Living Independently: A Salesman's Journey at Adidas

Renzo Ramon, a 25-year old, works at Adidas, as a salesperson for over 2 years and was employed in 2014. He maximizes his hours to pay his daily expenses, like food, gas and rent. All because, Renzo, decided to move out his family’s home and begin his adult life. He currently works in an athlete’s dream job; he has the privilege of getting exclusive discounts on all items. His day starts around noon and usually oversees closing the store. His salary depends on customer’s references when an item is purchased. Therefore, when customer’s reference Renzo as an employee who helped, his employee points, which are used to determine his hourly wage begins to increase. Thus, if at least 500 customers recommend Renzo, then Renzo can enjoy the employee

Adidas provides various athletic equipment and clothing, for numerous sports. Since Renzo is an athlete, he creates efficient relationships with customers in all departments. However, that all changes, when Black Friday arrives. Customers become aggressive and expect answers to each question, within seconds. “I view customers on Black Friday, as a snatch and grab customer, who moves from one store to the next” said Renzo. Renzo’s job is commonly known as, just a sales job.

His duty as a salesperson is to greet and inform customers on Adidas Black Friday sale. He stands in the middle of the store, hoping not to engage with a rude customer, because that ticks him off. “Hi there, can I offer my assistance?”. They reply “no”, but after being a salesperson for two years, Renzo mentions that it is easy to identify customers who need assistance.

“The difficult part of maintaining the job, is obtaining 500 employee points to enjoy exciting benefits Adidas offers. If not, then you’ll be working minimum wage your entire time at Adidas. Accordingly, these employee points allow employees to obtain discounts and gain higher wages, only if, the customer states the employee’s name when items are purchased” Renzo

Renzo’s hands are sweaty and the pressure of clocking in on time for holidays becomes a race for all employees. When holidays arrive, Mr. Paul rearranges employee’s clock in hours. Thus, it is required for employees to enter at least 30 minutes before starting time or you can expect a scream across the store, shouting “Your, late”. Either an employee clocks in on time or they become late. For instance, Renzo mentions “before, when I started working, you could clock other employees in, but now a new system was embedded at Adidas, which uses a tablet to scan your fingerprints and mark you present”. So once, an employee is late, Mr. Paul, deducts major employee points and usually makes an employee start over and reach the goal of 500 employee points starting from zero. These employee benefits, gives access to raise an employee’s hourly rate and obtain exclusive employee discounts that becomes available when the limit of 500 points is reached. “I surely love it”, says