Macy's is a meat grinder and we're all just pork in designer shoes, keeping busy so we can pretend we're not all headed for the sausage factory. It chews you up and churns out a mess that's lucky to function afterwards. Just heard that a great... — read more
Best of the Best
Just wondering how the "Best of the Best" is doing now ha ha ha hahahahahahhahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahaha Remember macys only kept the best of the best lol more like the cheapest and laziest
Who will train new hires?
I am too busy with my work which is increasing every day. I don't know how I could fit it into my daily responsibilities and help someone who has no experience. New people are coming in who are lost and don’t know what to do. Sad. Did anyone at... — read more
Salespeople with covid.
When a salesperson has covid they never tell anyone. Its a secret. Then we have to say we haven't been in contact with anyone that has covid in order to work . Then we find out thru the grapevine who is out because of covid....and you were just... — read more
What about Macy's change in shopping hours?
Even before the pandemic, Macy's was having problems hiring. They have to realize that people don't want to work weekends nor nights. They have to change those shopping hours and provide better salaries. Believe me customer adapt to those changes... — read more
Macys Job Description update
Operational/Support Colleague, Qualifications and Competencies: High School Diploma or equivalent required 1-2 years direct experience Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate and share information with diverse groups of... — read more
This is Macy's
Poor selection, no sizes, messy, dirty stores , no customer service, lack of professionalism…….throwing something else at the wall ie toys to see if it sticks……that’s what Macy’s is training their customers to accept when shopping in their stores. If... — read more
Macys hires 76,000 for holidays !
so 76,000 holidays employees equals to about 126 seasonal hires per 600 of the remaining stores.. Macys is pumping the numbers
I don’t get enough time to rest and recover
Fatigue just piles up. Probably the reason for that is that my motivation has dropped, but the biggest reason is that the workload is getting bigger every day. I barely manage to rest enough so I can get to work the next day. It's terrible. How do I... — read more
Extended Hours
We are starting to have more extended hours in the store even though there aren’t enough workers to have more overlapping coverage. We seem to be okay with closing at 8 during the week and closing at 9 on the weekends can be bad but opening before... — read more
Morning Rallies
Any other stores stopped having morning store rallies? I thought that was standard at least a couple days a week. We recently got a very young new store manager and now we never have morning rallies.
Some CSX executives got “annual incentives” on their 2021 reviews
I just found out my peer is getting paid $4K more than I am. I saw they received a “annual incentive” on their ‘Compensation Summary Statement’ to the tune of an extra $4k. Although this will make it so much easier not to help them anymore on... — read more
Vaccination Update: (Copied directly from insite my message center.)
To: All Macy's, Inc. colleagues From: Danielle Kirgan, Chief Transformation & HR Officer Vaccination Update Hi everyone, I know how hard each of you has worked this last year and a half during a global pandemic. And with it has come so... — read more
Fake customer complains
This did not happen to me, but it did to a friend of mine: The customer faked that he had a terrible service and a very negative experience. I trust her completely when she says it is a big misunderstanding and that she's never treated a customer... — read more
Flagship store list?
We’ve all seen the list of neighborhood stores, but just out of curiosity wondered if anyone had a list of growth, magnet, and flagship stores.
Macy’s MTECH to terminate unvaccinated employees
Macy’s is set to terminate unvaccinated Corporate and MCCS employees starting the rollout with Macy’s System & Technology and Corporate, but will not require customers to be vaccinated
Neighborhood Stores
Any news on the future of the Neighborhood stores? Will the rest close in January?
Any OVMs here?
Arent you drowning in workload? No help! I’m in charge of second floor, receiving dock, recovery team and loyalty. I have no life!
Where's All The Merchandise?
I have worked for the company as a merchandiser for several years and have never seen so little inventory going to the holiday. Spend half the time on the floor explaining to customers why we don't have the clothing they are looking for. The only... — read more
Seasonal Bring a Friend?
Seasonal Bring a Friend? I just saw a ad for a job at Macys for seasonal work and bring a friend.. My take is by xmas you wont have any more friends. and they must be getting desperate
The rules are not the same for all of us.....
What frustrates me the most is that the rules here don't seem to be the same for everyone. I’ve been criticized lately for something I’ve been doing the same way for months and it used to be OK. All of a sudden it's not good anymore... At the same... — read more
Question you Need to ask Yourself
Question you Need to ask Yourself is if Macys let you go tomorrow where would you be in your career? Would you be able to have enough skills to jobs to a better career? or would you be dead in the water.. Think about that.. let it sink in... That's... — read more
I Refused to take the pulse survey
Although I've taken the pulse survey every year in the past, this time around I refused. Not because I had nothing to say- believe me, I had plenty to say. But the last survey I took was NOT anonymous. My "People Leader" said things to me that... — read more
Complete collapse of Macys
Complete collapse of Macys will start now and go right into 2022-2023. Shortages of goods . lack of employees that show up or even want to work there. cutting of older employee trying to save a buck (wont work) there will be mediocre left Low... — read more
Pulse Survey Results
Anyone else here about the results of the engagement survey we took last month? Our Store Manager reviewed them at our morning meeting and she wasn't happy about some of the comments. It was mostly about Covid concerns in our store and not... — read more
Good workers became "undesirable" even before the pandemic
I like the fact that someone mentioned that macy's even before the pandemic started to get rid off of experienced and dedicated workers, and that the pandemic only accelerated that. I'm still here but I'm leaving very soon. My store barely works... — read more
Something I noticed
Little by little the experienced people that work in my location are being harassed or mistreated into quitting. After a week or two we end up hiring someone younger who has never worked retail before and the time/money it takes to train them is... — read more
Bad Apples ?
Why does Macys keep all the bad apples? I had a security guard who was a captain would sit and call customer and coworkers the N word in the camera room while blasting rap music with bad words in it . he also runs off into parking lot to catch shop... — read more
Neverending story
I don’t know if there’s any person at Macy’s that hasn’t experienced schedule being changed behind their back. Ever since I’ve been working here, it’s been happening all the time. I barely managed to be polite that day with customers because I was... — read more
What skills does your store manager lack?
Some of the main skills that every SM should have: leadership motivation EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION multi-tasking business development, etc. My SM unfortunately doesn’t have any of those skills and I wonder how he got to that position... — read more
Changing of schedule?
I think I have asked this question before but it went over your heads and I am not sure if you guys understood my question. We need to know if this is going on at all stores or just ours. Our schedules are constantly changing. Sometimes at the last... — read more
Prepare for influx of applications
Watch the employee shortage magically disappear when the federal government unemployment benefits are over. I don't blame people for taking advantage of that, to be honest. But I'm guaranteeing you that it was the main reason why so many places had... — read more
Macys Inc Tech Division to implement 3 round layoff
There are more layoffs coming for the technology sector at Macy’s System and Technology as they rebuild the San Francisco Team! Individuals we’re recently pulled I to secret meetings where they were informed they were being let go! Some of the dates... — read more
Should he be fired?
I have a runner who’s work for Macy’s for 3 years. He’s beyond lazy. Sits around and gossiping all the time. Barely works. He also clicks off of high end shoes and boots every time I send a request . I had to go in the back only to find him... — read more
Macy's Store reality check.
Having gone through Corporate Visits this pass week and now learning more visits this following week, I feel bad for the other store teams that have to help their "Flag Ship" stores look perfect. Why can't are Corporate Leaders see what a true store... — read more
Why didn’t they call back people?
With all these shortages of hands why didn’t they call back all those who lost their jobs. ? I’ll tell you why. They didn’t want them people. They was hard working, older , showed up on time and did a outstanding job. Macy’s doesn’t want that. ... — read more
I'm doing at least two jobs currently
I'm only paid for one of them. But it's not as if I have much of a choice - or anybody else who works at my store - until we can get some more people to join and stick around for more than a couple of weeks! This is getting ridiculous lately, we've... — read more
Why doesn't corporates Macys listen?
Why doesn't corporates Macys listen? if you complain .,have solid evidence or even have a great suggestion corporates macys does not listen to any of the above at all. There could be someone robbing the store left and right or no manager is doing... — read more
(((((Bad vibes)))))
How do you fight the bad vibes in your store? I started to feel sick every day when I have to go to work because I know that I will be greeted by a ton of negativity. The situation is certainly bad in this company, and everything is further... — read more
People who worked trough the pandemic
hat are your experiences with looking for a new job, or do you think that people who worked through the pandemic are more likely to get new jobs than those who sat at home and collected free money, as someone said here? I don’t notice that we who... — read more