Can someone explain what tiers 4 & 5 are, the titles etc. Also if anyone has any info of upcoming ax timeline (may/june?) that would be helpful too.

What does closing 150 stores mean for those of us who still work here? Well, there's the obvious. 150 stores is about 30% of the Macy's portfolio (not including Bloomies, and Blue Mercury). All of the managers and employees who work at these... — read more 

Macy’s refused to give a listing of stores let’s list them here.

Is my location closing? I’m on leave and I don’t really want to call and ask. I might just not return from leave if that’s the case.

Macy's in NYC has so many homeless people inside their store that it requires partnership with a homeless outreach team. WTF? Why is anyone putting up with this?... — read more 

These closings will reverberate throughout Macy’s. I expect waves of layoffs, well beyond peeps in affected stores.

Anyone read yet?? Closing 150 underperforming Macys??? This is wild.

In corporate there will be capital planning this week, please update what's going on

Have y’all heard about the new requirement starting, I believe, March 6, that we will be required to answer questions about whether we have or have not taken our daily breaks and if not why not. Supposedly you cannot clock out until you have answered... — read more 

Random call added for Store Managers , DVPs, RDOS, and HRBPs on Friday evening for tomorrow at 5pm. What could it be?

I lost all the motivation to work. It’s not about possibly losing a job, but boarding a sinking ship every Monday.

If they do get board seat or seats.. What to expect?

Nothing can be done to prevent this at this point.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/25/arkhouse-macys-take-private-financing-is-in-place-kahane-says.html

Who has taken over their duties?

To: All Macy’s, Inc. colleagues A Message from Tony Hi everyone, You may have seen that we just issued a press release announcing one of our shareholders, Arkhouse Capital, notified us that it has nominated a group of individuals to stand... — read more 

Do we know anything new for certain? I have a bad feeling about where all this is going.

Tony's new message on Arkhouse Capital, who has nominated a group of individuals to stand for election to our Board at the 2024 Annual Meeting. Sounds like we are done.

https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@byuz+1qXmkWXa

We can't wear hoop earrings, or wear our hair down!! What does that have to do with our performing our job duties and responsibilities??? Plus, WHY are we being threatened with termination of employment lf we don't open enough Credit Card... — read more 

We have a new colleague, full-time position, very weird and sketchy person. Well I decided to do some investigating and it turns out there is a mug-shot out there with a dui and domestic violence within the past year??? WTF?! This person didn’t even... — read more 

Anyone hearing that there will be another announcement next week? Store Manager's in Vegas are being told they need to be available for a call even if they are on PTO. What up? Thoughts?

Does anyone know why there are no unavailable days that we can take? Usually we get 3 a month.

Wondering if anyone heard of any buzz regarding the potential spiral if we bo-b Q1,hence have fall outs in June?

As a lot of people know the lower level candy section of the iconic Marshall Field’s flagship has closed! Makes me wonder if the store itself is going to last much longer. They already took out the central atrium and sold off the upper floors… I’m... — read more 

Just curious. I know several longtime Macy's employees who are exceptional workers. They carry their departments and are always committed to surpassing expectations. These same employees have been awarded many Employee of the Year awards. The... — read more 

I don’t think the change at the top was for Macy’s to change the course and recover. I don’t see any long-term plan beyond letting the company go down. All we are going to see in coming months is cuts, cuts and more cuts, which means more layoffs... — read more 

I work in corporate, LIC specifically. Im feeling very off "shade" vibes, almost if their scanning for upcoming people that are not neccessary for 2nd wave if it comes. If the post on Q1 results is correct (meaning sink or swim = more cuts) then... — read more 

I love how my manager always pulls out the "we're family" card when he wants more from all of us (and when I say more, I mean more than humanly possible,) and yet when we need something, we are denied and we shouldn't get upset because "it's just... — read more 

Fulfillment Captain here. Our picks have been ridiculously low, even at Christmas we didn't have days like LY. Anyone else experiencing the same. I look at our forecasted picks and they're down 50-80%

Has anyone received their severance yet?

We laid off over a thousand managers at store level and added director positions to the division level to instead. Going back to adding management positions outside of stores, while continuing to ask an unreasonable amount of non-productive workload... — read more 

The company leadership has transitioned from Jeff to Tony. Tony's experience at Bloomingdale's brings a different perspective to the role previously held at Macy's. What are your thoughts on this change, and how you feel about Tony's ability to... — read more 

When does the new (2024) PTO drop? I thought it was when the new fiscal year begins but mine looks a little different already and I’m not sure why. Less days and hours to earn and sick time since I’m in a state where they passed a sick time law. — read more 

Heard on multiple calls that we have to turn the ship around in Q1 due to hostile takeover. Given the current economy, a buyout seems like a possible outcome after May.

I loved working here 15 years ago. At one point I left for personal reasons and returned two years ago. It didn't take me long to realize this was not the same company I left. I used to enjoy doing my job. It was a shock to me to see it has turned... — read more 

Anyone else on the Tuesday call where leadership talked about how everyone needs to start thinking about what we can do to make Macy's a place where everyone wants to work so we can build a winning culture? Here's are some ideas that I would have... — read more 

Does anyone know if Martha Stewart is still sold by macys? There is literally nothing my Martha anymore, but I can’t seem to find anything in writing. It’s all Celler brand now it seems. Also, why is homewares so thin? There is so little available... — read more 

Did anyone try to negotiate severance? I read in the disclosure today management is minimum 8 weeks max 26 weeks? Wondering if I should try to get more