90 IT layoffs today. Mostly John's Creek and California. Minimal in Lorain.

Just announced, new return policy for most merchandise is within 180 days from purchase date. There is a one month grace period where we will still return items but after this one month the system will block the return but we all know we can do a No... — read more 

Any thoughts?

Well, well, well...looks like good ol' Macy's is going to start selling furniture at the click of a button. A quick look at our website shows the following headline... "Great News! You can add furniture & mattresses to your bag & check out in a few... — read more 

Is Plenti going away by the end of the year?

I work at macys and never buy anything. Our product is tired, redundant and predictable..... The same thing every season. If I see another INC tacky tee with a plastic black stripe on the front or shoulder I'm going to scream. We carry no premium... — read more 

Executive schedules will soon start being made by MSP in test districts. Is this because they plan to make executives hourly next year?

Don't get me started with how bad a company Macys is to work for here it is : Working for company over 14,years. Commission v Draw employee. Women's shoes. Have not ever received a raise!!! That's right folks. Their reasioning is we make commission... — read more 

Macys All Time Low I can not Believe that Macys is asking their employees to donate their PTOs to the victims of Hurricane Harry.This multibillion dollar company cannot pay their Houston employees ??Why doesn't The CEO and major stockholders donate... — read more 

In the past month, anyone been on the floor when a series of executives have walked through with another series of people who are allegedly from Hudson Bay? There are rumors of Hudson Bay execs walking through stores with site management teams. Has... — read more 

All dmm of planning were just let go.

Macy's was going to hit the wall because of Amazon, etc. at some point but things could have been much better. Many experienced folks could see both issues and opportunities being ignored for the last 10 years. Many of the basics of running a sound... — read more 

Well, at least we are first at something, right? Macy's is the top company in number of layoffs for this year so far. I wonder if this number will stay on 10,000, or if we are looking at more layoffs down the line... — read more 

I know people were wondering on here who will be impacted by the latest round of layoffs at Macy's. This is the best info I was able to find, thought it was worth a share... — read more 

I've never seen so many sales supervisors take over Macy's ,no clue ,no training , don't no anything just walk around thinking they are somebody for real....store management and assistants store managers have no people skills No Hi...No good morning... — read more 

Anybody else worried that while Macy's announced layoffs are only gong to hit senior leadership positions, it's only a matter of time before it starts a ripple effect that will catch all of us? It's a bit suspicious to me that the only ones who will... — read more 

The associates will have to start thanking the customer for being a Gold or Platinum Macy's card holder. It begins when the customer starts to swipe her card. Better coupons will start printing for the most loyal customers as well. Associate training... — read more 

I was one of hundreds of SM's whose job was eliminated this past January. I had a tough time job hunting when I realized I was too young (and financially unable) to retire, yet too old to be a viable candidate in today's market. Cut to the chase... — read more 

Any information on furniture logistics layoffs? I can personally attest that our furniture sales are a fragment of what Macy's has sold from the last several years prior. Everyone I work with is getting mad and frustrated at shorter hours, less pay... — read more 

Just got through a town hall they are cutting a lot of high senior leadership positions. For now it is not effecting associates but we know everything has a trickle down effect on the rest of us.

More layoffs have been announced, this time in merchandising operations. Well, let me rephrase that, not layoffs, restructuring. It's their favorite new word for when they want to cut people without actually outright saying layoffs. Numbers are... — read more 

During a recent regional visit the boss discussed how the company will be closing another 100 stores. She explained that in order to stay competitive we need to shrink our brick and mortar footprint to a level appropriate for the evolving market... — read more 

the reductions are: Fitting Room Recovery: Reduction in workforce for select locations Wedding Gift Registry: Reduction in workforce for select locations Cosmetic Associates: Reduction in workforce for select locations Fragrance Associates: Reduction... — read more 

I don't understand why Macys has the time to write emails about political bull... no sh-- Jeff that you Don't support Nazi's and the crap that happened there. They sit and waste time chatting about that crap up on the ivory tower while we report our... — read more 

Not sure on timing but in next few weeks. Company is eliminating all fitting room recovery teams. They’ll be offered severance from what I heard this morning. Timing depends on any other cuts they are still deciding on.

Well it looks like store closures are gossip.. what the hell.. earnings are out and stock is dropping.. what is this company doing..

Who else thinks that announcement is going to be a blood bath?

as somebody mentioned before, the woodbridge store in nj has a checkout area. they have removed all the registers from the departments except jewelry, cosmetics, shoes and have a large checkout area on each floor. if a customer is looking for an... — read more 

If you are in a large market or do not visit other stores this may come as a suprise. we have hundreds of run down small stores that we need to close. Hasn't seen remodel or basic updates in decades, large areas and entire floors drapped off with... — read more 

Get rid of the layers of district managers doing nothing but micromanaging the sales managers. We do not need a district mgr to do our floor plans. We have the same information and can walk the floor with vpsm and mom like they do. The vpsm can hold... — read more 

Whole department got let go yesterday at the corporate office in Springdale, Ohio. Over 30 people told at the end of the day that their jobs have been eliminated. About 17 news jobs will be created that they can apply for. Sad day and more to come...

Honestly it's the same way how associates are being treated in our stores and in our call centers. I worked in both. After almost 10 years in the call center and a year in the store. I finally quit 3 months ago, and I'm happy. I hear from people that... — read more 

Macys used to be a great place to work. I think the down spiral started when their HR became robotic and they introduced a district team of executives. They just don't listen to anyone in store level. Associates are afraid to voice their opinions and... — read more 

15 years later meetings for My MACYS is the same conversations in the Southeast. More color, more fashion, extended sizes, more Adidas, more kids uniforms, larger quantities on fragrance launches, larger distortion in pearls. Macys goes thru the... — read more 

I don't understand why schedules are so bad. I'm not a negative person and feel like business is all about the bottom line. But how is it ok that i'm scheduled to close at 10:15 on a Friday night and open at 8:15 Saturday. There are plenty of other... — read more 

I really question if we will close anymore store this year. For fear our stock will drop further. I agree at the end of q2 an announcement will be made but it will only be about how many stores we will close at the start of 2018. I tend to agree with... — read more 

Hearing from several sources (higher up than me), that something is coming August week 1. Has anyone heard anything? I asked if further staffing reductions or store closure announcements? My main source said that she did not know, but knows something... — read more 

The second quarter ends at the end of July. We will all see what Jeff has to say then. He is the one driving the boat. He will do whatever it takes to keep the company afloat. If he has to sell some stores, he will do that. If he has to close stores... — read more 

What are we delaying. I feel at every first of the month we hear rumors store closures and then nothing happens. We are constantly waiting for the other foot to drop. It's truly hurting store environment and morale. For god sakes do it already. Does... — read more 

Couldn't really watch the fireworks and feel good when you see all that money going up in flames, knowing how bad the company needs it. I guess if you are having money troubles, you might as well look good while the ship is sinking? I hope the... — read more