part timers are getting better hours than full timers.
Target’s same-store sales up 17% over the holidays
So how did your store do this season? We will soon see M numbers. Say what you will, these are tremendous numbers and keep in mind these numbers are going against a pre-Covid holiday season from 2019.
No confidence in Jeff Gennette
Genette is taking a once great company and morphing it into another Kohl's and JCPenney. Macy's needs to move upscale. HE NEEDS TO GO NOW!!!!!!! Thoughts?
Should I jump ship? Would you?
I've been wrestling with this idea for a while anyway. Would you leave now if you could? I think I'll probably leave.
Commissions going
Just learned commissions is going in shoes. Not sure about beauty. Other dept stores have done this and they all went under in a year
No more commissions
No more commissions as of 1/31/21. Lord n Taylor , Sears , jcpenny all did this and look where that went . 1.3 years left. Cant wait to see what feb brings with cuts.
I’m sorry for the customers
I am so demotivated that I stopped paying attention to customers. I used to really enjoy being in contact with them, but I just don’t have the energy anymore. I can’t smile and be kind and accommodating. I try to force it, but it just doesn’t work... — read more
W2 FORMS ? REALLY MACYS?
Former here .. i just login into to get my w2 forms which in the past has be free.. now if i want to download my w2 forms i have to pay Macys 20 dollars for past 2 years of w2 forms. not only does this seem illegal but its just down right dirty... — read more
Now what
As inventory comes to an end, now what?
Waived Wellness Check
Has anyone else experienced the following situation ? A colleague was advised by HR that she had trace contacted Covid. She was told that she had a choice to work or not, and if she choose not to, that she would not be paid. She was also advised if... — read more
Nobody helps anyone anymore
I am struggling to understand what the logic of managing this company is. I noticed that in my store, those who, in addition to doing their job regularly, were also helpful to their colleagues, those who worked the most, were axed. The store is now... — read more
They're doing you a favor
I've heard Macy's is closing a bunch of stores and I just wanted to tell people who are affected: they're doing you a favor! I was in one of the stores that closed last year. I remember feeling like c-ap, thinking my world was ending. But then it... — read more
Too big to fail
M is too big to fail. We may be shuttering over a hundred stores and just the knowledge of that is enough to make any employee scared, but remember we are trying to accelerate our digital business and everything that entails. Every employee has a... — read more
Full time hrs?
Week of January 24 just released ,I only have 4 days! Anyone else as an option 1 now scheduled about 30 hrs? What happened to 35 to 40 every week ?
SM sends me in
Most of the time when we have an irate customer my SM doesn’t want to deal with it even though she is specifically asked for. It doesn’t matter what I am doing, I have to drop it and tend to these customers because, as she says it, I have “value... — read more
Workload Execution Reinvent
I received an email regarding what did and didn't work last time they rolled this out. There were heavy cuts last time to colleagues in support. What does this mean for us this time? Are they going back to MTMs or getting rid of multi OVMS in the... — read more
Pay Day Change, WHY?
We usually get paid on a Friday. This week it's Wednesday. What could this mean?
best of comments board
its kind of makes me laugh after reading everyone else post about big ole M yet we do not even know each other or what store but have the same experience's.. so i gather a few comments to post here 1:I’ve only been at Macy’s for 2.5 years and I... — read more
Severance Package or job at different store?
If your store is closing what would you do?
CBS Press Release of Closing Stores
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/01/06/macys-m-is-closing-dozens-of-stores-this-year-heres-the-full-list.html
Any other areas impacted?
Is it just cuts to the stores? Surely there are redundancies in other areas of the business.
Palm Beach Gardens store a disgrace
So here is one of South Florida's premier shopping malls in a booming county with tons of money and all the faces of business, finance, music and entertainment you'd want as neighbors and yet the Macys store at the Gardens mall is a disgrace to the... — read more
What are your plans?
My store is on the list to be shuttered. I knew this day might come but to actually face it seems surreal. Are there others out there who feel as I do? I know I should have a backup plan and I do, somewhat. The thing is, I’ve been with the company... — read more
STORE CLOSURES...LIST
Dear colleagues, In early 2020, we announced that as an organization we would be closing a selection of our Macy’s store locations over a three-year period. Today, following a carefully constructed notification process, colleagues in 31 of our store... — read more
My store manager
My store manager took a “ leave “. Sounds like trying another job out till they quit. So Macy’s announced another 45 stores to be closed by mid 2021 and another 125 stores over next 3 years. That’s 170 out of 800 brings it to happy number of 630... — read more
Macy's is shuttering 45 more locations
The news just hit the media. Locations are yet to be named it appears
For The Closing Stores Question!
Does anyone know if we still be liquidated or of we will become dark stores? We were told liquidation starts Monday, but store manager couldn't answer the dark store comment. She didn't know. I know dark stores close.
Whatever the future holds
I don’t know about everyone else but I’m ready to get this show on the road. If my store is chosen to close so be it. I’ve been preparing for this for over a year. With the economy the way it is I know it may be difficult to find a replacement but... — read more
It’s not all doom & gloom
Looks like they’re kicking things off with a promotion announcement https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nata-dvir-named-macy-top-214835963.html
store executive cuts?
any word on cuts to the store executive team?
Store closures
Did they announce any store closures? I’m off today so couldn’t be at the big announcement for my store today.
How many stores will it take?
So we know that there are a lot of store closures coming up in the future. Does anyone think those closures will help in keeping the company afloat? Despite everything that M has been through I still believe it’s a good company, I still believe in... — read more
COVID Cases
My store has had 5 cases in the span of 2 days according to what HR wants us to believe. How about your store? Money hungry Macy's needs to shut down and disinfect. There is NO social distancing and mask enforcement is abysmal. (Going around with... — read more