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kottke.org posts about bestbuy

For the past few years, the workforce

For the past few years, the workforce at Best Buy has been transitioning from a “how much you work” model to a “how much work you get done” model, with promising initial results. “Hence workers pulling into the company’s amenity-packed headquarters at 2 p.m. aren’t considered late. Nor are those pulling out at 2 p.m. seen as leaving early. There are no schedules. No mandatory meetings. No impression-management hustles. Work is no longer a place where you go, but something you do. It’s O.K. to take conference calls while you hunt, collaborate from your lakeside cabin, or log on after dinner so you can spend the afternoon with your kid.”


Big Box Watch is a map that

Big Box Watch is a map that displays future big box store openings in the US. The site currently tracks Best Buy, Home Depot, Ikea, JCPenney, Kohl’s, Lowe’s, Target, and Wal-Mart.


This guy has had enough of the

This guy has had enough of the pre-exit receipt checking at Best Buy (you’re under no legal obligation to comply) but is hassled by Best Buy employees about seeing his receipt all the way out to the parking lot.


Cheatsheet for how to get to a

Cheatsheet for how to get to a human operator on various automated phone systems. When calling Best Buy, “press 1,1,1,#,# and then wait through the 3 prompts asking for your home telephone number”. (thx, scott)