Full disclosure here, this is just my opinion after working for this company for over ten years. I expect the company will enact another reorganization, most likely at the end of the fiscal year. I make this statement after having watched several cycles of this BS. Every 3-4 years the “leaders” of our company start getting anxious about cutting costs and the only real idea any of them have is eliminating staff and payroll. It’s the easiest, laziest and most unimaginative way of managing costs and seems to be fully embraced by Lowe’s corporate.
I could be wrong. I hope I am but honestly, I doubt it. You can see it in their eyes on every Lowedown broadcast. They’re running out of tricks to jack up the stock price and that’s all that truly matters to these guys. I remember that every time I see another nauseating podcast by Marvin. How much this guy gives a damn about us is inversely proportional to how much time he spends talking about it and d@mn does he like to talk about it. It raises the hair on the top of my head. It’s that feeling you get when you’re in the room with a sociopath who has just chopped up a neighbor. His plastic smile never stops and you just know that something is very wrong here.
So, just be prepared for a special meeting around the end of January or early February. When the managers walk in with their script on paper and a look like someone just sh0t their dog, you’ll know you’re about to have a great day.
Good Luck.