While this has long been a miserable place, I still think Belk will have to raise pay one day. Either they will raise pay or no one here will want to work here anymore but most seem to agree that it’s impossible for Belk to offer $16 to $18 an... — read more 

I have no ambition to reach a managerial position at Belk. I'd rather leave this company. However, when I saw that someone mentioned that "anyone can apply for a store management position", I started wondering how difficult is it to get a store... — read more 

Full time associates better watch your back as managers are looking at reasons to write up and terminate to get the FT / PT ratio down and fill the store with pure part time associates. You have been warned!!

Our store manager is making $110,000 while sales associates are being hired at $11-$12. STM’s are stuck at $44,500.

Are we closed on Easter Sunday? Yep T-shirt not on the black out calendar?

Maybe the discussion that workers engage in most often is the discussion of how we’ re underpaid for the jobs that we do. While I couldn’t agree more with that claim I'm curious what you think a fair pay per hour would be for a regular store... — read more 

Our store is cutting exiting employees hours, but hiring new people. can anyone explain this?

Sycamore Partners still go after Kohl’s 9 billion buy out offer and prepare to pay more. It is possible to liquidate Belk this summer to buy other retail stores? Why do all stores inventory in June and closing or massive layoff at Jonesville, SC... — read more 

Worst of all, there are still those who will apply here. How do you explain it? Despair? Lack of information?

Since closing of Belk fulfillment center at Jonesville in South Carolina next month and layoff 310 Belk workers, I wonder why we are doing inventory this summer may be we are the “Burlington Coat Factory” store and fulfillment center now? I asked my... — read more 

belk is starting it’s “now hiring” propaganda saying competitive wages, flex schedules, and great employee discounts. this just weeks after they cut hours and just a week after announcing the closure of the South Carolina Distribution Center. they... — read more 

Makes you wonder why they are doing inventory in June instead of August…

this is as bad as retail can get. if you can get out please do so. belk is the bottom level for retail, nothing more than a glorified thrift store. take it from me, i was nervous about leaving, then i got a job real fast at Harris Teeter. much... — read more 

We all already know the pattern - they cut costs and lay off people, after that the survivors are under even more pressure until the next round of layouts and until the final collapse. It is already clear to everyone that it will not get any... — read more 

You think 300 is a lot? Wait until that number grows to 3,000 and then who knows how many more. The company is looking to cut costs and the easiest and least painless (or at least that's how the management sees it) way to do it is through layoffs... — read more 

Why is Belk trying to hide the closure of the fulfillment center from employees? Why was no announcement made? Why not take questions from the media? Why are people hearing about this online? 300 layoffs is very serious. Keeping employees in the dark... — read more 

Been hearing rumors that the Murrells Inlet Belks is closing. Lease has not been renewed. Any word. I'm getting really nervous.

Charlotte-based Belk is shutting down a fulfillment center in a small South Carolina town this spring, a move that will eliminate more than 300 jobs at the site. The department store chain will close its Jonesville facility starting at the end of... — read more 

Does anyone know why Belk would assign a store manager to a location for a year, then move them to another store for a short period, then move them to another store again... what is the reason for frequent moves from some store managers while others... — read more 

So apparently today was national associate appreciation day. Did your store do anything for you today? Lunch ? Breakfast? Snacks? Thank you ? Nope on my end. Great way to show it.

The right way to reduce heavy debt is certainly not to treat employees the way they are treated here. If the company can't pay its employees more, then it can certainly have better management that will treat employees like human beings. If nothing... — read more 

Daddy Don is closing the Jonesville SC DC. I guess this is the beginning of the end.

Belk is lagging behind in pay and just about everything else, in the Charlotte Market Target is now starting at $16, while Belk can’t even attract teenagers at the $12 pay rate they claim is “competitive”. While store managers collected a lump sum... — read more 

I’ve spent enough time here to get some experience that I need to be able to get something better. However, now I think that I could have gained that experience somewhere else and saved myself a lot of headache. I don’t think this place is a good... — read more 

While those on top continue not caring. Are all department store chains this disorganized?

When I think about how much our store manager is paid who does almost nothing (except unnecessarily putting pressure on us) and compare it to my pay, I lose all motivation to continue working. However, I do not see a solution what we can do to be... — read more 

Anyone know if Belk plans on giving us one this year? Hope it is more than 2%.

It's a shame what this upper management is allowed to get away with!

Belk CEO Salary $6 million Belk President Salary. $3 million Group VP Salary. $500,000 RVP salary. $250,000 Store Manager salary. $85,000-$130,000 MTM Salary $44,000 STM Salary $42,000 Sales Associate. $9-$15 per hr

And yet they want us to do the same amount of work in less time. Well, fu-k you Belk! I'll do what I can and the rest you can deal with. I don't even care anymore. My hours have been decimated as it is, getting fired will not make much of a... — read more 

I know that no one knows for sure, but I wonder if there are currently more Belk store leases that are renewed or those that are not. What do you think? As far as I know, the store I work in has no renewed lease, but there is still no mention of... — read more 

So Belk is reducing the size of most stores like reducing customer servives and Belk workers on sale floor? How is it working out for Belk so far? Losing loyal customers. Losing quality loyal Belk workers. Losing money right and left. Losing quality... — read more 

Whenever there is a reduction in selling space, that is a sign of serious financial trouble and/or liquidation. So if they block areas of the store off, I would start looking for a new job ASAP.

Who'd have thought that lousy wages and treating people like cr-p would cause so many to leave. Shocking, I know. Then they hire new people, continue the same treatment and even more leave. Now we're at the point where we are hiring anybody off the... — read more 

Not an employee at this location but have heard rumors about it. Are they shutting one of the two stores? Both of the stores? I heard they threw all the shoe inventory onto the floor randomly, even though that store isn’t set up for open sell shoes... — read more 

The company is awful and the only thing good about it are some of the people that were a real pleasure to work with. One such person has not come to work since last week. While working here, the man got a back injury, as well as an illness triggered... — read more 

A customer pointed out that Belk’s merchandise is “haphazard” and “random” which is a sign they are buying closeout merchandise from god knows where to create the illusion that stores are full.

Just look at Belk’s presence in Charlotte, they are trying to distance themselves from the community. They took their name off the Belk Bowl, the corporate office is like a ghost town, executives are working remotely from their homes across the... — read more 

A lot of it is out of the control of the top of the company, I agree. However, is it so hard for Belk to stop creating his own problems? Cheaper workers won't fix any problems here, but they can certainly create many more. I see people around me ... — read more