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[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was a manager at a RadioShack. And it was a franchise, so it’s even less verifiable (I think). Not a regional manager though. Oh, I mean, I was a district manager.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I ran Circuit City. All of them.

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

My father actually ran a few when I was little years later we found a box of promotion razor blades in the garage with the circuit city logo on them, along with an apropos tagline “like nowhere else.”

[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Frys electronics is a good bet too they're a more recent shutdown that might be more relevant than a blockbuster or toys r us

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah Frys folk were a super weird set though so that might not work as you think

[-] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You cant prove i didnt own all of em: think the smrartest

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

The Social Security Administration certainly can.

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

But what employer is going to deal with verifying that

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

Used to be as easy as logging in and typing in the SSN. But that was several years ago, so idk about now.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Okay, fine, but besides them...

[-] mira_hime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Didn't expect to be jump scared by the abandoned Staten Island shoprite that was used as a set for the fallout TV show on here

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Only if you're fucking old.

[-] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lmao you'll change your mind so hard in just a few more years

[-] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Me: I was a regional manager of Toys R Us between 1995 and 2008.

Interviewer: It says here on your resume you were born in 1999, and you moved to Australia in 201x.

Me: ummmmm

[-] slingstone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Did you ever see Doogie Howser, M.D.? I'm like that, except for middle management, and a lot younger. Got my MBA when I was still living in my parents.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

2424 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306

[-] jim@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago
[-] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Toys R us s still exists though

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The brand exists, but it's not the same company.

[-] Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Funny enough I saw one at my local mall the other day. Had to do a double take cause the giraffe plushies they had looked familiar

Really a great pro life tip, this one

[-] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

I worked at a dot com and although I was fairly young at the time I was promoted quickly to management (we had several thousand employees at the time).

When it all came falling down and we were all looking at jobs at the sametime I was being asked by proespective employers "was John Smith really General Manager of customer service"?

The vast majority were customer service monkeys padding the fuck out of their resumes.

That said hate the game not the player. I always nodded and said yes.

Fuck em if they can't do their own verification work.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

I always nodded and said yes.

inadvertently kickstarts Elizabeth Holmes promotion to CEO a job or two later :p j/k

btw curious what the proper verification work is. Thought calls were standard. Maybe pulling tax records if possible?

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm not an HR professional, by the grace of Jesus, but I believe the proper verification work is stop looking at all my private shit and pay me already.

[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

Went shopping at Toys R Us and Sears back in December 2025/January 2026 respectively

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago
[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I can literally send you dated receipts, although I'd need to remove all sensitive info first haha

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That’s why my CV looks so strong:

Director of Internal Audit; Enron Corp. (1998-2001)

Senior Vice President for Risk Management; Lehman Brothers (2002-2008)

Edit: for all the recruiters reaching out, I’m not interested. I’m currently Managing Director for Growth (Europe) at Tesla, and expecting to get a huge bonus after our Q4 2025 sales numbers are final.

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Didn't you also help found that FTX crypto exchange a few years ago too?

[-] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

I was the lead engineer behind the graphite tips rods at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and I helped Boeing design MCAS for the 737 max

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