Belk company knows that if a company offers an employee making $12.00 and hour and a fifty cent raise that company will not be around much longer. They know that you know and everyone on the earth knows the ugly truth about cheap salary at Belk. Top... — read more
There is no future here
I keep wondering why Belk pays so little. The answer may be very simple. Perhaps the reason is that even those at the top know that Belk has no future and that is why they are no longer trying to save this company? That's my opinion. I would love... — read more
Employees offered a .50 cent-$1 raise or told to quit
Employees offered a .50 cent or $1 raise or told to quit, this is. What is happening in stores in North Carolina. Everyone is threatening to quit because of low pay.
Can we close at 6
We have almost no customers between 6 and 9. I swear we could save payroll and electric bill by closing early.
What is the Belk?
The sun sets to the west and Belk does not understand that if the sun is not setting the earth will then fall to the gods of India. When does greed and lust come together, only Belk bonehead knows that! And for the one of the people who can't, you... — read more
They pushed most of the good employees out and now they're paying for it
Bottom line is they want 17 year old girls working the stores making min wage, on-call, part time, no benefits, no perks, however this plan is failing miserably, and now Belk does not know what to do because they pushed all the good employees out... — read more
Pay gap between STM’s and store manager too large
An stm is making around $42k while some store managers are making on average $85k-$120k doing half or none of the work in some cases. Something is really wrong with this picture, especially the bonus which is paid to store manager if you steal... — read more
Belk Upper Management in panic mode
Belk is loosing associates at en epic rate. For every two new associates hired, four quit. The company is trying to maintain their “bare bones” pay scale, but it is remaining more difficult to get any new hires into the door. Management is now having... — read more
Deep clean
Why are the stores not getting a deep clean? Store I work at has had several associates and managers out with covid. Store should close for a day and get this done. No contact tracing is being done. We are all exposed.
Syco puts out an offer for Kohls
No rumour. Fact. Read the financial sites. No money for you, the stores or merchandise, but $9 bil offer for Kohls.
People are waiting for rumors
Is it really necessary to hear rumors about store level layoffs so that people finally start looking for new jobs? My question is why are you waiting for rumors? Isn’t it less stressful to find a new job that is more stable before such rumors start... — read more
store level layoffs coming? true or rumor?
Store level layoffs in the next few months? has anyone heard rumblings of this?
Gooooo…
Belk! Belk Proud here! Ready for a rockin’’ 2022!! Belk forever!!!!!!
Surprise Corporate Visits in Feb to catch lazy managers in action
supposedly they are trying to catch the lazy managers in action, there have been so many complaints about this. so they are going to certain stores they believe have these managers, i am sure they will catch a few sitting down , on their phones, ... — read more
Gaslighting Definition: does this apply to Belk?
Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that makes you question your beliefs and perception of reality. It can occur in personal, romantic, in the workplace, or social situations. Someone who is gaslighting might: Insist you said or did things you... — read more
Our store has minimal employees but store Manager still threatens to fire people
Our horrible morning meetings consist of the store manager yelling at us about credit, emails, Sales numbers, and customer service. Every morning, the same thing. Yet they sit in the office doing the bare minimum. They also threatened us saying the... — read more
Hate to be a broken record…
…but just freaking leave. It’s liberating. You’d be surprised at how well the skills you don’t think that you have transfer to entirely different careers. CAREERS, not jobs. You don’t have to work holidays and weekends. You don’t have to go in on... — read more
Thank god it is over
Inventory is finally over. Tommorow I can actually eat breakfast and lunch. Did everyone have to work over 9 hours every day with snacks and a 15 min break?
all 290 belk stores do inventory on same day, same areas?
So, I worked for Sears until 2015, right before sears started the closure of many stores, all stores had to complete the same inventory on the same day, and that had never happened before, all stores had to do home and garden, then automotive, then... — read more
Executive Teams
I hear Executive leaders will be surprise touring a few stores mid Feb. Any idea which stores??
What are you hiding sycamore?
If belk is doing well and not in debt like the p, why not release how much Belk made and what their profits are? What are you hiding Sycamore? What is the big secret? We will give you a generous 7 working days to release basic financials to your... — read more
Why makes Associates do inventory?
I heard Belk has their own associates do inventory. Does anyone know why that is? Cheap labor, or are they afraid if they hire an outside company, they can’t “cook the books” ? Anyone have any ideas?
HR is non existent at Belk, most workers have no support at all
Before belk was sold, HR would be audited to make sure schedules were out on time, payroll was correct, schedules were fair, schedules matched time cards, vacation time was approved on time, but that’s all gone now.
Spring Refresh
New spring product and floor set looks great! Visual and product is so fresh and will definitely drive business!! Go Belk!
Managers told to "Shame" or "Guilt" workers who test positive or are exposed to covid
Employees that are sick are now being scolded for calling in sick. Managers are told to make associates uncomfortable for calling in. This is beyond reckless and shows what a horrible company this is. Managers cannot discipline associates for this... — read more
Working with COVID is so irresponsible
A colleague who was positive didn't come to work for ten days and is now here again. I heard he is still positive even though he feels good. Is it possible that people are so irresponsible and have no empathy for other people or is he simply afraid... — read more
Don’t lie to workers, tell the truth Ruth!
Hello, I was an STM at Belk until late 2020. Rumors were swirling around about Belk’s bleak financial situation.They told us to pretend everything was just fine. Not to address any questions about Belk’s chapter 11 with associates and... — read more
Belk’s debt still nearly $1.5 billion, yes billion with a “B”
Belk’s debt load even after Feb 2021’s one day chapter 11 bankruptcy is unsustainably high, a massive $1.5 billion, which was brought on by (let’s be clear executives) NOT by Covid. The bankruptcy only shed $450 million in debt, Experts say that this... — read more
Store closing announcements
When do we usually hear about closing stores for the year? Is it in January or sometime later?
Belk is not a mirror of the entire retail industry
__I know a few people who are looking for a job outside of this industry after having a bad experience at Belk. I don’t know why but people are starting to identify Belk with the industry itself? There is no ideal company for sure, but there are... — read more
Severance pay
I am mentally preparing to hear the news of my store closing. At the moment, it is very likely that this will happen. That is why I am increasingly interested in the details of severance pay. Hopefully, there have been no changes in severance... — read more
Please for the love of god, put Belk out of its misery
After the thousands of employee complaints, customer complaints, associates quitting, managers quitting, executives quitting, lawsuits, bankruptcy, claims of racism, se-ual harassment, age descrimination, shady business deals, not paying vendors and... — read more
belk not following covid/cdc guidelines putting employees at risk!
lots of stores with positive cases are not alerting their staff, this is dangerous and selfish of belk. all they are about is money.
INVENTORY schedule for managers is CRAZY!
I have to close the store, be back at 3AM, work a ten hour shift, go home for five hours, then be back at 5 to close the store again. This is not gonna happen. store manager needs to pick up the slack. I’m gonna quit!
3am inventory schedule after closing
This is bs and I guarantee there will be several callouts. Im definitely gonna be one
Constantly being called in on my days off
This is literally driving me crazy! I can’t wait to become unavailable forever for this company. Until then I am available for Belk even my days off. I guess I'm not the only one, but I really don't know how to position myself. I have kids and I... — read more
Curious...
Just wondering...does Belk still use it's own employees to conduct inventory? This was one of the many mo--nic policies that contributed to walking out 3 years ago. BTW - 9+ year employee $9.45 per hour