Happy Easter everyone. I hope you are having a great time with your family and friends today. Tomorrow will be returns, returns, and more returns.
Belk C-Suite executive office turmoil
Rumor is there is friction in the c suite executive office. It’s a Cat fight y’all. Nobody can stand each other and everyone is blaming everyone else for the sinking ship.
I quit Macy's to join Belk
Never in a million years did I think I’d be saying this, but I fu---d up.
Mirror image of toys r us
Toys r us did this exact same thing about a year before total liquidation
I won't be surprised if we close soon
I can't speak for other locations, but our foot traffic has dropped so much that sometimes it feels like I'm in a cartoon, watching tumbleweeds roll across the floor. Yes, that's an exaggeration, but if it keeps going like this, soon it won't be. I... — read more
Corporate staff leaving
The past month there has been a large amount of Buyers/planners that are quitting or have been laid off. Up to 40% in some FOBs. Everyone guarantees that positions will be backfilled, however, no positions are posted
Rumor on the street is the CMO Mary Anne is leaving
Some will blame it on not wanting to move. Not sure I would take it as a good sign
Belk setting up for a sale
Every part of me is screaming that this is setting up for a sale. Private equity is urging that we cut staffing to the bare bones to save money on the bottom line. This makes it attractive to others to purchase since the profit/cost ratio is beefed... — read more
Fake fake fake fake fake fake fake fake fake
Upper management is fake nice because they know everyone wants to quit.
Culture here is toxic
Poverty wages, egomaniac managers, and a special kind of incompetence that somehow keeps getting promoted. The turnover rate says it all.
Quiz the puppet masters!!
I want to highlight the issue of our reduced store hours, particularly for those taking on extra responsibilities. While your dedication is appreciated, increased effort during these limited hours may lead to unrealistic expectations. It's... — read more
Tom Harvey
How many of you all are getting a tom Harvey visit this month ?
Beauty advisors & counter managers quitting en masse
Belk as a company is struggling trying to keep counter managers and beauty associates as some stores are seeing entire beauty teams quit together. The number of job openings company wide for beauty associates and managers is staggering.
Explain this one
Gotta keep up appearances https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/charlotte-hornets-partner-with-hometown-retailer-belk/ar-AA1CvHil
Belk will be cleaning house with RVP’S
If you are an RVP and have seen unproductive store managers not making metrics I’m your region, pack your bags, your time is up.
Belk 532 southern pines NC looses store manager
532 southern pines NC. Store manager gone.
Belk #54 Georgia square store manager steps down
Belk 54 Athens ga. Store manager has “stepped down”
Raise anyone?
Can anyone honestly say if you got a raise yet this year? We usually get them mid march and I have earned my .24 cents per hour raise! 🙄
Is everyone just faking it? Or do some believe the BS?
Does anyone actually believe their regional Vp, store manager, or group VP? Please Comment below.
Does anyone know ?
Why are some belk stores overloaded with merchandise including clearance that does not sell and some belk stores have very little merch?
Ex-Macy’s/Target/Wal Mart manager takeover
Belk is being taken over primarily by ex Macys employees that have been terminated or pushed out of Macys, but now some are ex wal mart and target managers. The worst of the worst🤮🤮🤮
Belk’s phony bus corporate tour
There is no bus. There are no corporate visitors. Nobody is riding a bus around looking to visit stores. Lies. Lies. Lies
Don Hendricks, why are you hiding?
Don, where are you? stores are in shambles. why are you quiet? why are you pretending everything is o.k? we all know, the cat's out of the bag. you need to make a public statement. it's time.
Better start looking!!
It's essential to acknowledge the current circumstances: if you haven't started exploring new employment opportunities, now is the time to do so. Prioritize your job search and work on getting your finances organized without delay. There are clear... — read more
New hire store managers
belk wants to hire young vibrant store managers High energy cheerleaders who are unaware or unable to comprehend the complexity of Belk’s serious financial issues and struggle
Manager removed
SAME is happening at Orangeburg SC 513
Belk 331 Conyers GA —store manager gone
Belk Conyers Georgia has lost their longtime store manager as well
Eliminating full time positions in cosmetics is a huge red flag
If they are eliminating positions in cosmetics that would raise major red flags to me. There was an old saying at Belk ‘how cosmetics does, it how the entire store does”.
MAC full time position dissolved
Athens, GA Belk has decided to take away the full time MAC beauty advisor position.
cost centers? headcount? on belk workday orginzational chart
on belks workday orgizational chart, under everyones name it says cost center and has a headcount number, someone said the smaller the headcount number is, the less secure your job is, is this true? what does it mean if someone has a larger headcount... — read more
Best of Belk kept hush hush
Was best of belk kept really hush hush at your store? If so, why? I don’t get how people are chosen? Is it favoritism?
Full-time has to have open availability unless you claim religion
In the fall, they quietly changed Belk policy. You can have a set schedule if you claim that the day(s) you want off each week are for religious purposes. But they’re hiding it and only giving this option to their golden people. Tell people at your... — read more
How much longer can this go on?
How much longer can this insanity continue before they close down every store? Any ideas/guesses?
The frustration is real
Don’t cut your salaried managers and expect leads to pick up the slack for no pay! Leads are already picking up the slack because you don’t want to staff your stores with enough associates to give that great customer service as expected. Bahaha... — read more
Everyone is jumping ship
Belk is loosing managers in unprecedented numbers Like entire store management teams What’s happening? Doesn’t belk care?
Relo package is bull
They tax be lump sum like a bonus– $650 for entry level workers and a U-Haul?? Thanks, that will cover… nothing. Quitting and finding something else makes more sense, especially since that’s clearly what the company wants from us.
RVP’s start holding store managers accountable!!
I can’t help but wonder when store managers will actually start facing the music for blowing off the schedules they send to their RVPs. Even with the recent changes to store hours, some managers breezily saunter in early and clock out by 2 PM, while... — read more
Sad so sad!!
You know Belk is really struggling when they still have merchandise from the COVID era lingering on the racks! 😂 Golden store would be in the same boat if it weren't for some outlets clearing things out. Seriously, who wants a COVID 2020 shirt?! 🤣... — read more
Layoffs round 2 and 3
This was just round 1 of layoffs. Two more rounds to go Who will be next?