just a question. Our store is the lowest paid employeer in our area. Walmart. Target, Macdonalds, Taco Bell, Wendys, Chick fil-a, Dollar Store, 7-11, restaurants, grocery store, gas station, movie theather, car wash, city dump, etc all pay more that... — read more 

www.dictionary.com/browse/mutiny Mutiny definition is revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers. I am real close to mutiny @ my store.

Oddball question. Given that Sears and Kmarthave all but eliminated LP (Loss Prevention), could that be a sign that corporate is quietly encouraging theft, in order to reduce inventory? There is an accounting cost for carrying inventory, and if the... — read more 

Its a sinking ship but we still won't leave . a few of us have been with the company for many years and many come and go . why is it the ones who break their back for this company get treated like booboo . and others well special privileges. If they... — read more 

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/09/08/kmart-is-using-a-strange-trick-to-hide-its-empty-shelves/21468126/ Stock keeps falling ever since the earnings ( I mean the loss ) report came out. Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) Add to Watch List Set Alert... — read more 

No announcements or changes. Is the company just going to let these Kmart stores rot? We have almost no employees, yet the head office wants everything done. The service desk is the only register open most of the time. We don't have very many... — read more 

where is that info? vendor portal doesn't seem to refer to phase of store. I just know I'm tired everyday and know it is unhealthy to live life in the mode we do now. And holiday shopping hasn't got going yet. Today was another huge truck and panic... — read more 

Has anyone heard a date as when the new zone supervisor jobs will begin at the Sears store levels? All we know in my store us that all current softline leads,we have two,and the one ASM had to apply for one of the new positions,but no one knows when... — read more 

Effective 1/1/17 Sears Holdings Corporation stock fund will be closed to new investments. The company has concluded that recent changes in the law in this area have introduced new legal uncertainties and risk. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Sounds... — read more 

If it can borrow against a portion of its inventory, sells off innovel solutions and its unencumbered real estate it can survive for a couple more years. Thats if cash burn remains the same and pension liabilities do not increase.

This does not have anything to do with closings or layoff,but I'm sure we have some long timers on here! When we sold electronics years ago we had one that had our brand name(think Kenmore, diehard craftsman) I can not for this life on me remember... — read more 

Problem with shipments due to bankruptcy. https://www.yahoo.com/news/hanjin-bankruptcy-causes-global-shipping-chaos-retail-fears-002837676--finance.html

did any of you wonder what happened with the great new manager that ask us to hang on? (older post from a month or so) End of the story is he could not get past DM. Our DM is straight from Lucifer himself . I can only imagine what he (dm) (and I... — read more 

Here we go again. Today 2 of the leads 1 hardlines another softlines was told that they have even more work to do. They were both told now they will have all the responsibilities of a 300 (ASM). Softlines lead was told that all of softlines now also... — read more 

I haven't been let go. But, it was the worst day. I was talked to like I was a total incompetent by the store manager (for being behind on everything). Everybody is behind on everything I thought. I didn't say much back because...it was a case of a... — read more 

Sears is bringing back the paint department in select stores. One of the reasons they abandoned paint was that it is a very labor intensive department. How will they manage to run that department with their current minimal staffing?... — read more 

An interesting comment from a retail analyst on the value of Kmart as a business unit... Kmart is “the more interesting part of the business, but because of the problems and issues with Kmart, they are not going to get what they would want for it,”... — read more 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/business/dealbook/edward-lampert-and-his-white-whale-sears.html?_r=0 interesting but doesn't make any difference to us who do the work.

People are complaining all of the time about the conditions of the stores, with pay, work hours, working conditions, benefits, policies, morale, and job security all being sources of concern. Given that your skills are transferable to other... — read more 

Anybody think I'll get it? It's been a long time (8-9 years). At least, I could ask.

Here is an article about Sears using quotes from posts on this forum. People are taking notice of what we have to say! http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-workers-reveal-bad-workplace-2016-8

That is coming. Perhaps the last big one on a recent Thurs was a dry run. Maybe that's how they'll get out of bankruptcy by saying 'oh, well system failure'

Just wanted to find out if any corporate people are on this board who can give us some real, truthful information about this company. We hear so much from our DM and then we hear something else from our SM and then something else from the boards... — read more 

The associates found out yesterday that the store is closing. Sept.9 starts the liquidation process. Finished by the end of December.

is this inventory something that the company has fully paid for? will it include inventory from potentially several years ago that just hasn't sold? what is an estimate of what the inventory is really worth? is the $5.9 billion the costs they paid or... — read more 

I was just wondering if the people at corporate really believe the things they tell us or are they just trying to keep their jobs. Day after day I see on Pebble and have conference calls where I hear the people in charge telling us how we are going... — read more 

anyone have an idea of how many of the remaining 1500 stores the company owns outright? we know seritage own 235, plus they have used some other stores as collateral and sold some off this past quarter so maybe that takes us to 300 stores. So of the... — read more 

Why is it that only during the store closing sales they give the store unlimited payroll? Like fulltime and part time employees can work 40+ hours a week, and they do not care about OT? They staff the stores like they use to during a closing sale... — read more 

I just don't want to do it anymore

Is everyone looking forward to "Black Friday"? Having to deal with crashed registers lines and angry customers? No employees? Has anyone even set Halloween or Christmas?? I bet everyone is looking forward to the Christmas holiday H E L L

...how much longer till the plug is pulled? I guess at Kmart a raise is out of the question. It has been many years with no raise. Just more work load. At our store we cannot have anymore work put on us. We can't keep on like we are either. Fire the... — read more 

Has anyone heard what the pay structure will be for the new zone supervisor positions at Sears stores that replacing the current ASM positions? I cannot believe that they will be the same pay and benefit package that current ASM are receiving, if so... — read more