This is the face of your America now!
Corporate riches are more important than people keeping jobs and making a decent living.
They turned over the decisions to a computer?
b---s---...
Someone still has to interpret those decisions and someone made a program to come to those decisions.
It's as impersonal as you can get and Lowe's can say:
"Hey, it was based on metrics, a computer. We really do value our employees."
They did this in 2002or 03 used a computer and a ranking to determine your worth. I didn't score high enough. Had been a co-manager and ran all the zones. As a DM I ran Millwork, plumbing,electric,garden,lumber. Ran delivery for a yr. Since my score wasn't high enough I was offered overnight stocking manager.Had to do that for over a yr. Then worked my way back to Operations Manager. Got sick of it all in 2006 and left. My heart goes out to all of you. Lowes was such a great company for the people in the 90's. May you all find a better place. Believe in yourself.