Thread regarding Lowe's Cos. layoffs

This did not just effectlazy folks some hard working long term workers were demoted the told to reapply within the year of demotion for a permanent position do you understand the financial impairment this has on where they can eat or pay their bills. You flaunt you retirement investment while others are just try to get through today

Are all managers being laid off? Will they just be demoted to CSA? Will they be offered full time positions? Will full time CSA's be demoted to part time?

on and I just checked the stock prices.

$72.15 a share is insane.

after the crash it was like 25.

If they need to "trim" fat now. they are just greedy bastards.

I worked for my local lowes for almost 7 years.

was everything from a CSA to a DM in that time.

I busted my a-- for my store and my reward was waiting for me once I closed a $30k order.

I got fired.

They waited till the order had come in, was all handled and the customer happy.

They waited till Monday afternoon, after I had worked all weekend and half a day.

I have watched people who worked hard at the store be let go, one after another, I can walk in that store and tell the associates more about their department then they know.

Trim the fat. This guy knows how to cut pipe, tile, carpet, lumber, glass, blinds, can mix paint knows how to use every piece of powered equipment in the store and has people who wont shop with anyone else because he knows what the hell is talking about but he makes too much money. Nevermind we spent 7 years training him, 7 years putting him under management who can't do half the stuff he can do, he makes too much. Time to replace with him 2 part timers we pay pennies too.

This is the Lowe's Attitude. Now matter what PR says, this is the real truth.

I hope people who are truly hit hard with this make it publicly known. Lowes has such a high reputation that is based on treating their employees as family. Laying off employees who have stuck by their side and have been loyal for years are going to suffer. THIS IN ITSELF SHOWS HOW LOWES TRULY OPERATES... ON GREED! They care nothing about the employees and are willing to let go of the dedicated hard workers to deepen their pockets!

The information you've heard is completely wrong. Only some employees are offered a different position that more than likely comes with less pay. So far I have heard of several who were laid off completely with no option but to go. These are hard works who earned their positions. I honestly hope karma comes your way. To praise any kind of unprovoked layoffs is just pure evil. No one deserves that. Lowes has several other ways that they part with employees with a warning a system. Therefore they have the time to improve or not. That's how the lazy and unmotivated workers are let go. Receiveing a severance letter via UPS advising of your departure is unprofessional on so many levels.

To those who believing this is a positive turnaround for Lowes thinking they are letting go of the weak and lazy are unbelievably mistaken. My husband has been with the company for over 12 years, as assistant store manager for 3 of them. He has never taken a sick day and barely ever uses a vacation day. He loves that company and works ridiculous hours, but never complained once. He works hard and never has a moment of laziness. It's not in his nature. He's a hard worker and shows it 100%. He was hand picked and hired for an ASM position leaving another lowes with hopes of one day working hard enough to reach his dream of becoming a store manager. We changed our life so he could make his daily hour commute there and back.. and yet he still never complained. Instead he spoke highly of lowes and the people he worked with. He along with many people at his store who have dedicated their life to Lowes for years will be let go. The people they are bringing in will be part timers who will have no knowledge or the drive to work hard. This will then put a strain on the remaining ASM's and Dept managers .. Customer service will be overwhelming and problems will not be dealt with as they should be. This is all because of greed from the higher end. They care nothing about their "work family" and only how deep their pockets are able to go.

The real bottom line is this . Lowes is supposed to understand the basic concepts of building .

You build anything that you want to maintain , it takes a foundation . The foundation is being laid off .

There are lazy workers , both part time , full time, been there 2 days or 20 years .

There are three main problems .

1 managers don't nip lazy in the butt so lazy spreads .

2 . Corporate thinks because they went to an Ivy League school for a diploma they matter more than the people at ground level carrying their fat wallets to the Bank to cash their bonus , when the Company does well on Wall Street . You never see them lay off at their own level . They think they are irreplaceable, and the people at the store level can be replaced with part time people , this cuts wages and health care pay for them .

Smart , for everyone that's still working and now helping pay welfare taxes to those they just laid off.

1. The customer who complains there's no one to help them in the store , but happily will shop on line for groceries . Point is . It takes money to keep jobs in America .

Customers can't have it both ways either .

You complain the item you ordered for your house isn't in on time or, It's the wrong color compare to the online picture . But yet still mad you stay in line at the store for ten minutes with out thinking , you are also to blame . We all have forced companies to lay off people at store levels to stay competitive with online stores or want cheaper pricing .

Some stores like Lowes or Home Depo is a place you should be driving to not on line shopping.

9 times out of 10 you have to return things you buy online when your remodeling anyway . Sometimes , return it when not online . But I bet your glad the store is there to run to in the heat of the moment . So you can get your toilet put back in your one bathroom house before you have to go crap again. Rather than wait for a part to show up UPS from Amozon.

Dumb America dumb World .

Every action has a reaction.

You can't have staff to help you if you don't demand the world stop to think , my actions of shopping on line may make my sons employer not need him anymore. Until it hits home . No one thinks .

Sorry, about typos

The r al bottom line is this . Lowes is supposed to understand the basic concepts of building .

You build anything that you want to maintain , it takes a foundation . The foundation is being laid off .

There are lazy workers , both part time , full time, been there 2 days or 20 years .

There are three main problems .

1 managers don't nip lazy in the butt so lazy spreads .

2 corporate thinks because they went to an Ivy League school for a diploma they matter more than the people at ground level carrying thoer fat wallets to the bank to cash their bonus , when the company does well on Wall Street .

1. The customer who complains there's no one to help them in the store , but happily will shop on line for groceries . Point is . It takes money to keep jobs in America .

Customers can't have it both ways either .

You complain the item you ordered for your house isn't in on time or. It the color it was supposed to be per the online picture , but mad because you've forced conpanoes to lay off people at store levels to stay competitive with online stores .

Some stores like Lowes or Home Depo is a place you should be driving on line shopping.

9 times out of 10 you have to return things you buy online when your remodeling anyway .

Dumb America dumb World .

Every action has a reaction.

You can't have staff to help you if you don't demand the world stop to think , my actions of shopping on line may make my sons employer not need him anymore. Until it hit home . No one thinks .

You are brainwashed. Let see fire people that have earned benefits ,vacation; insurance then be layer off and ALLOWED, so good of these lawyers, to reapply for part time minimum wage no benefits at all. Sounds stupid. These are same geniuses that thought up that idiotic lowes loyalty program that customers rejected. I don't work there but try and ask for help in that huge store and wait and wait as they all ready work with limited staff. I'm going back to Home Depot and canceling my credit card.

Anyone know anything about the letters that are going to be sent out?

"...any company must take care of its profit line and stockholders."

When I read this, I know that it's likely some corporate shill or brainwashed employee wrote it. This is the classic argument greedy corporate types want you to believe: that they deserve all they get, and so do you - but what you get is screwed! Lowe's doesn't offer a living wage to anyone who isn't a manager. Yet Lowe's depends on PT work to run their stores - take PT away and Lowe's can't compete. And you want me to feel grateful that I have a PT job...please.

Does that sound fair? Get paid the least, PT hours, be required to basically have unlimited availability, be the ones responsible for getting their products out the door (profits), but share very little in the wealth. The whole goal of employees should be to bring down management and spread the power & wealth with the actual workers of the company - the people.

Employees need to start demanding more say in the company and hold management and shareholders responsible for spreading the wealth of their company to everyone evenly so we can all enjoy the fruits of our work.

Good or not it is a horrible time for some of us. I was a very good department manager and 1 month ago I promoted to an asm position and am now going to get laid off. But you know I'm happy that your excited about it.

If you honestly think they're doing this moves to make it better then you are truly a mark. The layoffs have nothing to do with hard work or tenure. It's all about the bottom line.

If you complain about lazy dept mgrs, then the failure is on the management team. They set the standard.

And the "family" thing is pushed by corporate not the employees.

So be a little sympathetic to those about to be laid off, this is happening not cause all are lazy, but because corporate failed their employees and shareholders. But of course you won't see anyone higher ups getting laid off.

I agree completely, only issue with this is that in this store the lazy and incompetent ones include the store manager who only shows up now n then. And of course her hand picked ASM's are not alot better. So in that case I think it will only work and should be looked at from outside each store. Not from within, or your gonna have the same laziness we have now. Just my observations. Thanks.

I agree I've been with the company for almost 20 years, been in countless stores and seen the same thing. Employees think just because they have tenure think they don't have to work as hard as the new person and /or owed something. This is RETAIL ladies and gentlemen things change every year. You might have a stake in this company but it's not your company, you have to put in 110% EVERYDAY when you walk thru that door. You have to work harder than the next or new person. It makes me sick that we have employees/managers that have been on 2+ finals and are still employed. If I get cut then I get cut at least I will leave knowing I did the best job while I was here. If I stay then I hope I see the morale/cancers of the stores go.