Liquidation plans being put in place. Liquidation sale begins on February. Get out while you can. Don’t wait until after the holiday season.

Box office poison. I saw an article promoting our city's shopping mall and they didn't even mention our store. Wow, how the mighty have fallen. It's time to pack things up, Christina and don't forget the liquor.

Covid is ramping up. Gov’t is advising to stay away from in-store shopping especially big stores. BN stores not being cleaned properly given they let go cleaning staffs.

Has BN lost favor with publishers? Why didn’t they get the Deluxe autographed Promise Land book? Last year they had Becoming. Why are inventories so low? And why isn’t damaged unused merchandise being returned and instead given to employees? — read more 

I was fired in February in response to my co-worker going to my district manager and telling her every “inappropriate” thing I have basically done since I started the job. This co-worker hated me and was jealous of everything I have going for me... — read more 

Covid is spreading like crazy and everyone including employees is now freaking out. This is definitely end it for us. I hope everyone has saved up their money. This will be devastating for many. Good luck, everyone!

I hear liquidation Sale is being planned to begin in Feb. have you noticed your store isn’t getting in many new books?

For years BN hasn’t cared about the quality of employees. Filling full time positions with part timers to save a buck. The stores suffered for it and the customer took notice. A well run operation became pieced together with minimum wage minimally... — read more 

The managers will not tell you what is really going on. The regional managers don't tell your store managers everything either. I found out about the last huge layoff on this page a week before it happened, so don't say you haven't been warned!

I recently visited my old Barnes & Noble and things are looking pretty desperate. I remember during the furloughs the managers said there were certain people they would never ask to come back. But there they were, yacking on the floor doing nothing ... — read more 

I really had high hopes for Black Friday, but if my store is any indication of just how bad things are it's pretty safe to say we are done. Visually, we had maybe a quarter of the numbers (maybe less) of what we normally see on such a huge event. I... — read more 

The pandemic came for our vacations, our sports and our restaurants. And now, after weeks of speculation and guessing, analysts say it’s clear: Covid-19 has also claimed retail bellwether Black Friday. “It’s not Black Friday. It’s not people... — read more 

Sales are the worst they have ever been. Covid made it bad enough, the Cyber Attack scared away even more regular shoppers. This new Covid surge will definitely do us in. I heard our manager saying if we didn't really well this weekend, start... — read more 

Why even shop at brick and mortar stores anymore?

According to my manager (he was told this, this past week): Sales this weekend will determine just how soon the less productive stores close.

I’ve been at my store long enough to know that I am able to do my job without my SM breathing over my shoulder every second. I’m a grown woman who has common sense and knows how to manage company time very well thank you very much. It’s reached a... — read more 

How management treats their employees will determine the FATE of your store. If you treat us with respect and engage us with dignity that will make all the difference between a successful store and one that is failing. But when you mistreat us and... — read more 

What are your thoughts about potential Barnes and Noble Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

Any store trying to get their act together before black Friday sales? It seems nothing is getting done to make our store more “presentable” and I’m wondering if management will wait until the last minute to dump a boat load of cleaning tasks on us. ... — read more 

https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/news/local-news/2020/11/no-more-barnes-noble-at-wvncc/

Your job is to assure the location you are responsible for is run as smoothly as possible. One of those responsibilities is to assure that you have enough staff on hand for every shift. I realize that coworkers call in sick and you have to find a... — read more 

I've been hearing if counts keep climbing we may be forced to shutdown. Can anyone explain to me why stores have stopped taking customer's temperatures as the come in?

I come here to find out what's going on at the other stores, to see how it will affect us and if we'll be next to experience the wrath. How are all of you being treated? I know low-level management usually toughs it out and keeps it to themselves... — read more 

I have been with the company for many years and never once saw glue traps or heard about any mice, but lately I've been seeing them in the break room and office. I still have never seen or heard about any mice. Luckily I've never actually seen a... — read more 

Will Barnes & Noble have to shut down again due to the rise in Covid? This could be the end. Most people I know aren’t going into stores let alone big ones that aren’t cleaned properly like Barnes & Noble.

I’ve been at B&N a little under a year and I have to admit, I see what everyone is talking about on this board. I hate that we don’t have enough people to work the floors. I hate that getting my SM to engage in any questions I have is fruitless. I... — read more 

We've had an co-worker leave and the managers have been keeping it a secret. Everyone is freaking out because we suspect it's because of COVID.

Is your store having Black Friday specials? Are you hiring help for the holiday crowds?

Are you having BLack Friday specials? Adding staff to cover the holiday crowds?

Now we've turned into a joke nobody even mentions anymore when discussing major players in the business. I wonder what happened with the planned reorganization that was supposed to make us into a "great bookseller" once again? The only thing we're... — read more 

So many of us were treated badly at the Eastchester, Yonkers and White Plains stores and were laid off after being furloughed. So much talent and knowledge wasted. Time to condense these stores and shut them down.

Tell your stories of how well you're doing now that you've been away from B&N HELL! My new place treats us so well, they even give us gift cards for helping out and coming in when they need us. They keep checking to see how we're doing and if we... — read more 

What is the new Store Management Structure at B&N What has changed? When I worked there we had a Store Manager, one ASM and Two SIMs as well as a cafe Manager? How many stores are in a District now?

What's the point? Next announcement we get will either have to do with bankruptcy or liquidation. They've tried saving B&N in several ways. Adding drinks and snacks, selling the company, reducing the number of employees... None of it worked. The only... — read more 

I said it and I stick by it. If you weren’t cut you know you would have stayed until the bitter end. You’re just salty because you aren’t riding the clock, getting a paycheck like those of us who are still here. It s—s for you that you can’t let... — read more 

Everyone, including myself knows the direction BN is headed in. Once I had such faith and believed like others that haters are just trying to stir the pot, but now I realize this is a dying company that only cares about its bottom line. Of course I... — read more 

I went to a local BN, and they had a professional sign printed stating that they are hiring. I was astounded to say the least. It was right at the front door. I wonder if they asked all the furloughed and laid off employees back first? This is a... — read more 

BN is now price matching their own website. Of course they have been doing this for over a year and never announced it. They should be sued for not disclosing this information to the public. Down with Daunt, Riggio, BN.

And here goes another. https://www.telegram.com/news/20201023/barnes-amp-noble-latest-lincoln-plaza-store-closing-but-tj-maxx-may-be-on-way

Dear Barnes & Noble Customer, It is with the greatest regret we inform you that we were made aware on October 10, 2020 that Barnes & Noble had been the victim of a cybersecurity attack, which resulted in unauthorized and unlawful access to certain... — read more