Another staff cut? I don't believe that they can't see how bad it is, they literally loose a dollar to save a dime. And I am convinced that someone there up is hurting Macy's on purpose. All these severe cuts of great employees, ridiculous new My... — read more 

Stores are going to having their schedules managed by a District MyShop Execution Team (DMET)...this is part of the reason for the AST cuts in the spring and now again at the end of this month. They do all the scheduling and the edits. We rolled it... — read more 

I am an AST associate and really skeptical at how the office will be effective because the cuts are so severe. We were already challenged after the first cut, now it will be nearly impossible to complete tasks that are required of us. We'll do our... — read more 

Our Macy's closed the doors at Silver City Galleria this March. It was a very sad event for all of us, many worked here very long time. I am still angry because I would've stayed till retirement. Its all on-line shoppers now. You will see no more... — read more 

System says update is coming soon no ETA? Its July and we still don't have nor do we know what were being reviewed on? Seems odd

Well, insite tells me I should be happy that my store is in some pilot program for the introduction of backstage merch. This is the obvious precursor to my store getting a full on Backstage. And I'm in a flagship store in a nicer mall in the... — read more 

I had a manager for over 3 years who berated, exploded and criticized me to my face and behind my back to others. There was quite a list of names of associates in the store who had similar experiences. I finally had enough and emailed the HR Manager... — read more 

Ten years with Macy's. I have more than 50 years experience in Retail Sales. Before Macy's I worked for 2 other major retailers. It started off to be a great store and company to work for. However what I observed was too many changes done too... — read more 

73.80 was stock price not so long ago. Today stock price 22.50. If this is not a warning to bail out before they file bankruptcy again so be it

A few years ago an AST supervisor went into the United Way website and made pledges under the Sales Managers ID Numbers. She was suspended for a week then promoted to the DiRECTOR of stores Administrative Assistant for The Southeast and Northwest... — read more 

Can't lay any more off in Alton, Illinois. They closed our store. So many stores closings, you can see it here and you see what people say. 100s if not 1000s of people. I worked there for 11 years, many people spent decades working and lost jobs... — read more 

My store in West Lansing closed in March. I'm still not over it. I was there for 15 years. so many memories, so many friends. I'm still having a hard time getting over it. The end of my Macy's was a long sorrowful journey!

Does anyone know if Managers/Supervisors get incentives or Money when an associate opens a Macy's Card?Whenever I get a loyalty (Macy's card signup) my manager is overly excited not to mention always bugging me everyday, so much to the point I'm... — read more 

Aside from rampant store closures and to be honest a very confusing strategy on how we'll survive the retail slump we should worry about much more pressing issues - we are simply over worked while receiving low pay.... Dealing with an extremely... — read more 

it'd be nice if we can use the money we are saving from closing stores to staff our stores better. If we are going to have a ONE DAY sale spread out over three days maybe we should staff Thursday just as good as the Saturday. And we wonder why... — read more 

Too many associates have proven to be nonconformist. The problem is, with the downturn in the quality of SM, how do we show appropriate behavior? And when the SM herd is thinned, then where will we be? The only thing considered is cost cutting. There... — read more 

I do not understand this company!!! I would think with all the turnover in the stores from SM's down, they would try to retain the best associates. last year, learning and development laid out a brand new training pieces for new hires. it designed to... — read more 

Couldn't be further from the truth. The target of all RIF actions is to streamline the stores even further. And by streamlining the stores, I mean cut beyond the bone. HR is going to be centralized around the 800#. Staffing decisions will be made by... — read more 

just announced that the two chicago districts will now be one. District teams cut in half, can imagine more store closings will come with it as there are now over 18 stores in the chicago district

The company needs to invest in their people, but many SA don't stay long enough. for the little pay they receive they must do so many things. crazy!!! i can't even imagine working on the floor. it is too hard. i would quit also. Going forward the... — read more 

Has anyone on the sales floor noticed a change in the tenor of coachings? This new program with the videos you're required to view (while trying not to laugh at the juvenile presentation) is going to require SMs to badger you with selling techniques... — read more 

You have been warned...

The newly announced deal Amazon made with Whole Foods sent some shivers through Cincinnati. Many of us thought Bezos was simply waiting for a certain stock price in order to buy at the right time. That wasn't true. Several of us have agreed, Amazon... — read more 

Any updates on what they plan to do with salaried sales managers? There was some talk in December/January that their ultimate goal is to eliminate salaried sales managers completely and make them hourly supervisors and a pay cut would be required to... — read more 

What about cuts to HR over next few months? Any idea when that is coming and how deep this round of layoffs will be? Do they have any specific groups that they are targeting. Thank you!

Any gossip with the visual department??What does visual budget look like?? future cuts and layoffs this year or beginning of next year if any??

Created new District position to deal with staffing edits therefore major AST and Regional and District staffing positions will be eliminated. Announcement in stores tomorrow.

Many support job cuts have happened in Georgia recently including leads and visual. This is a sign that these stores will be closing. Stsy tuned.

We just warned investors about profit margins. Stock dumped another 7% to new lows. More cuts, layoffs and store closures are indeed coming. There is no good news coming out of Cincinnati right now. And there won't be for a long while. Mark my words:... — read more 

Anyone know where the audits will be? NOrth East!?!

Hr reinvent is going happen soon. So many vp hr execs do nothilng. There are way too many vp in hr. They come with these iniatives that are non attainable and they million conference calls. A deep dive into Hr needs to be done.

In my region there would be some bidders for the Marshall Fields trademark. I'm sure in STL there would be some for Famous-Barr. Thoughts?

Rumor has it that we are announcing store closures at the first of June is this true???

We move that clearance merch out of vendor shops and there is barely anything there to sell. We are not getting the same volume of merch we got even 3 months ago. Last Act is a way to keep the floor looking full and begin the process of becoming a... — read more 

Many associates ask about why Last Act is being rolled out in so many places in the store. By doing so, we take up space that would go unused as we aren't getting the same volume of merchandise in anymore. Essentially, Last Act takes up the space... — read more 

Any stores out there experiencing dead silence? The Muzak has been shut off in my store for 3 weeks. Did we stop paying for the service?

Is there a time line for changing beauty departments to self serve?

Another blow to BT departments. Target to sell mattresses. News keeps getting worse. https://www.thestreet.com/story/14137694/1/target-is-going-to-start-selling-550-mattresses-approved-by-actor-leonardo-dicaprio.html

Another thing that seriously hurt us was the excessive over riding of coupons that upper management was ordering us to do in order to "keep the guest happy and coming". It was no longer just a courtesy, but an entitlement in the eyes of the customer... — read more