Thread regarding Lowe's Cos. layoffs

Same here... almost 30 years, moved from three different states ... no loyalty. Top 1000 tenured employees got hit hard I'm expecting...I was in the 400's. Have always did what was asked. Kept one asm who no one likes, one who is totally rude to the employees and one who doesn't know anything and blows up over the littlest things.

it's discrimination against age, higher compensation + full-time benes -- vs. young part-timers. Make no mistake about it. Used to manage with higher/fire auth in prior career. Because it's illegal to discriminate against age 40+, lot of machinations harnessed to steer around, including ... changing job titles & job descriptions. Sound familiar? Company size of Lowes hires rafts of lawyers & consultants to protect against lawsuits and do what's necessary to stay on mission and keep profitable. Not evil. Just how it is. Except for the illegal bits. Seen as 'necessary evils.' In coming to appreciate the 'brutality' of the retail business - the exceedingly slim profit margins and competitive pressure - have to say what I'm seeing by way of severance offers and other measures helping associates make the transition, seems surprsingly generous (in relative terms). I've seen white collar professionals treated worse -- for what it's worth.

Not pretending to know anything beyond these posts and news stories, nor an apologist for management. I'm just a WeTeamer CSA II.

The age discrimination? I'm a victim myselc. Why current career oncludes WeTeam. Its grossly unfair, illegal no matter how carefully cloaked. BUT the worst kept secret of great recession. Corp America used as excuse to clear out the old, hold off on hiring to run up profits fes years, then hire younger cheaper. World's not fair. Just the way it is.

What did you expect? You people crack me up...Lowe's is just a monster that doesn't feel anything. This is the face of your America now - corporate riches are more important than people keeping jobs and making a decent living.

They turned over the decisions to a computer? b---s---...someone still has to interpret those decisions and someone made a program to come to those decisions. It's as impersonal as you can get and Lowe's can say "Hey, it was based on metrics, a computer. We really do value our employees."

This is just a way to save big bucks and a way also for the store management to weed out anyone they don't like

That's just stupid