Belk just eliminated 80 positions at its corporate office on Monday, they declined to say what positions were eliminated, but I have been told they were positions in the $40,000/yr range, so not the top tier executives by any means. My best friend is a manager at Belk and said wierd things are happening at the store level, they are cutting hours of minimmum wage employees to the point it's a revolving door of people, they just can't survive making $12 an hour and working 10 or less hours a week. Some new stores are opening, but stores are closing too, (I believe Dallas Galleria is the latest casualty and it's only been open since 2014). This is an example of how GREED works, the CEO Lisa Harper lives in a $3 million house while workers struggle to pay their rent and water bill. Just sickening. But, change is something that is inevitable, I am glad that I am over 60 and can retire soon. I remember Belk's heyday back in the 80s, up until early 2000s, stores were booming, John Belk would walk the stores and shake the hands of employees, and the internet has changed that all with lazy people who want everything delivered to their home, and it's k–ling jobs, hopefully Belk will last a little longer, hopefully.....
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I saw a brief interview where Lisa Harper said she worked for Belk when she was 16, I actually don’t believe this, she also worked as CEO for hot topic and that is a sycamore company, I call B.S. on that.
belk in the 70s when i grew up belk was THE store to shop at, everyone shopped there, and the holidays the store was all decorated and magical. now they are no more than a glorified wal mart.
I worked for Belk in Charlotte until I retired in 1995, that was truly the golden era of Belk, like working with family, great, great people.
The family was so proud of the fact they did not lay off anyone during the Great Depression in the 1930's. They were great merchants, and supporters of communities throughout the South. I started working for them in college, then went on to a buying position in the Charlotte office downtown in the '70's. Those were great times & great people.
My mom was laid off 10 years and more with the company