Has anyone else heard this rumor? I'm a neighborhood store (i know we are circling the drain) but how common it is to close a store in the 3rd quarter before Christmas.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-10/billionaire-sheds-macy-s-after-making-millions-on-stock-surge All y’all thought that Czech billionaire was going to come in and change Macy’s and he took his profits and bounced, we all know... — read more 

Check you pay stubs folks ,my merit increase is gone ! I am very disappointed in Macy’s 😞

Got the (Call) and glad to be thought of but if I’d have to do it over the first thing I’m suggesting you ask before any other words are said is.. What are my options?? If I say no at this time will I be called back at all?...when and if the time... — read more 

any other NJ Execs having issues with Unemployment? Many of Us I have spoken to we were coded incorrectly and receiving the bare minimum (as if we were a contractor). Multiple tickets opened with HR Yielded the response "we made an error- have NJ... — read more 

Has anyone heard when Macy's will go back to regular hours?

“Benefits paid through end of June” so if not called back by end of June does that mean layoffs for those not called back? Will they extend through July? Will they allow workers to pay for their benefits through July,August..... etc to buy time? — read more 

Are H-1B workers underpaid, or does their compensation match industry standards? That’s a key question debated by the Economic Policy Institute and the Cato Institute, both of which have done deep dives into H-1B salaries over the past several... — read more 

Havent heard anything really since March

In the stores that are opening who is doing the schedules? Has the SWST, former DMET been called back to work? I heard AST supervisors got editing access back to change schedules.

Is Big ticket busy in stores that opened already? Are customers more reluctant to try mattresses?

What is the plan if any sales associates are found with this?

Macy’s Inc said on Monday it raised a total of $4.5 billion, including $3.15 billion in new borrowings against its real estate assets, as the department store chain tries to navigate through the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Shares of the... — read more 

My store is opening on June 15 but I haven’t heard from anyone. Is there a method to call backs ?

Has anyone heard the status? After closing Arizona in early February I cannot see a bunch off layoffs coming since they had hundreds of positions they wanted to fill in Ohio and Florida as of early March. I think they would at a minimum need to keep... — read more 

Who got taken back in your department? Counter managers? Full time/part time? Flex? How many people are working? How is business now that we can’t do any product demonstrations?

Anyone have info on how recall process is working for Big ticket?

Does anyone have any insight regarding the benefits being extended past the end of June?

Support team hours have changed from 5am till 2 o’clock to 8 to 5. Being told that this is the schedule indefinitely. Is any others hearing the same or something different? When we were called back last week it was communicated that it was short... — read more 

As a manager we are being told that all PTO requests will be coming to us from our colleagues and we’re being told by the VPSM to deny them. I was told as an executive who was furloughed for 4 weeks that we cannot take a full week of PTO at once and... — read more 

Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco, LA and a couple of other stores that were looted especially the ones they took bonds on, they will sell the real estate instead

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My store is opening back up on June 15th. While I don’t know if I’ll be recalled (yet), is it possible to be exempted if you are or live with someone immunocompromised (in this case my mom) and remain furloughed?

https://companyblog.jcpnewsroom.com/storeclosings/ Bankrupted J.C. Penney announced Thursday the list of the 154 stores it plans to close this summer, with store closing sales kicking off June 12. It said it will announce additional closures... — read more 

So happy it will reopen, even though I know I won’t get called back (part time Flex). My coworkers are anxious to return to some kind of normal!

Wondering if anyone who has been on the calls has any idea whether colleagues being brought back from furlough are relatively safe from looming layoffs? Specifically SM/sales supervisor positions? Also if a sales supervisor came back as a regular... — read more 

Will Current PTO re:full time/years of service continue rest of fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021..,,,etc

To be transparent here, I am currently furloughed myself and have multiple contacts at a high level who are currently active. Based on what I hear an accurate guess is probably that 25% of currently furloughed corporate employees will return when... — read more 

Dear Herald Square store colleagues, You may have seen on the news that Herald Square was breached during the civil unrest in our city last night. The damage to our store was minimal and we were able to quickly apprehend the suspects and secure... — read more 

Macy’s leadership actually telling stores to barricade store fire exits At closing due to break ins/looters is beyond reprehensible. They better pray nothing happens with a fire fighter getting trapped in one of their buildings.

Reliable sources are saying a large round of layoffs are coming before August the fall budget begins. Unconfirmed but signs pointing to: RDOS, VISUAL, OPS/AP, HR only in region structure No Divisions Merch and Visual merge SM cuts... — read more 

Has anyone heard from their store manager yet for the second round of recalls?

What rule did it violate? I genuinely wanted to know what brand were the desk chairs at mtech sf because I want it for my home office and can’t try out a bunch of new chairs.

That seems to be the max at my store right now. What's the situation like elsewhere?

Macys Herald Square 34th street looted. Not by Black Lives Matters protestors but by the 3rd party looters. Very sad

This is a very different mentality from other large stores facing industry headwinds. Department stores like JCPenney and Macy’s have long had difficulty growing their e-commerce businesses in a way that offset declining foot traffic. While many... — read more 

If anyone remembers, what brand were the desk chairs at mtech sf?They were comfortable. Looked like Herman Miller chairs, but I think they were around $500 each, not over $1000.

I'll say it, even if it might catch me some flack. Macy's might not be the perfect place to work but it's a job and it certainly beast sitting at home day in, day out wondering what's going to happen if I lose my job in this economy. So yes, I'm... — read more 

Hello I’m a supervisor and have not been called back in yet. My store are reopens tomorrow with reduced hours. I’m the only “supervisor” in a store with two sales managers and two floor leads. A person on my team called to ask if I was coming back... — read more