This might turn out to be a furlough just in name

I had a personal experience with this when I was still with JCP in 2017. The store I worked at was closed for 5 days after a hurricane impacted my state. While we were paid for the 5 day store closure, associate hours were cut severely afterwards and took almost a month to recover. Now compare that a 2 month nationwide closure of stores. How do you think that is going to end?

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. This is a great opportunity for the company to sneak in many negative changes unnoticed since everybody is laying off and there is no usual media attention or scrutiny.

I guess now we have to wait and see. And stress, as usual.

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jc penny is another typical discount retail store where sales employees slave to make $10 an hour and the regional managers makes $250,000 and works three days a week. What a friggin joke.

I’m the original poster of the quote that you posted. I believe this won’t end well because anyone who works at JCP for any amount of time knows how things go.

The JCP playbook is to cut costs to the bone. I could see maybe half of all associates being called back for 15 hours a week max. Exempt employees may be asked to accept pay reductions or face termination. Store closures and layoffs will probably accelerate.

JCP employees have a lot to consider. Good thing unemployment benefits are being strengthened.

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