Three new hires at my company, two guys that worked at Walmart one that used to work at Target claim that their former companies were worse place to work than Lowe’s. You can tell how happy they are with their job, and you can’t fake that. Is it the... — read more 

I’m a long time employee that would like to leave. Of course, getting severance is something i wouldn’t want to avoid. So if I run this by my manager, do you think they will grant my wish,or would that be interpreted me quitting?

so what is everyones thoughts on this one day event they did yesterday? someone on reddit took the number of available coupons and the odds and broke it down. It looks like corporate gave away 84.5 million dollars to people that likely arent normal... — read more 

I’ve been a delivery driver, OSLG team leader, appliance specialist, ISLG specialist, ISLG manager, appliance manager, flooring manager, install sales manager, Back end manager. If I could persuade them to only cut 10% I’d drop back down to a... — read more 

Hey Marvin. Payroll is not an expense. It’s an investment. Cutting payroll the way you have is just like turning off the lights in an aisle until a customer walks down it. Not very smart or productive. We all noticed that you surrounded yourself with... — read more 

Our douche of a CEO is about to make double his contract wages based on the stock option prices. Did your pay double so far this year??

We are entering uncharted territory. We are literally paying more attention to numbers in Kronos than the customer. This is an all out attempt to show how great the new regime is when earnings come out for Q1. They say to focus on the customer but... — read more 

So, Im a 10 year + Lowes guy. In all those years. NEVER once, have I seen hours cut in the 100 days. Actually, this year I havent heard the term "100 days" ONCE! By anyone! Meanwhile, we have MAD foot traffic, we are short staffed to the bone, and... — read more 

Very true, if one supervisor or manager tells another one you are working hard and dependable, you will start getting tasks from both of them. Once it spreads to store management they make you their go to person. That means they will dump lots of... — read more 

Changing labels That is what people minimize my job to. I just change labels. Not many know the stress that has become a normal part of this job. We are working with NO help. NO coverage. We constantly have to spot and fix the mistakes made at the... — read more 

When Lowes corporate looks down they see smiling faces. When store associates look up we see a--holes.

I’m a builder, Lowe’s Has changed so much over the last 15 years that every aspect of dealing with them has become so unreliable. They are more worried about a grey piece of tape then answering the phone. It’s a joke, there are a few associates who... — read more 

Different point of view from employee turned customer. (Left in February). I was trying to by a storm door. The entire aisle was blocked with c-ap that wasn’t storm door related. I decided to come back later. On the way out I saw two more aisles that... — read more 

If you succeed at Lowe’s you will be under the microscope and everything you do is analyzed, causing you to get written up and terminated for not doing what you have done. If you are mediocre and fly under the radar then no one will notice you and... — read more 

My brother is a part timer at Lowe’s but he’s been working at the company for a couple of years. Do the part timers get severance if they get laid off, and what is the difference between the standard severance package and the one that they have the... — read more 

It starts in the Board room as the CEO teases its members with unbridled stock advances. It moves to the main floor where managers march their orders to the unending beat of the bonus they crave, the bonus and extra to make it all worth the pain. The... — read more 

Is every other store out there just swamped with freight that won’t fit in top stock? My receiving dept is very hard to navigate through because of all of the freight and not having an overnight staff we don’t really have the man hours to fix it... — read more 

Think that it has come to the point where they will want a different structure at the stores. Maybe they will want to copy Home Depot on that matter, baye they will think of something else, who knows. The bottom line is that change is coming in some... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/04/19/lowe-s-new-ceo-earned-half-of-2018-compensation-in.html Everything that is wrong about the stock market and how corporations pay their executives. is it any wonder that theyre paid like this when... — read more 

Has anything been rumored? Heard somewhere that layoffs could take place in May. Any truth to that? That doesn’t seem to logical for me and I think they will wait at least until summer comes if they are going to perform any form of layoffs on a... — read more 

I’m hearing a rumor about mandatory d--g tests to be completed tomorrow at the store meeting. Anyone else hearing this?

Well what happened to all those additional MSA’s we were promised. Our store to get eight additional, to do resets, pack downs. They are so far behind on resets that we gave so much new product up on top stock with all the OSLG excess that we have no... — read more 

Lowes, the career of last resort.

Anyone? We still do IRP's on the floor during impact hours, pack out, etc. We do not even honor impact hours! Aisle blockers are up daily during peak hours and customers cant even shop. Grills and wheel barrows are built in aisle 50, lumber. The... — read more 

Anyone with half a brain knows how abysmally bad every area of operations are. Every employee is looking to leave, no one cares, the goals are unreasonable and certifiably inane, corporate ghas no clue whats going on, they are cutting hours in the... — read more 

I was among the LP staff that was laid off. Well I reapplied for a few other positions and never heard anything back. This week I was contacted and asked to interview for the Coordinator position in my old store. Is lowes delivery services on thier... — read more 

Don’t have any info but It’s hard to think that we won’t be seeing at least other big round this year. As the summer is nearing does it make sense to think that May or June are the months when we could see such a round. Has anybody heard anything?

(To the tune of “its beginning to look a lot like Christmas”) It’s beginning to look a lot like Depot, Everywhere you turn Take a look at the 5 for 10 And the font it’s written in With cluttered lanes and top stock that overflows.. Oh it’s beginning... — read more 

We do roughly 18-24 deliveries per day. I have 3 drivers. A CDL, a box van driver that is back up CDL and a Non CDL, I get told we have to open our trucks up to take 18 boxes and 7 flat beds, but we can’t have OT in delivery. How the hell do you make... — read more 

He’s a bully. He yells at associates in aisles. He lies. He is always In an unreasonably mood. He calls stores to ask his family members to get special treatment. He is bad for Lowes. He came up with code 5, where cashier waits for 5 customers to be... — read more 

Anyone else find the lowedown to be condescending and unrealistic? The dog and pony act is the same every week. New ridiculous goals are the only difference. This is supposed to be our marching orders for the week, yet has become a 45 minute joke... — read more 

Why is anyone doubting Lowes at this point.... heres what they excel at doing: Never be the competition , just copy the competition Don't structure your business to treat your employees with respect and honesty, make stuff up as you go, after all... — read more 

So, I am one of VERY few with power licenses in my entire store. And, its been amping up last few weeks with spring weather in NJ. I am constantly put in a position to either: Take off vest and leave as scheduled or.... Loads the customers, make the... — read more 

Every store the same. Marvin & Co did a "task force", and spied on AEP's (now called PSM's) and their superiors then fired who they deemed werent doing their jobs. Then, they had the task force spy on stores, to see if Pro staff was where they are... — read more 

I aways thought that they will give up on their ideas to copy Home Depot and the philosophy that the workforce should consist mostly of heaply paid young par timers. Apparently I was wrong. Even more, I think that Lowe’s has passed the line of no... — read more 

Looks like they shut down their forums. Pretty lame of them to do it without notice. Looks like the news will be limited to here.

Will it take that long for them to realise that copying is not the answer or will they give up on this idea sooner. Will it be too late by then?

Class action for off the clock work tasks, WhatsApp, etc. lol old Lawsuit Lowe’s... — read more 

Just curious, what is the head count of your stocking crew. We are working 4am till 10:30am monday through Friday. Head count of people. We are a 35 million dollar store. We are getting more freight in than previous years but our crew has not grown... — read more