Keep posting the new closures to drive down these corporate troll posts. We need a list of the closures.
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@1lxs Love to know what Sears you work at because in mine (Southern CA) majority of the employees make minimum wage. People that have been in the company for a decade got one raise and thats it after that its all raises forced by the government. Hell even the lead that was their like an year ago was making $2 bucks over minimum wage. Minimum wage caught up and he didn't get a raised other than staying in minimum wage. He was pissed being a lead and making minimum wage he had no perks what so ever just more work to do.
In my store whoever still makes good money are the ASM and Manager. Next inline is Mattresses/Appliances (tools doesnt count because I have talked to some associates that worked in tools forever and they would sell a lot that they sometimes wouldn't see the suppose commission on their paycheck).
I am sorry to hear of more store closing. My store was closed last March. To all of the employees affected by the closing, try and work all the overtime you can. Check on your severance and vacation time. Look at your 401(k) and pension, please do not rush and make decision that you will regret in the long run. Give your self time to process this information. God be with you all.
dont blame an increase in minimum wages killing Sears . Stronger competition pays more than Sears already and makes money.
This isn't the complete list. There is a NJ store missing.
Here's a link to the thread he's talking about and he's right. Everyone on there claimed they made way more than minimum wage and only a loser would work for that level of pay, no one at my store makes that theyre all in the low 20's blah blah blah :
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PXdbV2A
At my Sears store most everyone but the Leads & Mangers make minimum wage. Some long time employees make a dollar or two above minimum but that's it. They should be making $5 OR $6 above but they weren't elevated when our state raised the minimum wage so they essentially lost most of their earned pay increases.
I don't know what Sears YOU are at but here in California all minimum wage. There is a small commission structure for appliances and hardware but largely unattainable at the dramaticly reduced foot traffic that has become the norm. Mattresses has a slightly better structure but - again - to support one's self is out of the question.
Most folks in our store are either supplementing SSI, a spouse's income or are young and in school. Anyone whose sole support has either left already or is seriously interviewing.
No one at sears makes minimum wage, why would that matter?
Read the post from last week entitled “why don’t. You quit?” They scoffed at $17 an hour, said they couldn’t afford to live on that. Then railed about what ash*tty place it is to work and how they cant find another job cause they’re too old or can’t afford the pay cut.
So obviously minimum wage is irrelevant.
Min wage in Oregon and Washington has gone through the roof as well. Very surprised no store up here have been announced this time.
@1lfg was shocked that those 2 states havent mentioned anything, but I know closing in CA is going to happen maybe the are delaying for profit reasons. CA for sure has to close some minimum wage is going up this January and our gasoline went up expect that to slow our damn economy in CA.
@Q3UqrKD-vds I was about to say that it was odd that there was neither CA nor NY stores, two of the most expensive states to run any sort of business, more so in CA. So in laments terms, they don't want to announce it yet because it is going to make them look worse?
After the listed closings we are now down to 453 K-Marts, from a peak of more than 2,100. The worlds slowest liquidation in history continues....
There are additional store closures planned in New York and California but are not yet publicly announced for regulatory purposes related to adverse job reductions. Expect these later this month. Stores will operate normally with clearance sales only commencing in January.
The full list is already out in the media: http://wtvr.com/2017/11/02/sears-kmart-closing/
Kmart 7200 Us Highway 431 Albertville AL
Kmart 1214 E Florence Blvd Casa Grande AZ
Kmart 26996 Us Hwy 19 N Clearwater FL
Kmart 6050 Highway 90 Milton FL
Kmart 901 Us 27 North Sebring FL
Kmart 156 Tom Hill Senior Blvd Macon GA
Kmart 144 Virginia Ave South Tifton GA
Kmart 1203 Cleveland Road Dalton GA
Kmart 3101 East 17Th Street Ammon ID
Kmart 1006 N Keller Drive Effingham IL
Kmart 2606 Zion Road Henderson KY
Kmart 230 L Roger Wells Blvd Glasgow KY
Kmart 501 Marsailles Road Versailles KY
Kmart 1300 Us Hwy 127 S Frankfort KY
Kmart 41601 Garfield Road Clinton Twp MI
Kmart 200 Capital Ave Sw Battle Creek MI
Kmart 2125 S Mission Street Mt Pleasant MI
Kmart 1547 Highway 59 South Thief River Falls MN
Kmart 2233 N Westwood Blvd Poplar Bluff MO
Kmart 16200 East Us Hwy 24 Independence MO
Kmart 1400 S Limit Avenue Sedalia MO
Kmart 3901 Lemay Ferry Road St Louis MO
Kmart 1130 Henderson Drive Jacksonville NC
Kmart 1292 Indiana Avenue St. Marys OH
Kmart 14901 Lorain Avenue Cleveland OH
Kmart 2830 Navarre Road Oregon OH
Kmart 4475 Mahoning Ave Austintown OH
Kmart 1249 North High Street Hillsboro OH
Kmart 3382 Birney Plaza Moosic PA
Kmart 2830 Gracy Center Way Moon Township / Coraopolis PA
Kmart 3319 North Susquehanna Trail Shamokin Dam PA
Kmart 22631 Route 68 Clarion PA
Kmart 1815 6 Ave Se Aberdeen SD
Kmart 530 Donelson Pike Nashville TN
Kmart 560 South Jefferson Avenue Cookeville TN
Kmart 1806 N Jackson Street Tullahoma TN
Kmart 4520 W 7 Street Texarkana TX
Kmart 4715 Nine Mile Road Richmond VA
Kmart 300 Towne Centre Drive Abingdon VA
Kmart 3311 Riverside Drive Danville VA
Kmart 2315 Wards Road Lynchburg VA
Kmart 111 Division St North Stevens Point WI
Kmart 800 Grand Central Avenue Vienna WV
Kmart 1287 Winchester Avenue Martinsburg WV
Kmart 301 Beckley Plaza Beckley WV
Sears* 1701 Mcfarland Blvd E Tuscaloosa AL
Sears* 5111 Rogers Avenue Fort Smith AR
Sears* 4201 N Shiloh Drive Fayetteville AR
Sears* Fiesta Mall Mesa AZ
Sears* Greeley Mall Greeley CO
Sears* 8020 Mall Pkwy Lithonia GA
Sears* 1709 Baytree Road Valdosta GA
Sears* Berkshire Mall Lanesboro (Pittsfield) MA
Sears* 7885 Eastern Blvd Baltimore MD
Sears* 1200 Us Rt 22 Phillipsburg NJ
Sears 2999 E College Avenue State College PA
Sears* 300 Lycoming Mall Circle Pennsdale/Muncy PA
Sears* 2334 Oakland Ave Indiana PA
Sears 4000 Sunset Mall San Angelo TX
Sears* 4600 S Medford Dr Lufkin TX
Sears* 754 S State Street Salt Lake Cty UT
Sears* 114 Southpark Circle Colonial Hts VA
Sears 1400 Del Range Blvd Cheyenne WY
I couldn't access the list.
Trust me most corporate folks haven't heard of the closings either....I haven't until reading this post.
Welp, my Kmart has dodge another bullet. I'm actually surprised no CA stores were closing because our wage is going up to $11 an hour starting Jan. 1st. Guess they are waiting until after the 4th Quarter, which is probably going to be very UGLY.
Still though, another 45 closed, not good man, not good. Plus I think they even omitted a few that closed and not on the list. So it's probably closer to 50 closed.
Stock is up 5% today because of the closure announcements... gotta keep the stock above $5 or the institutional investors will dump.
Summary compiled from @oac's link:
45 Kmarts closing: AL: 1, AZ: 1, FL: 3, GA: 3, ID: 1, IL: 1, KY: 4, MI: 3, MN: 1, MO: 4, NC: 1, OH: 5, PA: 4, SD: 1, TN: 3, TX: 1, VA: 4, WI: 1, WV: 3.
18 Sears closing: AL: 1, AR: 2, AZ: 1, CO: 1, GA: 2, MA: 1, MD: 1, NJ: 1, PA: 3, TX: 2, UT: 1, VA: 1, WY: 1
Good post OP. Sears, like many companies now, is actively engaged in trying to hide the truth from the public.
SOOOO many layoffs going on that corporations are trying to hide. Even tho Sears' failure is public, it's far worse than they're admitting.
http://searsholdings.com/docs/110217_store_closing_list.pdf
some of closing stores have been on prior lists