How about stop confusing the customers with this Market Place BS!!! Customers are highly upset that they can’t return Market Place ORDERS to stores!! It’s an act of Congress to even talk to a representative to even help the customer! Get it together... — read more 

The controversial store manager bonus structure which some claim is detrimental to the overall operation and success of stores (because some store managers have run their stores into the ground to maintain a bonus payout) is allegedly going to be... — read more 

All belk stores making less than $5 million, be on guard. Selma only had a sales revenue of less than $3.2 million

https://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2023/05/22/belk-announces-permanent-closure-of-selma-location-on-june-5/?fbclid=IwAR3kf7yvpihpYm-6xiyuYyBTx7_aRp6a9dgY7Z9TousmK3skYZHrfC-vr_E&mibextid=Zxz2cZ Didn’t even make it to an outlet.

We have to post job openings even though we are not hiring and have no hours to give current associates. We are told to still post job openings. This seems like a smoke and mirrors tactic. Is anyone else store doing this? 0458 Crabtree.

Belk Sherman Texas outlet are not opening in NEW outletlocations, converting an existing Belk store to an Outlet is NOT opening a NEW store, it’s downgrading a current store. So Belk should stop referring to these as “grand openings” ….they’re... — read more 

"If something feels off, it's because it is"

Good grief!!!! Majority of lady customers don’t want to look like a 3 year old in ruffles!! Crown and Ivy use to have a clean classic look!! Now it looks like it should be hanging in a Roses store or ordered from WISH!!! Looks like you need to hire... — read more 

10 more belk "outlet" stores opening in the next few months. No returns, racks and racks of junk, the writing is on the wall....

Our store has recently had the title of G-15 bestowed upon it, but no one has explained its significance. So far, the only thing we’ve seen happening is chandeliers being hung in the Home department. Does G-15 have anything to do with becoming a... — read more 

Is this a problem in every store or just the one I work at? No one reviews anything and the you have to go to your HR just to get the time off. What does HR do? I mean no one is applying and schedules are a mess.

Excessively high c suite turnover bills are not paid on time or slow paid Company has bad press No advertising Average Employee salaries are below National average of $62,000 company has filed bankruptcy customers start... — read more 

I gave an interview today for an admin position for the school system!! Im super nervous but I definitely need to get out of retail. Wish me luck!!

Let’s cut everyone else’s hours and hire some street trash at $13. It’s that time again!

Look at Belk’s executive leadership chart. Above Store Managers, very few people of color. Almost all Caucasian females and white males. The culture of good ol’boys and girls, still alive and well at Belk? It seems so.

This board has been a nightmare for Belk executives. Belk’s shady corporate secrets have all been exposed.

What’s the magic 8 ball prediction for Belk today?

Belk is a lifeboat for corporate rejects from other retailers…. Macys, tj maxx, Dillard’s, and khols’s and now bed/bath. Always has been. You can (almost) guarantee if someone is hired at Belk from one of the above retailers it’s because they... — read more 

Belk passed away at her home in Charlotte at age 135. She had been fighting illness for the past 7 years, but was keeping her terminal diagnosis quiet. One a booming retailer, she was sold out from under herself when the family decided to retire in... — read more 

Belk is $2 billion in debt, with VERY VERY few assets, certinely not in the multi-billions, mostly real estate in dying outdated malls, and low income rural areas, and the corporate office complex in Charlotte.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/23/business/bed-bath-beyond-bankruptcy

How frequently are your schedules posted? In my store we usually get them on Saturday. Its making planning and appointments impossible🙄🙄

No performance reviews are a sign of significant trouble. If a company does not give their employees any feedback, RUN FOR THE EXIT, it’s not going to last much longer.

were now adding in the lux shop it will feature limited luxury brands ralph Lauren, Kate spade, tommy Bahama, summer themed items mostly towels, purses, and baskets anyone else adding these small 20 by 20 square lux shops really nothing to new but... — read more 

Do we get holiday pay for Easter?

tj maxx manager came into our store Went for interview and offered $15.50, try tj maxx much more than the 2% raise Belk is giving

A store HR lead has filed a grievance on behalf of a 73 year old store associate, stating the store manager wanted to burn her out with an overworked, undesirable schedule to get her to quit. The HR lead says they were told to work this associate... — read more 

Our store has lost lots of good people None are being replaced and we are left to do the work of 4 people. Why is Belk not hiring

we did not recieve an employee pay raise this year, normally the last week of March. no mention of merit increase this year.

At our store it seems the last two years have been a secret best of belk. Is this the new norm in the company? Is it so management does not have to answer questions why one associate got it over someone else. Just wondering.

Went to the Laurens outlet that opened today. Around 7pm the store was dead to have just opened today. Noticed there are no more fitting rooms and with no returns, that’s not very ideal. Saw a manager, an employee on the sales floor and an cashier at... — read more 

Belk fosters the worst kind of culture. No matter how short staffed the store might be the associates are on their own . When they lose associates in one area the one person left is expected to do everything. And the worse part about it is the HR... — read more 

Lisa Harper’s lavish lakefront 10,000 square foot mansion in Cornelius North Carolina (where she filmed the infamous pandemic video playing with her dogs while managers were working with a pay decrease during Covid shutdown) has sold for a whopping... — read more 

Belk Outlet concept has been a flop Customers hate final sale policy merchandise is lackluster (for the most part), a few good things here and there Stores have not utilized all space, some are still partially empty Customers shocked when the... — read more 

Has anyone heard wether we are getting a raise or not and how much??? No one has mentioned anything and we knew in February of last year we were all getting the same raise.

“I haven’t heard anything like that” did your RVP tell you to say this if questioned about the company finances. SMH

When you treat your employees as bad as belk does. This is what happens. It’s as simple as that. Unethical owners and upper management =Employees unhappy = customers unhappy =declining sales It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this... — read more 

Just a heads up for those who are staying for the package - getting severance pay is not a sure thing. It's totally up to the company whether or not they wanna give you severance after they lay you off. So don't bank on that money and then end up... — read more 

A longtime GVP has stepped down. It’s the curly shuffle again.