Topics regarding layoffs at Macy's Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Macy's Inc.

Is the growth store project canceled???

In Feb 2020 Macy's announced that 100 additional stores were due to receive upgrades, creating the Growth 250. I know that capex has decreased since then, but I'm wondering whether these stores are still planned for renovation.

Temporary workforce

With the obvious shortcomings of our hiring system and inability to fill our current open jobs, our location and many others in the district have turned to temporary staffing agencies. The crews we have had so far have been fairly hard working but... — read more 

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Here are some solutions

Get rid of the entire upper management. Replace them with people who care about the company and not only with how to enrich themselves. Make sure people are promoted based on merit and not nepotism and cronyism, for obvious reasons. Start... — read more 

Too many complaints. Not enough solutions.

While this site used to be more targeted towards leaked info on realignments and structural changes this past year there have been an overwhelming about of complaints and negative attitudes. No one is simply thankful to still have their job. Time... — read more 

Bad reputation

People actually read sites like Glassdoor as well as here to get a feel of what a company is like and how employees are treated. All the bad reviews certainly don’t help to attract even a little bit of talent, especially when the points that are... — read more 

Getting Nervous...

Here we are going into July and most locations within the company still are running with bare bones staff and a lot of open jobs. Support side starts to ramp up for the holiday season and begins seasonal hiring in August. We can not even fill the VC... — read more 

The Fulfillment Team lost their Unavailable Days

Management took away our Unavailable Days and they said we are Support but our Schedules are generated and we have 3 weeks in advance when we are working. Is this going on with all the Macy's?

Inflation and economy

Inflation is getting worse as economy is crashing. The worst is yet to come. Macy’s may know this and try to fire all managers by feb 2022.

Can you get used to the new normal?

The new normal is to do work for several people. We used to work a lot before, even too much, but this is now crossing the line. It is physically impossible to get everything done that is required of me. I thought this kind of pressure was... — read more 

Embarrassed to work at Macy's?

Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to find an alternative and I feel ashamed that I'm still here. Very often I see pity in people’s eyes when I tell them I work at Macy’s and it doesn’t surprise me at all. This should be the last option where... — read more 

Lots of talk, little action?

With all due respect, I sometimes don’t understand people complaining about working conditions in their store (which we might conclude will close very soon), but not looking for a new job or not making it their top priority. Maybe they are still... — read more 

Question

Does Macy's still have MyShop Captain positions? I don't see them advertised, so I was wondering.

Enough is enough.

I have been with the company for many years. This year is the worse. I work on support basically we do everything in our store. Schedules are done 2 days before the week ends. So basically we have to went for schedule to make plans. Also we come on... — read more 

Management jobs

Hi!! Anyone else notice there are a lot of management positions open? Anyone know why........ maybe they're going to bring back positions that they eliminated...wishful thinking 🤔😅 I for one am tired of being over worked and under appreciated.

Hiring System

Has anyone heard anything about what they plan to do with this new hiring system??? It is so difficult for applicants to use we won’t get any new hires!!

Why would you even think of transfering?

Are some people who work at Macy's masochists? I can't believe that some are considering transferring instead of taking severance. I would jump at an opportunity to get out of here with a package, that would be exactly the lifeline I need to leave... — read more 

Neighborhood Stores Update

Here is an updated list of the remaining neighborhood store locations: 1 Parkchester 2 Fox Run (NH) 3 Trumbull 4 Livingston Mall 5 Brunswick Square 6 Hampton Bays 7 Independence (MA) 8 Burnsville Center 9 Empire (SD) 10 Crossroads Center... — read more 

In one ear out the other ear

When i worked at macys i was left alone for 8 months cause they fired everyone in my dept for discounting.. i had no help and when i came in i had 50x things thrown at me.. then said someone will give me a ringer to help me thru my day.. as i... — read more 

Who can get severance?

This is a question for anybody who has been part of a closing store: who is eligible to receive severance? I'm assuming if you're a full-timer, you are guaranteed something, right? Can you get a job at another location if you received severance or do... — read more 

My first sales Job

My first sales job was selling stuff nobody needed .. I was hired on a whim stayed for 3.5 years which is about the time when i get burned out from selling.. in that time frame we had managers in every dept. , security on front door, 4 sales... — read more 

The company of miscalculations

*Company knows they laid off too many last summer. Outlook was bleak and they did what they thought would help. But it was a very short term fix; business is back and now we are struggling with no coverage and not enough managers or colleagues to... — read more 

Mall files bankruptcy

Washington Prime Group, a major mall owner of more than 100 locations across the United States, filed for bankruptcy, citing pandemic-related shutdowns.

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sketchy Macys

I notice they put up 4/5 different sales and support captain jobs across multi stores.. there is a few in my store but i thought maybe they got the axe or maybe they will be replacing all managers with captain crunch and the funky bunch

Asset Protection question

I notice on a job description for AP that it say it wants you to do Virtual Remote Surveillances How does that work?

ETA on new hires?

I know the new hiring system is slowing things down but cheese and rice how much longer will we remain so understaffed?? Not sure if it's a store by store thing but does anyone with insight on the hiring process know when we'll start getting more... — read more 

mens shoe department

speaking as a 35+ year associate working only in mens shoes, could someone possibly give some thought on just where this department is headed? My stock is so low it is very hard to sell anything without having to order sizes. we get a few fill ins... — read more 

Important advice

Don't depend on a package, used to be that the company gave a package if they wanted you to leave and you were at a Director or higher level position, but not so much anymore. If you are over 50 or a protected class and can make a case that you are... — read more 

We need to do better

It seems like every leader who once stood up for their teams and shared what was really happening at store level with senior leadership has either left the company, is in the process of leaving, or has already been termed. In a growth business... — read more 

here it comes

I notice people on LinkedIn saying that other companies are allowing employees to work from home or return to office in oct.. or stay working from home and come to office once a month.. these people who are complaining are Op/vs and store managers... — read more 

Ignorance + greed = debacle

Last year they laid off so many experienced happy workers because they made too much per hour and this year they need to hire people for the same positions who are asking for a higher competitive hourly wage than the employees they laid off were... — read more 

Macy's is like one big job training...

After almost 5 years of working here in terrible conditions, I went to another company in this sector and you know what.... it paid off for everything I went through at Macy's because now working in a new company seems ridiculously simple. I’m used... — read more 

LinkedIn

I was bit surprised when i noticed my sales managers , leads and store managers all liking other posts at Target, amazon, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens of opening manager jobs and also liking MEMEs that say " its ok to start over but your doing it from... — read more 

Compliance Training

Anyone else get pulled off the floor and rushed through about 20 different computer trainings today? The training on the computers in the office stated that it was due in the middle of July but we are being told it has got to be completed by the end... — read more 

Would I recommend working at Macys logistics?

Working at a Macys warehouse just sucks the soul from your body. Everybody is an id--t, with a kind exceptionally few. Do you want a slow suffering death? We are hiring!

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Exploring other options

Who’s thinking about not only leaving Macy’s, but the retail industry as well? I have tried to get a job in some better companies in retail, however, it is very difficult because there are a lot of candidates. I was even thinking of getting a job... — read more 

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