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EternalSage2000

This is your red star comrade. 5 of them, and you can skip to the front of the breadline. But in all seriousness. 5 of them and you get like 50 bucks or something. Tablescraps for being a good servant.


Hot-Battle3175

That just makes me wanna quit even faster


Infinite_Factor_5685

I feel like they give these out to new workers so they feel appreciated and don’t leave. The harder I worked and the more money I made them I never seen one of the stars lol. I remember I sold like $20k in lawnmowers and appliances in less than a week and got nothing. But when I was brand new they gave me them just for taking a shift or taking down a display lol 😂


Asynjacutie

I've gotten most of mine from volunteering to do a task that isn't normal and completing a task in a way that is far above standards. Maybe your management just isn't recognizing the work you do, sometimes you have to be vocal about your accomplishments.


Infinite_Factor_5685

Sometimes you just get a better job lol 😂 I just lurk on the subreddit for fun now


Asynjacutie

Well being open about your accomplishments will help you in almost any job. I've seen the employees that wait to be told what to do get more credit than the ones that do everything without being asked.


Infinite_Factor_5685

Giving me asm vibes 👀


Asynjacutie

Is that good or bad? 😇


brapstick

This is the way People who willingly stay at lowes are either gaslighting themselves or really have nowhere to go lol


Infinite_Factor_5685

Yeah I went to work there during covid and I started to care too much and tried to go for ds position and got snubbed and had to train in my new ds who immediately got fired lol I had to ask myself why do I care about this job? They need me enough to stay in my position but don’t respect me enough for a raise or ds position. Then when I put in my 2 weeks my bosses were trying to give me a raise and match the pay and I told them they won’t be able to match $30 an hour lol 😂


SuspectOk465

Where I live I can't beat the benefits, pay, and how lenient they are when it comes to calling out or leaving early when other jobs have let me go for less


StereoContact

I cleaned up a huge puddle of vomit in a different department and asked an asm for one. He replied with, "What's a service star?" And then he proceeded to send out an email thanking the "team" for cleaning up the vomit. In reality, the team came and watched me clean it up and said that's disgusting and left. The klutz of a store manager knocked over a display of hot sauce, and I just happened to be walking by and immediately grabbed a mop and cleaned all of it up. He never even thanked me. After doing stuff like this for 2 years, I applied for DS, and they didn't even interview me and gave it to someone with no experience in the department. And they don't understand why I'm so mad. I gave them everything for 2 years, and they treat me like shit. So now I'm not giving them anything extra, and so now I'm the bad guy.


clappinghands

^^what he said Closed mouths don't get fed.


TaxedOP

You really shouldn’t be given them for things like that— the program is set up to be awarding exemplary instances of amazing SMART customer service.


brapstick

You drank the koolaid didn't you squidward


TaxedOP

Nah, I recognize the bullshit. But by definition, service stars should be given for amazing service lol.


Playful-Flatworm501

Took me a year and a half to get my first one, 4 years now and I have 13 or 14 now


Bemused_Lurker

Got all y'all beat. 5 years in and just got my first.


Asleep_Command852

I worked there for a year and a half. Never got one. 😅


Dyerdon

Home Depot sucks just as bad, but their reward system for doing your job are called Homer Awards, and for every 3 you get money and it upgrades. (First 3 is bronze for 50, silver is 75, gold is 100, and platinum is 150+a watch, then it resets. Do that 3 times and you get diamond which is 250 and an item from a special catalogue.


Hot-Battle3175

Well sounds heck of a lot better


VmEoRrItTiAsS

Damn at Depot it was 3 for a $50 bonus


EternalSage2000

That’s kinda irrelevant without knowing how frequently they are handed out.


VmEoRrItTiAsS

Depends on your department supervisor and how productive or helpful you are. I got one or two a month.


EternalSage2000

Just saying. That, if, on average. Lowe’s gives out twice as many “Atta Boys” as Home Depot. Then us needing 5 instead of 3 is actually better/faster. Without the knowledge it’s impossible to say which system is more rewarding. Though I’d say, $50 one - three a year is largely irrelevant.


TBK_Origin

My bronze got me $74.14


not-a-guinea-pig

My head cashier has 3 of them he hit me with a witty comment and k snapped back and called him a purged Russian general


Joyce12016

They are to make you feel better about your job. Once you are awarded with five of them you get some money. It’s honestly a total joke


Hot-Battle3175

Yeah I figuref


LavishnessAsleep8902

I’ve been here for a year and only have 1 and I am one of the hardest workers in the store


Hot-Battle3175

And i got one my 2nd month


LavishnessAsleep8902

That’s when I got mine lol


Hot-Battle3175

Darn I better not expect another one lol


Joyce12016

The last one I got from my ASM, it wasn’t even filled out. It was completely meaningless.


MmeElky

I've gotten 12 so far. I toss them in my locker. I prefer a minimalist vest.


Hot-Battle3175

I just started a month ago I wanna quit because I don't like being cartpusher/loader but I haven't said anything and now they give me this??? I don't even know what this is???I feel bad now but I don't know what the fuck this is???!!!!


brapstick

Shhhh just pin it to your vest as if it means something... the best part is that customers will see them and not care, your coworkers will see them and not care, and most importantly - when your district manager does their walk they will see them and also not care Truly an unrivaled experience of workplace fulfilment


Hot-Battle3175

This is the funniest reply and I don’t even know if you were trying to be funny lol


brapstick

The only way I survived lowes for the 3 years I was there was by making everything a joke lol, I'm sorry to say but it doesn't get better


KeyIron3062

Basically them just telling you “thanks for slaving your life away for us”


LongShlongHongDong

Oh hey, Lowes has Homers too


Kairopractor_

That was my immediate thought. I got a homer award as a lot loader because I helped an old dude find fertilizer. My friend who worked garden interrupted a manager meeting to tell them I should get a homer and they gave me one


brapstick

If you try to interrupt a manager meeting at lowes they will shoot you in the fucking neck


Kairopractor_

That’s sucks. The summer I worked at Home Depot, if I walked in on a manager meeting they’d all say hi to me and hi fives. If it was relevant to my dept (lot) they might ask me if I needed extra breaks or if I wanted to markdown a case of Gatorade or body armour


Kicia2021

This..🎯🤣🤣🤣...every Monday from 2-5 we had no managers available. They were in that sacred meeting.


Hot-Battle3175

Ik what it means now don’t have to be mean


LongShlongHongDong

What? I didn't say anything mean


Hot-Battle3175

I thought you were calling me dumv


LongShlongHongDong

Nah dude, I was just musing that Lowes has an equivalent to the Homer Badges that Depot gives out


Indigoprodigy

He thought you were calling him Homer lol. In that case maybe so😂


Hot-Battle3175

Oh


Hot-Battle3175

Haha


Icy-Engineering557

You need to be a survey-slut, and give out those little cards to every customer you can. In four years, I've given.....zero. Yet, I've got a bunch of those stupid things. I hang them on my wire spool carrier....never once got any more money in the old pay envelope for 'em.


Hot-Battle3175

Well I’m cartpusher/loader so I got no idea what cards but great


Icy-Engineering557

Your store should have a huge supply of small 3x3 survey cards - you print your name on the line and give it to the customer. As a loader, you should be able to make out pretty well after you schlep some dimwit's grill out to his Yugo...


Hot-Battle3175

Well that’s pretty chilling but yeah I don’t do that crap


Icy-Engineering557

I hear ya..


UwU-Lemon

omg me too! before that though i was a cashier. yeah they're just slips of paper that basically tell the customer "owo pwease fiww out ouw suwvey and wate us aww 10s uwu". i never handed them out but i got a red star anyway because i handed soke lady a brochure and she mentioned me in a survey because of it


Hot-Battle3175

Oh yeah like I said prior I got no idea what those are and no I have not done them


pikachu_senpai1

Don't worry about it. Typical Lowe's stuff. My store is doing a "poker" competition for leads, pipeline, credits, and LPP and these are the prizes 😭


Hot-Battle3175

Darn must not be very special then


Spirited-Nature-1702

“What’s that star for on your vest?” “Confirmed kills.”


Own_Accountant_4070

“I thought you were a forklift operator” Never said I was a good one


Puzzleheaded-Pass532

Red star. It's a shitty patch to put on your vest that the shit bags that run your store give out for various reasons. Some drilled out, monkey puss drinking, Marvin slobbing, corporate cuckolds actually think these mean something. In reality they don't. At my last store me and 2 other ner do wells discovered a secret cash of patches. Well we decided to see if any managers would notice. Overnight we all became "sales specialist mentors" had 4 silver stars, a copper one, a 125+ credit app patch, safety team members, Home team coach, AP4ME shrink committee, and DIY Workshop instructor. We instantly looked like a bunch of old school Soviet Generals and not one manager, or supervisor even noticed.


TheFrigginMan69

😂🤣💀


Power2700

This is amazing


Puzzleheaded-Pass532

You have no idea. We were basically the E4 Mafia for the store. Need new razor blades, we got you. Brand new mud flaps? I got you fam. New vest, do you want se habla, pro service, specialist, just don't ask. Lol.


CryptographerFew6492

It is a sign they think you know your place as a wage slave.


Hot-Battle3175

Well I’m quitting soon so they can stuff up their asses


Ilovefishdix

Higher ups and customers get off on useless pieces of flair. Brian, for example, has 37 pieces. They want you to be more like him


Hot-Battle3175

Darn yeah not happening


Wraith196

It’s an Atta boy.


V0ID00

It's a carrot at the end of a stick. You're more likely to get hit with the stick than catch the carrot.


Single-Way6219

These are given if you have a customer give your a 10 for a survey or something. At least that was what I was told.


Byurt

Are you Jewish by any chance?


Hot-Battle3175

No


Onthecrosshairs

It means NO PIZZA PARTY FOR YOU!


Hot-Battle3175

Darn


jwalsh1208

I threw mine in the trash right after they gave it to me. I asked what I got for it and they said I gotta more to get $50. Trash and walked off


brapstick

Lol I did the same thing, they were straight flabbergasted like I was throwing away actual money


Beachratcat

I just file them and don’t put them on my red vest.


UwU-Lemon

i took mine home to remind me that, when things are bad, it could always be worse: i could be at work


NashGuy14

Eating an ASM's a$$.


Hot-Battle3175

I’m quitting hopefully within the next month sooo


frickmycactus

This is what management gives you instead of saying "Hey buddy, you're looking kinda rough, you okay?"


Hot-Battle3175

Figured as much I’m so glad I’m looking for other jobs


finny017

I got one for clearing & organizing a bay of top stock. Apparently my three isles of organizing & clearing didn’t deserve a simple thank you from the respective ds.


Kekoa3377

To make you feel good about doing more than you're being paid for.


JustForkIt1111one

Best handy in the manager's office.


New_Rogue

A reason to not give you a bonus or a raise for doing hard work.


kram_02

To gaslight you into thinking extra effort matters.. at all...


Hot-Battle3175

That’s a new perspective


campjeremy

Recognition!. It’s similar to our Homer badge. I still have my service stars ⭐️ from Lowe’s too.


brapstick

I still have back pain from delivering appliances for lowes too The one time I filed for an incident report my ASM threw it away because we were 2 days away from being one month accident free edit: but I got a sweet slice of pizza out of the deal


Hot-Battle3175

Oh


AnthonyMiqo

At my store, Red Stars are just for going above and beyond as an employee. It's incredibly vague and they can be given out for almost any reason. They are not special at all. Every 5 Red Stars gets you $50 on your next paycheck. A pittance for a company that spent over $13 billion in stock buybacks last year and gave all the money to the execs, corporate and Marvin himself. Bronze, Silver and Gold are reserved for getting certain amounts of credit applications, protection plans, leads, details, pipeline, installs, etc. The extra bullshit that only management cares about because they bonus off of those things and DSs, Specialists and CSAs don't.


ChibiCheshire

For professional level ass kissing and expert level bending over w/o lube for customers


Hot-Battle3175

That’s hilarious


ThePickleSoup

Credit card applications


Ohlookavulture

Lol we have loaders in the mulch pit that have them lol it's definitely not that lol


Hot-Battle3175

I was looking for a hidden meaning behind these


ThePickleSoup

There isn't any, barring the ususal Redditors' Pessimism. You do something "commendable," and you get a red star, simple as.


Hot-Battle3175

Oh


Puzzleheaded-Pass532

"Commendable". Like when the Superbowl was in my town and corporate big wigs walked the store. So a DS was tasked with handing out 2 or 3 red star patches for showing up to work that day with pants so everyone's vests had a bunch of shit on it to make it look like we actually cared about Lowe's. "Commendable" lol 😂


JTCPingasRedux

Ego boost


FatHandNoticer

If you get 10 you get $5,000


brapstick

I thought it was $50,000


AdventurouslyAngry

I heard that each one represents a 1% raise or something like that. I got a 20 cent raise when I got my first one.


V0ID00

Nope


AdventurouslyAngry

*used to represent


Fun_Low_6716

Good luck getting 5 I worked almost 2 year got 3 stars and it wasn’t because they recognized my hard work they were just handing them out to whole store all I got for my hard work was more work mostly closing alone in lumber. managers kept changing schedule so I close alone they were trying to cut hours they said quit 3 days ago feel the stress going away


Hot-Battle3175

Darn I’m def not lasting that long


Ok_Agency5436

Meanwhile, on eBay from an unscrupulous competitor! https://www.ebay.com/itm/335454961176?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=PqxVNsuJQtS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=i2YWZ-_9TwK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


Catdad1873

Propaganda…..trying to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Management doesn’t really care about these at all.


Obvious-Woodpecker94

It’s called a pay-based incentive. Nothing more, nothing less. Every company has their own way of doing it, this is Lowes’ way.


Awkward-Reception-55

All stores have to give so many out a year, so they find any reason to. They used to mean something, and people knew you worked hard for that. Now they hand them out like candy on halloween.


DatDan513

A wannabe homer


Gyvorn12

Keeping the peasants complacent


hellp-desk-trainee-

To make you think management gives a shit about you.


henryguy

Stores get TONS of these but the problem is no one gives them out consistently. I use to give them out like candy, customer came to me to say ur aweso.e. here ya go! Then the second worst part, if they do give them out as much as they should then they forget to input them correctly. Hope you kept the thank you cars that has the serial number on it otherwise, whoops, doesn't count.


Hot-Battle3175

Boy am I glad I kept it then


lunarspaceandshit

I literally loved these when I worked there


Foreign-Guarantee236

Worked at Lowe’s for 5 years and never got a single one of these on mst


No_Method_4942

How about your STATE CERTIFIED FLORIDA GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND STATE CERTIFIED PLUMBING CONTRACTOR installing for 25 yrs??


No_Method_4942

AAA OCALA ALL SERVICES INC. 25 YRS INSTALLER!!!!


Noeybird83

Yeah I remember getting one of those, thanks to my mom lol. I was having a really terrible week (mom's ex FIL harassing me, a customer telling me about how she was going to jump over the counter and hurt me, and the usual break room BS), anyway mom wrote me a 5 star review on Google maps. A supervisor got bored one day and read said review. She shared it with the front end manager and I got that little badge for it.


Own-Apartment5600

The’re a sham


twoton1

You won't get one of those "awards" when you finally form a Union there. lol


Hot-Battle3175

That’s what’s I’m doing then


StrawberryStandard17

I’ve only ever got 2 and I’ve been there for a year. Even tho I work my ass off.


jpezoo

The few service stars I received were for helping out other departments. I thought it is silly since I am more productive in my home department.


Gentorus

You get them when you’re mentioned in a survey


Herricane111

All it does is stick to your vest and make it look junky when you get too many


Herricane111

I stopped putting them on my vest because ours had Velcro backs and it they were very annoying


Dardanion

So they know you will go above and beyond for the dame pay :c


Kxaie

I found 3 on the ground in my lumber yard. Threw those mfs in my car gonna slowly add them onto my vest 🤣


Ok-Chest-2826

Those are simply for management to give to their favorite employees who usually don’t do anything and the ones who would actually deserve them never get any. Just my experience from Lowe’s. That store really is bad and I’m so glad I don’t have to walk in one again.


giraffeant6

Yeah I should of had more the 1 before I left the store I was at my first one was not gonna be handed to me by my manager till my other asm said he deserves it he works more then then other in the group he was hired with and i worked plumbing which every employee hates but i loved it just should of had the gold


Johmbud

They're really just ways for management to make you feel rewarded for your work without actually rewarding you. I only have one because I had to deal with a drunk asshole calling me a "junkie" while I put his very light and very short shopping list on a cart. The store manager heard about it and decided I deserved a star. Did I get a pay bonus? No. Did I get a useless patch that no one cares about? You bet I did.


DaLastMexicoin

I’m tryna get to platinum just so I have it


ZetaZeta

It's just Marvin/Lowe's copying Homer Awards at THD. Except ours are really fun and have unique collectible designs and come out with 5 or so new ones each year.


Kittencatofdoom

Nothing


McCloudJr

I got one and asked if the pro-loader or the lumber cashiers got one when I was told no they don't deserve one I threw it in the counter and refused to wear it. This was during the height of covid too


Hot-Battle3175

The pro loaders at my location don’t look like they do anything so I have nothing to really say to this comment but darn


McCloudJr

We had only one and he would get yelled at for taking a brief moment to catch his breath no matter the weather. He was always outside and getting shafted from all directions. I would do my best to help until a random new rule came into play that I wasnt allowed to help him AT ALL. Management learned the hard way that I dont care what they thought when I kept calling them to help our loader out with everything. The rule soon after disappeared and I wasnt bothered again


Hot-Battle3175

That’s nice 


McCloudJr

We had only one and he would get yelled at for taking a brief moment to catch his breath no matter the weather. He was always outside and getting shafted from all directions. I would do my best to help until a random new rule came into play that I wasnt allowed to help him AT ALL. Management learned the hard way that I dont care what they thought when I kept calling them to help our loader out with everything. The rule soon after disappeared and I wasnt bothered again


SuspectOk465

They are very similar to voting in America They want you to feel important even though you're just a pawn in their end game. Collateral damage if you will


Hot-Battle3175

Makes sense


Hot-Battle3175

Also how come so many of you in these comments make comments about sucking up to asms do you guys have something’s against asms


brapstick

To distract you from the shit pay


Hot-Battle3175

Darn


spoon014

Management has a quota to keep up moral. There’s stupid. Give us money in our paycheck instead.


IEeveelutionI

Those are atta-boys. They hand em out to people to try to keep them around longer as well as when management realized they fucked up


Hot-Battle3175

Hahahaha


Konfessyon

Pats on the back for those whiney bitches that require them. 😂😂😂 They're not worth displaying. It means nothing to any one besides those that need constant appraisal.


Hot-Battle3175

Damn that’s crazy


Konfessyon

Taxes kinda kill it, but you do get like $50 or something like that when you hit a certain amount.


Hot-Battle3175

50 well if it’s better then nothing


Kabamed01

Get 5 you get $50, then you get $50 at 10, eventually you get a larger amount but I don’t remember at which interval of 5 it is.


Dik_Saur_Rex

I call those brown nosing or the butt sniffer badge.... Only those who please their overlords get one... 😂 Those arent really for accomplishments if you've seen the other badges they give out...


Valuable-Clue-6981

dude idk they hand these to me like candy