Walmart reported blowout Q2 earnings on Tuesday, led by a 97% surge in online sales. That comes after Walmart’s online sales rose 74% in Q1. The chain, which was criticized years ago for being too slow to beef up its online presence, has been on an... — read more 

Temps? Have been told to find staff and direct them to the temp agency??? Why are we recruiting for the temp agency? Isn't that what a they do? And then for every employee we find we can then pay the temp agency double the salary of what we pay the... — read more 

Curious what sorts of sales you're seeing. RM said to expect a 30% drop in text sales. Does that seem realistic? Really worried about how things are going to look financially after rush. Do we expect people (ASMs, PT) to be laid off again?

With COVID restrictions the temps only need how to speak and count from 1 to 10. Greeter at the door. Let 10 people in. Backdoor/curbside pick up. Last 5 digits of order #. Dont need to get versed in ct and soda and pos. Takes over a week to go thru... — read more 

We have had 6 employees (1 salary manager, 3 FT and 2 PT) for the past week. It is IMPOSSIBLE to not have overtime when we only have 1 salary employee. Efollett orders DO NOT STOP! You finish 22 pages, 12 pages pop up. We are two days behind on... — read more 

From the president to the rms. Rms are told not to visit stores. Most ivory tower people are working from home. Cancel the insurance on the fleet and pay off the credit holds. They are not using the cars for business purposes. Its time for them to... — read more 

We have been trying to hire someone who worked in Chicago's flagship store for over a week. Sent her links for training that didn't work. Then she has to complete all the other 2 hrs of bs. We need her now. She knows the business. It shouldn't be... — read more 

What happens when there is no football this fall? Big Ten and PAC 12 down, if the others follow, then I don’t see any big cash flow weekends at ND. How can the company survive without the money the fall season brings in?

Chegg reported great financial results. Are they hiring.

Anyone have experience with the temps that are coming from NXTpro?

Great student job, great part time job, great place to work are all reviews that have been posted during the past month. follett pays someone to post these garbage reviews. Two things are important to follett; Company rating must stay above 3 stars... — read more 

What are the layoffs among HR and Asset Protection? Can’t get a response or support, they working from home or are they all gone?

I am of an age that is higher risk, I am nervous about the store reopening. We have mask, and cleaning supplies, but we have been working with no students on campus. I am very nervous, and so are other co workers, to reopen. So many stores are doing... — read more 

Division that loses money put in charge then dictates that highly profitable division offshore critical talent. Follett deserves to fail.

So many layoffs at Follett, but never the senior positions like presidents, vice presidents etc. They set the strategy for Follett to succeed, and when Follett fails THEY lay off the little guys who execute the strategy. This is not an execution... — read more 

3 manager posts listed for 2089. SM, CM and GM dept. Did everyone just leave?

As a vendor, who provides class packets to be sold in bookstores, we just got paid for Fall 2019 in May, and no indication when Winter or Spring semesters bills will be paid. Follett sold our product, has our money, and wont pay us. Really bad... — read more 

How are enrollments tracking for your campus for fall starts? How much loss revenue do you anticipate for course materials and do you feel digital texts will overtake print/print rental?

If you need to attend a conference call, please follow conference call etiquette. The host lets everyone know to mute their line. Can someone puhleeeeeeesssseeee explain to me what is so flipping hard about that? Again today we had to listen to some... — read more 

Take all the money budgeted to throw away on Efollett and use that to pay salaries.

We have no plexi at the registers whereas the whole entire campus has plexi up. We have no Lysol spray. We have no signs up saying masks required ( yes the campus does, but not us ). This is OSHA correct ???

How is Fall Term looking on your campus? Is your store open?

I'll bet my bonus there will be no bonus this year?

Promise new products to save the company then furlough every one coding it while you keep pretending it will get completed on time. Values. Agile. Integrity. Yeah right.

SZ and JH should get a promotion based how they tanked R41 for the last 3 years. Who's left standing? Not many.

Our "temporary" 90-day layoff is coming to an end in two weeks. The only communication from the home office was the memo about PC's forced retirement. I'm wondering when/if they are going to communicate with us to let us know our status. The $ 600... — read more 

So many people have been laid off in the past two-three months, why are we now suddenly in the process of hiring? Why weren't those jobs offered to those who received their walking papers?

when am I getting my cut back? Working more, getting paid less, I got babies to feed.

A ups rep let it slip (according to him) that B&N is buying out Follett. Anyone else here any rumors?

Don these threads sound inclusive to you? Sounds to me that a lot of folks are feeling left out. What are you doing to fix it?

A former co-worker from a previous job I had reached out to me and said he just applied for an RM position at Follett and wanted to know if I could lead him to the hiring manager. I told I've been laid off and don't know who is left. Well, apparently... — read more 

Just maybe if we started focusing a little more on the people and less on the company, the bottom line would fall into place. How one feels they are truly being treated is the biggest motivator there is. I ask you. Do you feel that you are respected... — read more 

Good Lord! I haven't been on here in a while, but can tell by a lot of the comments that many of you are the same people that have been whining and complaining about Follett for close to ten years! Is Follett perfect? No! Noone is forcing you to... — read more 

I wish the Lay-off site would add reaction emojis. Rather than +/-, I would like to select the laughing emoji for almost every Follett post. Or an “I told you so” reaction. Chime in with an emoji you’d like to see.

Pay is better on unemployment than with follett. Plus don't have to deal with grumpy store manager and risk of catching virus from other employees and other customers. I am voting to stay at home till benefits run out till end of july . I am... — read more 

Have any of you who got your pay cut 10% been able to successfully file a partial unemployment claim?

After spending 50 million dollars, eFollett is up 10% while stores are down 70%. When will Follett leadership learn that stores are the primary and eFollett will always be a secondary channel. Stores lots of layoffs, eFollett no layoffs. ... — read more 

Does anyone know if any Follett employee working in the stores been tested positive? If so, what happened to the store? And what happened to that person?

Follett confirmed at the town hall that Follett applied and received federal bail out money.

I copied this off of my Linkedin feed. They're advertising to hire NEW employees seasonally. Distant hugs and kisses. Love and affection, TL Follett Higher Education Follett Higher Education 21,922 followers 5m • 5 minutes ago Raising our... — read more