Topics regarding layoffs at Macy's Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Macy's Inc.

Toys R Us finally rolling out to stores!!!

Really excited aboit the newness of the TOYS R US shops!!! The fixtutes, signage, painted walls and even the "Geoffry on a bench" photo op!!! ...but I'm sure by the third day, Geofftey's head will be missing or the bench be broken in half!!! LOL

Gaslighting

So why does Macys Gas light their employees? fake customer complaints. leaving out money near register to see if you take it. security following you around store and watching where you go in the mall on your break. leaving items in stock room to see... — read more 

Staff presence is actually worse

With ISM it seems associates are just "recovering" and bullshitting and avoiding registers like the plague. It seems there's more registers with gobacks piled up than actual manned ones with customers getting helped by associates. Every single... — read more 

(Not) answering the survey honestly

I think that only a minimal percentage of people answer the survey honestly. Do you give honest answers? I don't see any point in being honest, because I don't think I can bring any change for the better, so I always answer what I think the... — read more 

Chesterfield Missouri getting a Market by Macys?

I heard this from different sources today. Apparently they are wanting to shutter the Chesterfield Macy’s which is pretty much dead anyway. Market by Macys is not apparently open on the area. I heard the long term plan in Greater St. Louis is to... — read more 

fireworks ha ha ha ha

what cracks me up cnn the mouth piece for macys garbage firework show did not mention it at all on their website nor did any other news website .. my take is nobody cares !

Visual in the age of ISM

What is going on in your stores with Visual? From my understanding, there is only supposed to be one dedicated Visual person (the Captain) and they are to get visual support from FOH. I wonder how this is working out. Holiday should be fun, cause... — read more 

CULTURE PULSE SURVEY COMING UP

With the CPS coming up, I'm interested on how the questions will be directed/worded to. I know last time, we were only allowed to answer how we felt about just our store in general, not the company as a whole. And not much in regards to comment... — read more 

This is the last nail in the coffin

Things were bad before the whole ISM thing. Most of the good employees had already left and we were so short-handed that it could be considered a crime. The people they tried to replace them with are horrible. They have zero experience and as much... — read more 

WAY TOO TOP HEAVY

It’s the pressure on stores from the top. Most of the region and division teams don’t understand what it’s like in stores anymore. Stores are tired and oftentimes have poor leadership at the top. Unrealistic expectations are usually placed on the... — read more 

I can't stand that person anymore

I really need this job. If it wasn't for my children, I would be leaving immediately. My manager's behavior towards us is really terrible. Some of my friends don't believe me when I tell them what kind of torture we suffer on a daily basis. Are... — read more 

Ism training as we go

My store never did training on floor for this program. So now starting next week who ever is scheduled in selling floor support will put out the new good out on main floor which consist of mens and rtw 1. I told my people leader I am not training... — read more 

They want us to feel worthless

They want us to feel easily replaceable. I think the biggest job of most managers here is to make employees feel as worthless as possible, no matter how much work they do. My manager asked me “what do I think I am worth to this company”, with the... — read more 

Visits

When the stores have district or regional visits. Why do they sit with the sales managers to get the feel of the store. So the managers can say everything is good. Why don’t they sit with the colleagues and hear from us. R they scared to hear the... — read more 

Ism

I like how they change is ism program on a daily basis. Before was follow the task you where assigned on the bulletin board. Now is everyone is going to receipts and recover as a team. My store is clueless to begin with. It’s getting bad here — read more 

That's a little crazy, right?

Stores are understaffed, the company very obviously has a problem with hiring because this is no longer an attractive workplace, and what does our leadership do? They experiment and make decisions that make the remaining good employees go looking... — read more 

Favoritism

Do you think there is more favoritism here than at Lowes?

Less Full Time Positions

In my store, several associates have left or moved from full time just hourly positions into hourly plus commission full time positions. When I asked if those full time positions that they left were available, I was told no because they are either... — read more 

Woodbridge Center Macy's Fulfillment Center

So the news is that Woodbridge Center Macy's 3rd floor is being closed off to become a fulfillment center. The first 2 levels will still be open to customers for in store shopping. The backstage is now on the 1st floor.

Air conditioning

Any store have air conditioning?? This is a disgrace they set the air to 75 so with customers in the sore it’s 90 Customers just walk out

Next level incompetence

How do you implement a system in select stores to see how it works, learn that it has many, many issues and it hasn't been received well by any of the employees, and then decide that it's a great idea to implement it company-wide? What did they... — read more 

Macy's response to SCOTUS decision

Other companies that came forward Friday to say they would cover employee travel expenses for abortions include Warner Bros., Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, Vox Media, Goldman Sachs, Snap, Macy’s, Intuit and Di-k’s Sporting Goods. They joined a group... — read more 

Overflowing with fitting room?

How many stores are drowning in fitting room? We can't keep up with it, we have about 200 rods. We're running out of room to hide it. We've also run out of rods for the trucks and they've started throwing fitting room on fixtures in storage areas... — read more 

Working Mothers Thread

Any working mothers here? I guess I am looking for some comfort here. I have two girls 2 and 4 and it's really hard balancing things. The SO is working full time and often travelling. I see them grow and I know it'll get better but I am so exausted... — read more 

ISM is not going away

The company wants to work out the kinks before Q4. By the sound of it, from what I've been reading, a lot of stores are not prepared. It doesn't look like it was rolled out properly. It was not explained to people correctly and people were not... — read more 

Polaris ?

so hows Polaris doing? ha ha ha ha hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahah ISM !@@@ HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

ISM is a disgrace!

This is awful! The worst system ever! Over 7 Hours were spent last week with the entire stores leadership team trying to go through the functional assigning people, only to have call outs, no shows, and poor planning about how busy our store was... — read more 

Mays Landing, NJ Macy's

What with the rumors of Mays Landing aka Hamilton, NJ Macy's getting the ax? Are they true? Is it the lease agreement expiring?

ISM IS THE WORST WORK MODULE EVER TO BE INVENTED

If your not asking questions or watching the videos, YOU REALLY NEED TO!!! Communication from your Stote Manager to the Executive team needs to happen NOW!!! This "new format" just doen't make sense and is going to ruin the livelyhood of employees... — read more 

Why does that frustrate you?

I don't mind that the new hires are paid almost the same as those of us who have been here for several years, but I see that many here are indignant about it. I don't think we would be paid much more even if newbies were paid less. So... why all the... — read more 

Stores shrinking floor space?

I went to one of my local Macys stores today. It’s a former Famous Barr and fairly large and outdated. Anyway, I noticed that the furniture gallery was under construction and they had moved all the furniture out to the other areas of the store. The... — read more 

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