I used to work for Alorica back between 2013 and 2016, and my location was a call center for Verizon Wireless. At times, it was a really difficult place to work for, and others it was fun (especially new iPhone time in September).
I'm old enough to remember old Kmart with the coin op derby horse and coin op Race car at the entrance, Bluelight specials Midnight madness sales around Holidays. I seen that store front entrance. And it immediately brings back memories. Brings those store back. Trade walmart for it 😮😂maybe lol Walmart is pretty expensive these days....lol Greetings from Northern ohio
Hello Lydia! My hometown of Champion, Ohio has plenty of abandoned businesses. There is a gas station on Mahoning Ave that has been closed for about 30 years. Plus Champion is close to Warren.
You should go to Transportation Boulevard in Garfield Heights at the abandoned Bridgeview Crossing Poject, plus the walmart that pulled out accoss the street for environmental purposes. You rarely see new projects like that go under. Now its brick walls, steel and nothing else. That was a 90 million shopping plaza that went under. It's right up your genre! 😊
Another great video! I have a friend that use to work at Alorica. It was a call center for AT&T and some medical company. They started having everyone work from home during Covid, but I have no idea if the company itself closed down. They still might be having people work from home.
Alorica is a call center, and they were the call center for Sears at one point. We still have one in VA where I live. I tried to get hired there but they said I didn't type fast enough or work fast enough for them.
Yeah, somehow I remember that funny man yelling in your ear during those crazy commercials on TV when these guys were in operation. I know one of the first ones in our area actually took over an old Chrysler/Plymouth dealership, of all places just outside Cleveland. LOL! (I should know since I almost had the chance to work at that dealership when he was still in operation before the turn of the century). ;)
That's crazy they went out of business. they were a budget furniture place and close out appliances? the one where I was living was just the furniture store, no appliances. I used to go to the Sears appliance outlet when that was in business, and got a good deal on a Whirlpool front load washer that was a scratch and dent thing. Anyway, I think a lot of budget/closeout stores have closed because the margins are so thin, and the cost of paying for any kind of benefits for employees probably went up enormously since the "affordible" care act went into effect. Hopefully Ollie's doesn't close! I know someone who works for Biglots as a manager, and I don't know if their location will eventually stay open after they sell out of all their in stock items. Some of the stores are going to do that because the company that bought them said they wanted to keep some open under the big lots name. They did sell some locations to Ollie's already though.
Depressing to see the pl@ndemic put the tombstone--or helped to--on another once-thriving business. But as usual, Lyd is there to impartially document the ruins as well as provide a brief history and deduction as to one of the factors involved in this tragedy. Always good quality video complete with the ASMR tinglies thanks to a little camera-on-glass action! Thanks again for the work Lyd!
Used to be Kmart till they built the bigger Kmart behind the mall which now is Meijers. That building was Kmart first then a telecommunications place like a call center then the mattress place and now closed. My neighborhood. I heard there are plans for that area. They have 2 plans one where they knock it down and something else gets built in conjunction with the mall area they have these plans that include that land. And they never really talked about plan number 2 but according to to mall management something is going to happen. That telecommunications place at one point took up that entire space. It was a place called MCI at one point. It changed names a couple times.
I think the closing of this store only confirms that the economy is worst than they(the media) are telling us. When furniture stores start shuttering, those are bigger ticket items and honestly people don't have that much disposable income to spend. First Biglots and now it seems it has branched out to more home stores. Wayfair has been cleaning house with their FREE delivery of all size items which includes alot of heavy and bulky items. American Freight just couldn't compete.
I used to work for Alorica back between 2013 and 2016, and my location was a call center for Verizon Wireless. At times, it was a really difficult place to work for, and others it was fun (especially new iPhone time in September).
Interesting!
👌💯 excellent👌 video
Thanks for another great video! Really like that Kmart t-shirt btw!
I'm old enough to remember old Kmart with the coin op derby horse and coin op Race car at the entrance, Bluelight specials Midnight madness sales around Holidays. I seen that store front entrance. And it immediately brings back memories.
Brings those store back. Trade walmart for it 😮😂maybe lol
Walmart is pretty expensive these days....lol
Greetings from Northern ohio
Hello Lydia! My hometown of Champion, Ohio has plenty of abandoned businesses. There is a gas station on Mahoning Ave that has been closed for about 30 years. Plus Champion is close to Warren.
You should go to Transportation Boulevard in Garfield Heights at the abandoned Bridgeview Crossing Poject, plus the walmart that pulled out accoss the street for environmental purposes.
You rarely see new projects like that go under. Now its brick walls, steel and nothing else.
That was a 90 million shopping plaza that went under. It's right up your genre! 😊
The location in Massillon is done also. The last clearance sale offers have stopped.
American freight has been advertising they were going out of business from the time they opened thanks I really appreciate your content 👍🇺🇸
I gotta get me one of those ironic Kmart shirts!
All these vacant buildings in Niles. I never knew!
Another great video! I have a friend that use to work at Alorica. It was a call center for AT&T and some medical company. They started having everyone work from home during Covid, but I have no idea if the company itself closed down. They still might be having people work from home.
Hmm! You’re right it could be just the office.
hey lyd.......from tacoma washington....
In the 80s and 90s it was a Kmart! Your shirt reminded me of that! It might've been something before that, possibly a Zayre, not sure. Great video!
Thanks for another great video
Alorica is a call center, and they were the call center for Sears at one point. We still have one in VA where I live. I tried to get hired there but they said I didn't type fast enough or work fast enough for them.
Yeah, somehow I remember that funny man yelling in your ear during those crazy commercials on TV when these guys were in operation. I know one of the first ones in our area actually took over an old Chrysler/Plymouth dealership, of all places just outside Cleveland. LOL! (I should know since I almost had the chance to work at that dealership when he was still in operation before the turn of the century). ;)
That's crazy they went out of business. they were a budget furniture place and close out appliances? the one where I was living was just the furniture store, no appliances. I used to go to the Sears appliance outlet when that was in business, and got a good deal on a Whirlpool front load washer that was a scratch and dent thing. Anyway, I think a lot of budget/closeout stores have closed because the margins are so thin, and the cost of paying for any kind of benefits for employees probably went up enormously since the "affordible" care act went into effect. Hopefully Ollie's doesn't close! I know someone who works for Biglots as a manager, and I don't know if their location will eventually stay open after they sell out of all their in stock items. Some of the stores are going to do that because the company that bought them said they wanted to keep some open under the big lots name. They did sell some locations to Ollie's already though.
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Depressing to see the pl@ndemic put the tombstone--or helped to--on another once-thriving business. But as usual, Lyd is there to impartially document the ruins as well as provide a brief history and deduction as to one of the factors involved in this tragedy. Always good quality video complete with the ASMR tinglies thanks to a little camera-on-glass action! Thanks again for the work Lyd!
Good old Niles
It was Zayre’s when I was a kid
Glad to hear that Niles is doing good. All these videos made me think it was a dying community.
No it’s just these random businesses here and there
Alorica is what you get when you combine Lori and America together. Lol 😂 and I've heard of American freight I've just never been there before
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Hi Lyd. Curious if you going to post your footage of the video with Manny?
Hey I posted it a while back it’s the video “ I got inside the abandoned McDonald’s “ 😊
Used to be Kmart till they built the bigger Kmart behind the mall which now is Meijers. That building was Kmart first then a telecommunications place like a call center then the mattress place and now closed. My neighborhood.
I heard there are plans for that area. They have 2 plans one where they knock it down and something else gets built in conjunction with the mall area they have these plans that include that land. And they never really talked about plan number 2 but according to to mall management something is going to happen. That telecommunications place at one point took up that entire space. It was a place called MCI at one point. It changed names a couple times.
WOW did not know it was Kmart!
@Lydwetzel yes in it's original form it was Kmart. Closed in late 80s
Insannnneeeeeee!!!! Good information
I think the closing of this store only confirms that the economy is worst than they(the media) are telling us. When furniture stores start shuttering, those are bigger ticket items and honestly people don't have that much disposable income to spend. First Biglots and now it seems it has branched out to more home stores. Wayfair has been cleaning house with their FREE delivery of all size items which includes alot of heavy and bulky items. American Freight just couldn't compete.
What an amazing shirt you’re wearing!!!!
Wow Thank you Manny 🤩
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Thank you!
@Lydwetzel Welcome...!!!!
As always.