I would also point a finger at your wife’s employer in this case. Perhaps a stricter screening process was implemented there for registration, or the package is simply more affordable.
From my own experiences with Terveystalo, I can say that I don’t like using their app. It’s confusing to find what you want immediately.
Since nothing is left unfinished, the previous merchant can no longer be found, but an online store called Kärryplus seemed to be selling it.
Today, I was wondering when I visited NOHO’s website to check the company’s restaurant listings. I already knew that NOHO has a strong position in the heart of Tampere, but I haven’t looked into it restaurant by restaurant. This week, I started my studies at the Tampere School of Business, and the whole week has been orientation from both the student organization and the university’s side. An additional note is the information that NOHO is some kind of partner with the Boomi student organization. It can be found on Boomi’s homepage in the partner listing.
Regarding NOHO and experiences with the company.
Of the four bar/restaurant visits last week, three were to NOHO’s places. These three were Passion, Viihdemaailma Ilona, and Hook, all of which were reserved by the student organization Boomi ry to keep the group together. The group consisted of approximately 100-200 people.
Last Sunday, Passion was filled with freshmen from 8:30 PM to 1:00 AM. The theme of the evening was to get to know the tutors and fellow freshmen over games and a few drinks. The place left a good impression, although I wouldn’t necessarily go there alone to spend an evening, but with a larger group, I would definitely go. The table arrangements, soft sofas, and booths were suitable for groups of 4-8 people.
On Tuesday, the activities continued with a sports day, after which we headed to Hook’s restaurant to eat wings and hamburgers with our tutor groups, each according to their own taste. There were several different groups on site with small staggered timings. The food tasted good, and everyone fit in well, and the place was suitable for the arrangement.
On Thursday, the party night headed to Ilona after the student organization’s pre-party, where the evening continued with singing karaoke and getting to know each other. In the part of Ilona that was reserved for us, the atmosphere was at its peak, and there were suitable table groups where one could ask questions and discuss excellently. The drinks were also reasonably priced, and there was occasionally a queue at the counters. From Ilona, the journey continued around midnight to the after-after-party.
Overall, the places left a good impression of service and atmosphere. It remains to be seen whether NOHO will continue its strong presence in the future.
I was switching my Elisa phone subscription to Telia. At first, Elisa’s counter-offers were quite weak, but eventually, there was a one-day offer I couldn’t refuse:
4G 200 M unlimited 18.99 € normal (33.99€)
70 € S-bonus card
It’s definitely worth comparing offers.
J rintajouppi
Terrible customer service, absolutely awful to be honest.
I bought a motorcycle remotely. It took days to finalize the deal. I did get the bike delivered quickly though. Immediately, a fault light came on. The seller didn’t answer. I called another person who promised to call back but didn’t. I managed to reach the sales manager and got permission to take the bike for service, but the seller had, in fact, answered their call and given permission for a couple of hours of inspection. Well, the fault disappeared for a few kilometers and then the same hassle. The seller is impossible to reach.
This isn’t the first time I’ve had to play cat and mouse with a car salesman. I would have been fired ages ago if I handled complaints the same way.
I would praise Motored in Vantaa. Young men working there, but everything worked flawlessly and home delivery cost nothing.
Autotalo Järvi
Luckily (?), I took the Järviturva (Järvi insurance). Well, the alternator broke and the car was towed for service. I contacted the seller who promised to call there. A week later, I get a call from the repair shop “what should we do with your car?” meaning the seller had forgotten to call, and a week was wasted. I managed to reach the seller and he promised to take care of it. It was time for pickup and at the counter, they asked how the payment would be handled, so once again I had to call the car dealership, but now he was on vacation. The funniest thing was that at the same time, my wife’s car had a faulty ignition coil and the exact same thing happened. Same car dealership and seller.
I can say that I will never deal with these two again.
Sounds strange if the ailment is minor, but if it’s a major ailment that requires a specialist, then it’s understandable.
Mehiläinen has been incredibly good. With the app, you can easily book an appointment and also get appointments quickly. Extensive healthcare is a big plus for someone with chronic illness because the public sector hasn’t worked well in this area for many years.
As a quick hunch, I’d say that Kesko’s car sales seem to be doing excellently right now, as I’ve been following the supply of used electric cars for some time. I don’t own Kesko shares myself at the moment, but I doubt there will be a decline from that side, at least. Perhaps the supply has been directed in such a way that even those with slightly lower incomes can find opportunities, purely my own assessment.
I have two good acquaintances who are K-Market and K-Supermarket merchants, and indeed, taking sick leave seems to be a big problem for them, especially in the small K-Market.
Of course, no one can know if there’s a valid reason for continuous sick leaves, but when sick leave days start approaching 50 per year and often for different reasons, it certainly raises some concern. However, the work is fundamentally “easy” and not particularly physical, so that’s unlikely to be the issue.
This is, of course, just a small sample from my own close circle, and not directly related to this case, but since K-Markets are merchant-led, the merchant themselves usually has to cover these sick leaves, even if they’ve already worked 60 hours at the store earlier in the week.
It’s not even an isolated case for the publicly traded company, because the publicly traded company isn’t connected to that case in any way. That K-store is run by a private entrepreneur couple, who naturally build the store to their own liking and within certain budget constraints.
From the perspective of the person who lost their job, the situation is naturally unfortunate, and the entrepreneur should, of course, have had enough tact not to start making such reforms right away. In this small online uproar, it is, of course, an excellent opportunity for some entrepreneur to offer Mika even a short-term job and gain positive visibility as a result.
Quite a few K-store owners have to operate within really tight financial constraints, and then there might not be euros to hire a bottle machine supervisor, even if they could get support for the related costs.
Such quantities are certainly understandable, and they cause astonishment among merchants, but here Keskos (Kesko) would indeed have an opportunity for development in how to build trust between a new merchant and old employees. These changes, however, occur constantly, and merchants try to get trusted old employees into a new store. That is also quite understandable, but it should not happen at the expense of other people.
For my part, I witnessed a case where a new merchant began harassing employees immediately after the first child’s illness, and eventually the merchant’s behavior became so threatening that some old employees with families decided to resign. They were thus forced out and compelled to resign themselves. In retrospect, I regret that my colleagues did not dare to tell these things publicly, as the merchant’s actions went completely overboard. Leading with fear should not be the merchants’ guideline.
As already stated in a previous comment, K-stores are retailer-driven. Unfortunately, that group includes many different kinds of retailers. Of course, Kesko trains its retailers
Ultimately, the company cannot really be separated from this, because regardless of whether Kesko is guilty in this or not, its reputation suffers anyway. However, the brand and reputation of the entire K-chain are largely unified, with each store and merchant contributing to it in their own way.
Perceptions are certainly linked to Kesko. It’s another matter whether one should rather salute 19 years of employment (even if subsidized) or disapprove that the work does not continue for a 20th year.
I personally salute those 19 years of employment. The salute, of course, goes to the supermarket’s previous entrepreneurs. The new entrepreneurs have certainly weighed how they want to build the supermarket, what kind of workforce is needed, and how costs are allocated. Of course, there are plenty of advisors on social media; it’s always easy to be virtuous with other people’s money and practice that better business.
In any case, hopefully, this commotion will also generate enough good that Mika finds a new job. Those who, for example, on social media threaten to switch to a competing store’s customers because of this, hopefully have ensured that their own Mikas are there to take care of bottle return machines or other jobs.
According to an HS news report, Mika had been working for 19 years through work activities intended for people with disabilities.
To my understanding, this means work compensation of 0-12€/day, and probably work clothes, guidance, and training on top of that.
In a K-Supermarket-sized store, with expenses on that scale, it is practically 99% a value choice.
As said, it’s easy to be virtuous with others’ money / resources.
Well, things took a new turn:
It’s great that Mika found work. However, I still find such a witch hunt directed at the entrepreneur couple disgusting.
Kesko’s K-supermarket chain director Janne Vuorinen tells Yle that the retail chain had “serious discussions” with the retailers after the incident came to Kesko’s attention.
According to him, Kesko wants to rectify the situation as quickly as possible.
– It is really important for us that we also take responsibility for employing so-called special groups, and we always encourage retailers to hire them.
Work started to be found when Kesko called the retailer. Without taking a stand on the witch hunt or its scale. It remains to be seen if he will return to that store and on what terms he would be with the retailers. The retailer could not have known how big a news story this would become.
Nowadays, companies should consider their operations through the headline test. One should always ask oneself when making a decision what this would look like in a tabloid headline.
I have noticed that this test eliminates some foolish decisions. Or at least makes one think in advance how they would comment on the matter if Iltalehti called and inquired about what had been decided.
This case at least teaches that you should never, under any circumstances, hire a person with an intellectual disability, because you can’t get rid of them without massive media uproar.
I might be biased, as Ilkka Oyj put funds partly owned by me into the acquisition of a company that made a product called Profinder.
I hadn’t used Profinder before, but I tried it for fun and it was great!
In my opinion, the free version I used is significantly more extensive than the equivalent from Asiakastieto or Finder.
You get more information from the balance sheet and identifying company structures is easier, as is, for example, comparing other players in the industry.
If you’re looking into what limited companies are doing, then it’s worth trying.
Apparently, registering provides even more features. I’ll have to try those out at some point too.
Business indeed seemed to be good in the restaurants. Still, I wondered about the amount of staff in almost all restaurants - a basketball halftime is very short (15min) and practically all restaurants accumulated terribly long queues, and not all cash registers were even in use at, for example, Friends & Burgers’ stands. I myself didn’t get to buy a beer during halftime because of the queues, and I dare say many others didn’t either.