Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. (wikipedia). Shopping for Christmas presents is extremely popular on that day annually.

Metropolis at Metro town, Vancouver will open their doors at 7:00AM for their first ever Black Friday Sale. As far as I am concerned, it will be like a mini Boxing Day (Thomas, 2012). The information has already been released now. The most appealing thing is that they are going to offer amazing deals for a whole weekend and those people who are the first 250 in line will also receive a Metropolis gift card that could be worth up to $500. It is clear that Canadian business, as the point in the year begin to profit, putting them in the black, instead of red.

Though it will be good news for the customers in Vancouver, however, it is not for those workers. Workers are latest to join the strike wave, with weeks to go before a Black Friday showdown. This mainly because Black Friday will be the busiest shopping day and consider equivalent of Boxing Day.

 In my opinion, managers should give incentives to those workers who work on Black Friday. For instance, giving extra “holiday pay” for their sacrifices, as well as getting a 25% discount off one purchase, regardless of how many items they buy at that time(Vieira, 2013). Those reward systems can motivate their employees to a great extent.

Reference:

Thomas, S. (2012, November 15). Vancouver stores fight back against black Friday sales . Vancouvercourier. Retrieved from http://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-stores-fight-back-against-black-friday-sales-1.385912

 Vieira, D. (2013, November 12). Wal-Mart to give black Friday workers thanksgiving dinner, extra holiday pa.examiner. Retrieved from http://www.examiner.com/article/walmart-to-give-black-friday-workers-thanksgiving-dinner-extra-holiday-pay