When will there be more cuts of full time positions? We all know they want to get rid of as many as they can as fast as they can, so I'm pretty sure we won't have to wait for too long. Somebody referred to this as Walmarting of Lowe's in another thread and I think that person hit the nail on the head. That's the end goal here. It'd just be good to know when exactly the next round will start, to be prepared for it (as much as we can.)
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They got rid of one full-time in my department last month. Leaves us with two, and no part timers at all, in a $60 million store. Management picks off the low hanging fruit, those who are late beyond the six minutes of tolerance, dbecause it is so easy to back up with statistics off Kronos. Corporate dies not care how it is done. They just want people gone.
Totally false
This was verified today when asking my district manager of why a certain employee still has a job, he said "associates above a certain pay threshold are being let go next month, it's smarter to just wait and let him go with everyone else". Now we know why we have been getting more part timers in the past month.
Totally agree with the previous posts regarding District/Market/Area positions- jaws would drop if most hourly associates truly knew what these positions pay versus the value (lack of) they bring in versus what most store employee's make. An absolute waste of money- many tenured positions bring in solid Six figures yet so many stores can barely make their payroll while having bare bones floor coverage.
More cuts are coming, rest assured of that. And those that are spared in the stores will have tremendously increased workloads and responsibilities. The soon-to-be $15.00/hr minimum wage is one big thing that is driving this.
*More self-checkouts and other automation is everywhere. Its a one time cost for the organization, never calls in, no benefits, does not complain and is there 24/7. A majority of consumers actually prefer it. Folks who believe they are going to make 50K a year ringing people up at a terminal are simply fooling themselves. The turn over rate, pay and workload will phase out this type of retail position in most environments. Home Depot suffers some high shortage $$$ in certain stores because of self check out, yet they even continue to move forward. Flame this post if you like, but that's the way its going in all of retail, even my local McDonalds has it.
The pink slips start in febuary.
The company sees what is coming on the horizon–the $15.00/hr minimum wage–and one way they are going to react is by CUTTING JOBS, especially full-time positions. Having to pay absolutely everyone in the building this amount scares them to death, and the one legal loophole around it is to simply reduce full-time headcount and bring in more self-checkouts and other automation.
The entire area/market staff, other than maybe the market director and area HR, is dead weight. I’m talking market pro and market merch mgrs. In all my time with the company I never saw these guys do anything substantive—mostly just fire off emails and go to lunch with the store mgrs and market directors—and held accountable for NOTHING while they sit back and make $60-$80k/year.
Maybe eliminate market teams instead if store level associates. There is a District Pro Sales Mgr in our market that does nothing, and brings zero to the table.
It already happened in my dept, they got rid of one full time associate
Why wait?