Topics regarding layoffs at Bed Bath & Beyond

Topics regarding layoffs at Bed Bath & Beyond

My store is closing. Announced today.

After many years here, I found out that my high volume store is closing. When I thought of the stores that could close I never thought we would be on the list. I guess this marks a big change for me, and my peers, and clearly the company that they... — read more 

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| 2430 views | | 12 replies (last November 1, 2020)
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COVID-19 issues at BB&B

Last week one employee at the BB&B store I work at, came in and told us and the manager he was at his friends house over the weekend and just found out his friends kid tested positive for Covid. Manager asked how long were you there he answered 4 to... — read more 

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| 1800 views | | 7 replies (last November 1, 2020)
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NYC Changes

Home Depot signs lease to take over 120,000-square-foot Bed Bath & Beyond space in New York City https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/29/home-depot-signs-lease-to-take-over-new-york-bed-bath-beyond-space.html

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| 963 views | | 2 replies (last October 29, 2020)
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Lay offs

When’s the next round of lay offs???? I am so ready to be let go!!! I’ve worked at BBB for almost 20 years and I have never seen it like this! Wife won’t let me quit so just waiting with fingers crossed to get let go!!! This fun place to eke has... — read more 

Welcome

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY) has named Elizabeth Meltzer as Senior Vice President (SVP), General Merchandising Manager for its Bed, Bath and Home Décor categories, effective November 2, 2020. Ms. Meltzer will join the Company's merchandising... — read more 

Rumor has it

Anyone else hear the next big round of full timers being let go is real real soon?

Sale of Linen Holdings

The sale will not create new jobs and will be a fire sale. Will need to find another job now.

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| 974 views | | 2 replies (last October 30, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17BV3skk

Store closings...

Corporate is pushing to have store closed before Christmas.. this having any fulltimers off the books before the matching 401 hits... Saving the company ...?

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| 1790 views | | 8 replies (last October 29, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17znryi2

Christmas Tree Shop Chaos!

The christmas tree shop I work at, sounds like ike they are closing it down with or without it being sold off. Workers here are not shy, talking about stealing things from the store and then selling the stolen items online. They're excuse is they... — read more 

NGS store closing

Anyone else find it really weird that NGS Lexington KY is closing? They have two stores there and the other is an old format BBB. Why would they want to close a brand new Reno store? I’m really questioning how they are deciding if a store is... — read more 

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| 1560 views | | 3 replies (last October 24, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17uYIDxD

CTS SOLD

The email just went out, sold to Handil Holdings.

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| 1080 views | | 1 reply (October 14, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17pjy3zp

Beyond plus

Has anyone received their $29 emailed coupon for purchasing beyond plus? I know a lot of employees in my store purchased it, and it said within a week we would receive it but nobody has that purchased last Sunday or monday

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| 1610 views | | 9 replies (last October 15, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17ogexu2

CTS

Does anyone know what Is going on with CTS ? Have they been sold or is it in the process of being sold ? It would be nice to know for all of us working here what are future holds. Thanks

I'm not surprised that so many people hate BBBY

You get what you give. This company has been treating us horribly for years now and now they're shocked when people are not extatic to work here? If you want respect, you gotta give respect. If you want loyalty, you gotta give loyalty. BBBY is doing... — read more 

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| 1680 views | | 5 replies (last October 13, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17lFptp3

A post out of curiosity.

Online sales are up , but at our store sales are way down. The last ad hit and it usually means extra foot traffic, but not this time. We added extra help to cover, but wasn't needed. Yes, extra fulfilment orders. We keep hearing that 4th... — read more 

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| 1550 views | | 7 replies (last October 10, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17lfSlFy

?????

Hmm!!! BBB is apparently the "Turn Around" of the Century ???? Any thoughts on this my fellow coworkers?

What do you think about the new

starting policy that we have to wear the tc51/52 earpiece? Starting in November all associates will be required to wear. It's for the customers, so they don't have to listen to pages, and all the bells and whistles of the BOPIS, Same Day Delivery... — read more 

Closing Stores

If your store is closing this year, have you had any in store visits from anyone in HR? It would be a nice courtesy if HR stopped in to answer the many questions the associates have about their future. What about transfers, health benefits, cobra and... — read more 

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| 1640 views | | 7 replies (last October 28, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+17huAeJ2

How about that Q2 earnings report?

Looks like MT knows what he’s doing after all. Who knew BBBY could be better without all you whining, dead-weight profitability k–lers?

MT on Mad Money

https://youtu.be/KwW52_9GUVA Down votes probably. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Conference call

So what was today’s conference call about? My SM seems even more stressed then when he got on the call!

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And another Cheif Officer on board at BBB..

Monday the Bed Bath and beyond named Anu Gupta as its chief strategy and transformation officer, effective Oct. 5. Gupta is a former TARGET executive, where she headed up its strategy execution and operational excellence initiatives. She will be... — read more 

Leftover seniors

Safe until at least the end of the year. Way to use us through 4th quarter then say bye bye. I always have faith in KARMA. They are turning things around but at the expense of their employees. MT I hope you can sleep at night 🪓

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| 1660 views | | 6 replies (last October 1, 2020)
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lucky Me

I got the lay off call August 3, 2017. Glad i did! Now people will be lucky to get a good severance package or even find a job with the economy now.

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| 1270 views | | 5 replies (last September 28, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+179HtSr7

Mystery Friday?

What is the new and exciting thing that MT plans to discuss on his next call? He said he’ll announce the SEC info this coming week as well. Guess we’ll see how much money the firings saved. Plus he’s hired a bunch of SVPs so he’s spending lots... — read more 

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| 1710 views | | 3 replies (last October 18, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+179LQS9N

CTS

Its looking awful odd at the CTS i used to work at, inside is a shi% show and outside looks like a damn dump with shelving and stuff outside and a whole bunch of busted carts etc all over outside, anyone have any word on CTS

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| 1330 views | | 6 replies (last September 29, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+177iXVWB

Reap what you sow

When the company decided to implement ‘cost cutting’ (aka layoffs) it started a domino effect. Less employees meant more added workload with the same hours in the day to complete. Add to that the fact that current employees are pulling extra days... — read more 

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| 1920 views | | 9 replies (last October 9, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+177XKy7j

How many out of 200 are closed?

It was announced a couple of months ago that BBB is planning to close 200 stores over the next two years. Has anybody by any chance been following how many have been closed so far, including the most recent round? And does BBB always do mass closings... — read more 

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| 1334 views | | 4 replies (last September 30, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+176DM0q8

“Fall projects”

If you looked at the “fall project”stores, those are the stores that will remain open. The ones not on the list will be closed.

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| 1382 views | | 3 replies (last September 29, 2020)
Post ID: @OP+176fl7uj

What is going on???

I was in a store the other day and I could not believe my eyes!!! It is looking like the end of bbby. The workers are all so overwhelmed .. how are they suppose to keep up. It’s so sad to see what has become of this company . I hope this new CEO... — read more 

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| 2370 views | | 13 replies (last September 27, 2020)
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