Thread regarding Barnes & Noble layoffs

The company is not going under

stores have been closing. that isn't news. stores are also opening. when leases are up stores close. welcome to retail. covid expedited that process. the restructuring refers to management positions, specifically the SIM, and then the new "expert bookseller" positions who are also keyholders. do more for no extra pay. the company is not going under. yet. please stop spreading misinformation. no, I don't have a problem with "the formers". I've been employed there longer than many. and this company has been going down hill since 2011 when n–k was introduced. you could even say since 2007. the formers have nothing to do with it. many of them were good workers, some were wasting everyone's time. there are a handful of crazy people on this site who do a disservice to us all by spreading false info and posting "down with bn" every post. it's absolutely insane and not constructive. this is a site for rumors but they should be based in some kind of fact, not your own pathological obsession with the company that let you go THREE f-—g YEARS AGO.

I couldn't agree more, @wos+1an4DY5k.

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When these “formers” left , that started the accelerated downfall!
Managers know it. Some have admitted it.
The formers are all in new jobs. We’ll all be scrambling for the same jobs when BN finally goes completely under !

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Post ID: @9xhp+1apa5W65

i was there when the formers were there and I'm still there now. bn has been profitable the entire time. it is currently profitable. i

You’re doing yourself a disservice listening to your manager’s lies. But if that gets you through your life, have at it. But don’t expect us, who know the truth, to share your delusions.

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Post ID: @3jor+1apa5W65

The numbers do not lie. No matter what this person who can’t write a sentence says. Sales are way DOWN. This posturing that the company is operating profitability is pure fantasy.

See Sci Fi/ Fantasy section for how Barnes is doing. That is IF the part timers can shelve it in the right place !

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Post ID: @2ohw+1apa5W65

The numbers do not lie. No matter what this person who can’t write a sentence says. Sales are way DOWN. This posturing that the company is operating profitability is pure fantasy.

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i was there when the formers were there and I'm still there now. bn has been profitable the entire time. it is currently profitable. i know this hurts you to hear but it's a fact. 2018 was not a great year for the company. all you have to do is look at posts from this site from that year prior to the firings. if anything, things got slightly better after elliott management took over. if they hadn't, and this is an absolute fact, and the company had stayed public, bn would have closed two years ago. so put that in your pipe and f.....g smoke it loser.

What do you have ? A seventh grade education? No wonder you stay at BN. You couldn’t write a resume that would get you hired anywhere.

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Post ID: @2fdh+1apa5W65

i was there when the formers were there and I'm still there now. bn has been profitable the entire time. it is currently profitable. i know this hurts you to hear but it's a fact. 2018 was not a great year for the company. all you have to do is look at posts from this site from that year prior to the firings. if anything, things got slightly better after elliott management took over. if they hadn't, and this is an absolute fact, and the company had stayed public, bn would have closed two years ago. so put that in your pipe and f.....g smoke it loser.

Management or corporate lies.
You can’t even use punctuation and you claim to work in a book store. Have you ever read one? Just so you know, books have sentences and capitalization.
Go back to your office and misspell memos.

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Post ID: @2adb+1apa5W65

i was there when the formers were there and I'm still there now. bn has been profitable the entire time. it is currently profitable. i know this hurts you to hear but it's a fact. 2018 was not a great year for the company. all you have to do is look at posts from this site from that year prior to the firings. if anything, things got slightly better after elliott management took over. if they hadn't, and this is an absolute fact, and the company had stayed public, bn would have closed two years ago. so put that in your pipe and f–––––g smoke it loser.

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Post ID: @2lvo+1apa5W65

BN was profitable when the “formers” worked there. When over 3000 were fired, they made sure the customers & social media knew what was going on. This and the over 3000 employees friends and families stopped spending money at BN. My Manager and Regional even said , a couple months later, that our sakes losses were a result of the firing.
So bad mouth the formers all you want. They’ve gone on to other jobs. You’re still at BN . And it is going under.
I’ll say it again for all you spin doctors out there. BN WAS profitable with the “formers” and now, NOT profitable that YOU are there.
Truth hurts. Don’t it?!

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Post ID: @1eon+1apa5W65

The loser who keeps saying formers sounds like an 8 year old.

More like a little k▯d who lies when he’s caught. “ I didn’t do it. It was the formers”
No responsibility.

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Post ID: @1hoz+1apa5W65

The loser who keeps saying formers sounds like an 8 year old.

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Post ID: @1biu+1apa5W65

The formers are a very shrill and Uninformed bunch.

The company was profitable when they were there. Now that you’re there- not so much.
Stop hating on your betters. If you stepped up you might have remained profitable.

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Post ID: @ikt+1apa5W65

Look who’s talking. If you’re at BN you can’t afford your own place. Nice try . Mommy has your juice box ready for you.

Truth !

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Post ID: @fls+1apa5W65

All of their predictions never come to fruition, yet they still repeat the same headline topics from mom and dads basement apartment

Look who’s talking. If you’re at BN you can’t afford your own place. Nice try . Mommy has your juice box ready for you.

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Post ID: @grt+1apa5W65

The formers are a very shrill and Uninformed bunch.

All of their predictions never come to fruition, yet they still repeat the same headline topics from mom and dads basement apartment.

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Post ID: @tnp+1apa5W65

If it's not going down, show us your sales here! Come on, PROVE IT!
Because I know store managers and they're saying they don't know how they'll make payroll, every stinkin week!

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