I am (is/was/will soon not be) an LPM that makes a difference in my store. I have a great relationship with my store. We just had our 5Q safety celebration and my guys are pumped to get to 6. The only true issue that I have with this layoff is, when Marvin and Joe had their televised meeting a few months back, Joe was asked by a caller, If their would be any changes to the LP positions and Joe stated "no, no changes will be made to the Loss Prevention Department". All this tells me is that both Marvin and Joe are Liars. They looked straight into that camera and bold face lied to us all. No LP's in a class 1-4 store....... good luck with those one day inventories!!!!! The stolen account is gonna become a catch all and inventories are gonna BLOW UP!!!!! I predict LP's will be back in all stores in 3 years.
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Gotta remember that Marvin is like thanos. If your position or store doesn’t add value to the company, with one snap of his fingers your gone.
"If I might offer an observation?
A few months ago they were both new to Lowe`s and likely did not have full knowledge of all the internal problems. Perhaps this is a change of mind, after more information, not lying?
I do not have to like this, in order to think there might be more to it."
In reply, I don't disagree with you per se, but in the spirit of "transparency" the answer to the question should have been "we don't know yet", or " we haven't had a chance to assess that yet" or "it's on our list of things we're looking at." etc., etc. Not, "no, no changes will be made to the Loss Prevention Department". I believe any thinking and/or honest person would call that a lie, or at the very least disingenuous. Or maybe I'm totally off base...
Same thing happened at their previous companies. They looked people right in face in person and said there would be no further changes to a particular field role and that it was an important role for the company. “Secret weapons” he called us.
Then not even a few months later the position gets eliminated completely.
If I might offer an observation?
A few months ago they were both new to Lowe`s and likely did not have full knowledge of all the internal problems. Perhaps this is a change of mind, after more information, not lying?
I do not have to like this, in order to think there might be more to it.
Same here. PSIs had a process change training scheduled the week after Thanksgiving and it was cancelled. We were told it would be rescheduled and was never discussed again. That's when I suspected the end was coming and started looking for jobs a few weeks ago. At least Marvin spoke bluntly about his feelings on PSI in the Q3 earnings broadcast. LP was completely blindsided.
They cancelled December lp training in Ohio and told everyone it would be rescheduled, knowing it wouldn't.
Marvin and his “executive team” no longer have any credibility. Even the die-hard Marvin fans are calling him a lair.