Last month Kohl's laid off 100 people in HR and 50 or so in their store planning area, some of the people being long term, dedicated employees.
Of course this never hit the mainstream media.
They're really living up to their philosophy of attracting and retaining "top talent".
Actually it was 48 people that were let go in the Store Planning area, since I was one of them that was laid off. I'm not sure about the layoffs in HR. As for the "retaining top talent" in the original comment, not sure if the was being sarcastic or not, but the company did let go of some top talent (which I'm sure it was a "numbers" game) and I'm not referring just to myself.
Dear @HQ2jqn1,
I'm a mainstream media member who heard about the Kohl's layoffs - but only second hand. I need more than that to be able to report. No one with first-hand knowledge has been willing to step up and talk. If you can help, contact me.
Rick Romell
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
414-224-2130
rick.romell@jrn.com.