Pathetic...I wonder if Marvin heard a manager say that all blacks have huge lips what he would do. This is off the charts unethical and at his level he needs to go. So if he doesn't I guess that means you can make a racist comment, say sorry and... — read more 

1) removed 50+ negative growth stores from the books so they didn't do it by outselling Depot with Pro. Lowes will never outsell Depot on the Pro because Depot has so much cash on hand they lend it out to get new accounts: typical line of credit at... — read more 

Yeah, call me an HR deputy assigned to thelayoff.com/lowes but here it goes: Lowe’s credits this new strategy in beating Home Depot on sales growth Lowe’s and Home Depot are duking it out for a category of customer that has traditionally... — read more 

Just wanted to say thank you and kudos to Tracy @ The Washington Post for having the drive and courage to post the story. There is so much unethical business practices going on with Lowes that its refreshing that someone was brought to light... — read more 

Funny, Marvin can execute the plans of the hedge fund money handlers, terminate thousands, kick to the curb tenured loyal Lowe's associates, remove LP (He was one at Target) and make us less safe, k–l promised commission allowances, remove weekends... — read more 

He needs to go Marvin!!!! What’s the hold up???

Why wasn't he fired for such an inappropriate comment. If we would have said that to a customer, we would have been fired, no questions asked... — read more 

It was about two years ago when the first major layoffs hit. Boy, did those comments not age well, considering everything that has happened since...

This is a simple question but a question that goes to the essence of everything that is wrong at Lowe’s . Worn out, scared and deeply unhappy workers can’t produce much, can they? An even sadder fact is that new and cheaper hired workers become... — read more 

There is such a strong focus on Hispanics from Lowes right now. That was what the whole drill, small hand thing was about (which was ignorant as F). A few weeks ago, on Reddit, there was a post from a MST with their instruction for a Fabuloso endcap... — read more 

I'm deeply offended by his comments. As a hispanic employee I feel marginalized by his racist comments. We are forced to sit through equality meetings where corporate espouses inclusion and diversity but at the top we are proven to have a... — read more 

Long live the great Lowe's workers and never let them take your company !

McFarland should be terminated as any Lowe’s employees would be for making such racially insensitive comments!!! I’m sure this isn’t the first time, and he’s probably said worse things about other minority’s. My guess is Ellison will protect... — read more 

How’s the shrink in stores since they got rid of us LP? I’ve heard it’s almost tripled. Best of luck to all who still work at Lowe’s Depot

Seems like this is tip of iceberg.....seems like that Michael Jones discrimination post got yanked, did that news story back in 2017 ever see light of day? He accused Jennifer Weber of racial bias and even trailed back to her Duke Energy days...this... — read more 

Joe Mcfarland did more damage to Lowe's by demonstrating that his leadership role is bereft of seasoned knowledge and fairness, his racist comments purely reflect his bias. I've been a GC for half a century. I work with a team,Black... — read more 

cheap little pen and pencil set for my "5 years of service" award. I started out working as a loader, which could be pretty physically demanding. For the last half of my stay with the company, I worked in the assembly department which at least... — read more 

As an LNS I ran four Lowe’s Nurseries to profit. I was let go in August with nothing on my record. Creepy guys from corporate did the interview and decided I was out. My store didn’t even know. Yes, vendors called me offering me a... — read more 

Honestly!! Marv, Joe, and company have essentially destroyed Lowe’s. Ruined the lives of thousands during their layoffs, and made life a living “heck” for those that remain. Did Joe really expect us to keep his mildly racist comment quiet? Mess... — read more 

Can we expect more layoffs now? I figure older, long-time employees are going to e targeted more intensively as they would want to increase the number of part timers, contactors and generally a whole new army of cheaper workers.

If you have audio or video from the Lowe's corporate broadcast that store managers viewed Monday involving comments by VP Joe McFarland, please send to hfowler@mcclatchy.com (reporting for the Charlotte Observer).

Well done, now let's turn this thing around!

I guess HR VP was too busy counting her stock gains from last Wednesday! Geez!

If you have audio,video or witnessed the podcast please email tracy.jan@washpost.com. All sources will be protected!

The McFarland post exposed a racist. Democracy dies when the powerful seek to distort reality. Freedom reigns when the weak expose it! Shame on this forum!

Anyone see the recent podcast where VP McFarland claims racially all "Hispanics have small hands" so should buy Dewalt? If any of us said that, we would be fired on the spot.

If one thread runs through the "Lowe's Saga" it has to be that the corporate folk seem to engage the knee-jerk solution every single time. Whether it's a response to competition, failure of a strategic plan, response to bad press, or even the... — read more 

Anybody heard this?

Indeed: Job Search—My new best friend

Unlike here, where numbers stand on the backs of laid-off employees. Home improvement giant Home Depot (HD - Get Report) on Tuesday reported second-quarter results that beat analysts forecasts, though warned that future earnings growth will... — read more 

I can't be the only one. And before I get downvoted into oblivion - I'm not talking about job security. I know we have none, that's why I keep checking this page daily. But I still like what I do, I'm still paid well, and I still like the people I... — read more 

50% of our lumber has been dry for 2 weeks and the stuff that we did have in stock has black mold all over it.

For those of us that were axed the beginning of August for whatever reason: Do you think will see our quarterly bonus and how do you keep tabs on it?

Just A Grifter At The Helm! Artificially created numbers by sacrificing THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of Peoples Jobs!!! And another Hiring Freeze just put into effect. Lowe’s is now Sear’s 2.0. I know, I worked for Sears and watched the same... — read more 

I guess this is a specific situation because when I heard the quarterly results, they scared me to death. That just means that Marvin’s measures that provided this artificial success will get the green light to be implemented on a wider scale. So... — read more 

Changes are working!!!!! For whom. When the stock accidentally went up, hundreds of thousands of small investors dumped their stock. Including many thousands that work at Lowe’s. Institutional investors (the ones on the quarterly conference calls... — read more 

I was ho[ping to get some thoughts on that, especially given the fact that my opinion of the state that the company is in is quite the opposite of what the numbers say. I don’t see any improvements in sales or in any other aspect of the business. Who... — read more 

It’s about time that someone has had the courage to clean up Lowes. We have been running the same for years and getting our butt kicked by depot. It’s hard for people to hear but there is plenty of lazy , overconfident , entitled people that need to... — read more 

Looks like my post last night was removed because of it being truthful. So here it is again. Stock price on 8/22/18 was $107.15. Fast forward to 8/23/19, it's at $108.16.

Are we now doomed to more layoffs each quarter because some might feel the strategy is working? (Even if most of us know it's not?)