- Black Friday is notorious for pushing, shoving, and trampling. But at the Best Buy in Woodland Park,New Jersey, there was none of that to be seen.
- I went to Best Buy an hour before they opened at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving to see how employees prepared for Black Friday, and I found that a lot of it was mental. Employees prepare by amping each other up, and a manager rallies up the team with a high-energy pep talk.
- Of the 135 people that work at this Best Buy location, 100 of them worked on Thanksgiving night. None of them were asked to work, as working on the holiday is on a volunteer basis.
- Employees receive time and a half for working on the holiday, as well as a special meal provided by the store in the break room.
- All told, employees seem to genuinely enjoy working on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
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