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CVS leadership are influenced by BS assertions of data scientists. Ground truth doesn’t matter to upper management living across the globe from the problem. On
by fo76yo 3y ago
CVS leadership are influenced by BS assertions of data scientists. Ground truth doesn’t matter to upper management living across the globe from the problem.
Onsite management is handed a recipe to implement, told someone is showing up to install locks in everything to, not because a specific store might need it but to normalize business operations with their paranoia.
- ldjkfkdsjnv 3y agoYou think CVS doesnt have granular numbers on shoplifting? What planet are you living on. Whether they report those publicly is another story
- fo76yo 3y agoDoesn’t matter. They want to normalize employee and customer experience. Think I’ll go with the anecdotes of my friends who managed retail locations for big box stores rather than an HN rando with a confrontational rhetorical style, as if projection is correctness Your experience is a reflection of their desire to normalize rather than customize Data is only useful to a point. Generate all the stats you want. Millions of other stats attenuate the usefulness of any given stat, except for those of broad application. Getting super granular is programming equivalent of bike shedding and yak shaving.
- marcus0x62 3y agoWhat point are you trying to make? What anecdotes have your totally-legit-retail friends shared that are relevant to this discussion?
- fo76yo 3y ago[flagged]
- chimeracoder 3y ago> You think CVS doesnt have granular numbers on shoplifting? Take a look at what CVS disclosed in official shareholder reports > Whether they report those publicly is another story Well, no, if they have evidence of a massive material increase in organized shoplifting and don't disclose that, it's securities fraud. Conversely, if they make false material claims in direct shareholder reports, that's also fraud.
- manderley 3y agoSeems there's no material increase in organized shoplifting, but that doesn't change the claims about regular shoplifting? Seems like you're not actually disputing anything.
- marcus0x62 3y agoSeems like they would be motivated…to tell the truth about this.
- chimeracoder 3y ago> Seems like they would be motivated…to tell the truth about this. In shareholder disclosures, yes. Which is, incidentally, where they have never made any of the claims the NRF is making! Those have been limited to PR statements with no legal obligations.