff were all complete idiots. I was a sales manager and operations manager and after 4 years was the only management hire left from the first day I started. All the rest were either fired or left the company. High turnover can kill a company and this is living proof. Good luck CC!

@hank18:

Looks like somebody did it for you.

@NefariousNewt: