if you work at Belk and are subject to subpar pay, terrible working conditions, disrespectful managers, or overall “burnout” with no signs of appreciation from the company, I highly encourage you to join your fellow retail workers at Hot Topic which... — read more
Stand Up, Speak Out or shut up and get back to work
One of our sister companies shows leadership. ‘You cannot pay your workers in passion’: Hot Topic workers walk out, leave viral letter calling out low wages 'We cannot support ourselves and our families.' “We’re getting just an outpour, an insane... — read more
belks customers
belk went from Malory Archer type customers to Roseanne Bar type customers
Holiday 2021
Stores are looking great for this holiday season! We’re ready for DH visit and I can’t wait to meet him and show how proud of the team we have and what we do! One Belk!
Schedule now posted one day In advance
Yes, we have been instructed to post the following week schedule one or two days in advance, but this increases call outs at my store as some associates have to make child care arrangements, others have doctors appointments, all PTO goes unreviewed... — read more
Customers now asking about store closings on Belk sites
"Belk is it true this location (Morehead city, nc) is closing at the end of the year?" Posted on Belk's FB page. LOL...another classic is a sweater featured on the FB site and ....ooopsie...it is not available...you'd think at very least they'd... — read more
Allegedly a possible Discrimination lawsuit
A serious discrimination lawsuit is allegedly a brewin’. A former belk store manager is allegedly claiming they were instructed to “overwork” certain older employees in hopes they would quit. they are also allegedly claiming that Belk is hiring and... — read more
Allegedly a possible Discrimination lawsuit
A serious discrimination lawsuit is allegedly a brewin’. A former belk store manager is allegedly claiming they were instructed to “overwork” certain older employees in hopes they would quit. they are also allegedly claiming that Belk is hiring and... — read more
Is anywhere worse than here?
I'm here for just a few more days, but I have a feeling that every day is as long as a year, it has become so miserable to work here. Very quickly I got an offer that is much better than the job here. I don't understand why I stayed here so long... — read more
Belk= Awful place to work
This place has gone from bad to terrible. One belk is complete bulls****!!
Wake up associates they're closing
Why do you think big wigs came to visit your store? Get a clue You are being played by your manager
Managers quit at two of Belk’s largest volume stores
Store Managers have walked out at two of Belk’s Largest doors. myrtle beach-coastal grand. And Birmingham riverchase galleria. Now the stores have a store manager vacancy.
When will chapter 7 liquidation begin?
As anyone who has studied private equity retail knows they keep a business on average five years before dumping it and moving on to the next investment, well as everyone knows that time is up for Sycamore and Belk and coincidentally this is also the... — read more
Flotown belk is where’s it at, bettlejuice is the queen of bojangles
one belk means doing someone else’s job for no pay. It’s a total and complete joke, yet some desperate associates fall for it and will continue to do the jobs of three people. This is as bad as retail can get, and despite corporate saying they... — read more
Is it “one belk” for everyone or just a select few?
Has anyone noticed that job duties and expectations are not evenly distributed? All some associates do is pick orders from 8-4, others have to do merchandising, ring sales, get credit, clean fitting rooms, some just stand at the BOPUS counter and... — read more
Adam orvos now CFO of Ross after he got outta Belk
Adam orvos got out of belk a few years ago, he knew what was going to happen, now he is CFO of Ross Stores. It’s interesting how everyone who “retires” mysteriously surfaced in other jobs within a year.
I doubt Nir Patel, corporate or store managers read these posts
Belk Ceo,corporate, and store managers only care about how they benefit, their bonuses, trips, and their income. There is no concern for associates you mean nothing to these money hungry parasites. All the money they have cannot change or protect... — read more
Schedule not posted in reasonable time
Schedule not posted until Friday before the following week. Only two days before. Is this happening at other stores?
Five associates quit in three days!
Help! My store had five associates quit in three days! Is anyone else going through this? Belk needs to start pay at $15 everywhere!
I want to be a good employee, but..
No matter how much I work, no matter how engaged I am, it seems that for Belk I will never be a good employee like those who work only the bare minimum and are mostly engaged in gossip, spreading bad vibes, backstabbing, etc. At Belk, values have... — read more
Company testing our limits
I’ve been working in retail for years and for all these years I don’t believe I’ve been as tired anywhere as I was last week here. I was so tired I could barely work even on autopilot. Basically, this is a good company if you want to test your... — read more
Everyone working at Belk should have read this page by now
If a store manager, RVP, or even STM for that matter has not read this board, they are very ill informed. This page speaks the truth. And it lets associates know the dirty, dark secrets of Belk’s.
Impose yourself to succeed
Some people just know how to impose themselves, even what little they do makes them look like they’re doing a huge job and somehow get the boss to really think that’s the case. On the other hand, there are people who break down from work, work much... — read more
Associates leaving Snellville Belk
Goodbye to those who are leaving store184, the best of luck to you, another company will recognize your superior work ethics.
Frenzied, frantic atmosphere...always a “new” urgent emergency. It never ends.
Our store always has a frantic atmosphere. they is always some type of urgent emergency. Managers are run ragged having to be at the store at 6 or 7am. Lines are consistently long and they never have enough help. Now employees are asked to work six... — read more
Racism at Belk...
Let's talk about it. I know I'm not the only one that deals with it not only from customers...but from co-workers alike. Worst of all...management keeps telling me it's all in my head and that quote "they're not racist, you're just sensitive"...
Quote of the Day for Belk Employees
“YOU CAN FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CANT FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME”. —Abraham Lincoln
Belk has only a couple of years left in it
No chance it'll be standing past 2025. You can't run a company so badly and not expect to pay the price at some point.
Holiday sales won't meet the expectations?
I see that many here think that holiday sales will not meet the expectations. Would love to know what the arguments are for such opinion or is there just a lot of bitter employees here? I’m bitter too, but I’m not that pessimistic. — read more
belk wants new hires to run old associates off
My store has a new hire who acts like she has worked for the company for 20 years. We also have a new hire manager who said she will be CEO of Belk one day. Talk about delusional. Batshit crazy.
Anyone else have a store of new hires? All the long term employees quit
I realized that all of my employees are hired within the last year, and most within the last six months or less. I’ve never seen a Belk will all new hires. The writing is on the wall crystal clear. Take warning managers, it does not look promising. — read more
Where will Belk be in 2022?
2021 brought us “one belk”, Lisa Harper’s resignation, Chapter 11, Nir Patel’s promotion, thousands of customer complaints, but no store closures thus far, what will 2022 bring?
Belk launches apparel brand Wonderly
If it ain't broke, why mess with it. This new label is as you know replacing New Directions. A brand Belk spent the better part of two decades building up. Of course like many things, they kinda ruined ND by over doing embellishments and of late... — read more
What it feels like to work at Belk.......
I’m a store manager.....Working at Belk I Feel like I’m a dung beetle pushing a pile of 💩 po-p up a hill.
Who Really Benefits From The Charity Sale And Presell?
How much of the money really goes to charity? We have trust issues with you You want us to sale charity tickets, and presell, assigning each person to make the goal of thousands for you, and we get rewarded with some giftcards? Seriously, the... — read more
Retail sales up
Retail sales up near 16%, yoy, excluding auto. Is you store up high teens or more?
10/15/21 national strike
https://octoberstrike.com/ I know some can’t afford to take this kind of action but still a good read and help get the word out
Toys R Us and Belk are almost identical in their business practices
Having worked as toys r us and now belk, the business practices, management style, the vibe in the store, almost everything is identical to the way toys r us was running things weeks and months before they went out of business. I urge everyone at... — read more
DOES YOUR BELK USE BULLETIN BOARDS TO RATE EMPLOYEES AS LOSERS?
Bulletin boards at Store 0184 are displayed with employees who don't meet emails as being dunces and losers. Obviously whomever participated in this type of degradation are dunces. If you had any common sense you'd know the location demographics are... — read more