Corporate employees are now calling for Don Hendricks to resign.
Belk to open second corporate office in New York City
Belk, a long-standing southern company, is planning on opening a corporate office based in Manhattan. Workers will not have a choice as to which corporate office they will work at, according to the Queen City Nerve article, most corporate and remote... — read more
get out if you can. It will be okay 🙏🙏🙏
If you can get out of belk. Please do so. I urge anyone reading this, to look Up to the lord, pray, and make the next step. When one door closes another door opens. The best thing to do is to remove yourself from toxic situations and people, and belk... — read more
WOW! Read this article
Wow! They need to work in a store....they should be happy to have a job! https://qcnerve.com/belk-return-to-office-order/
Belk’s store level Human Resources is not Human Resources
If you have a store level Human Resources lead in your store location, they are not a real, experienced Human Resources. Most store level H.R., have absolutely no Human Resources credentials, in fact, it’s a rarity if your store level Human Resources... — read more
Good Read
This is one way to lay off folks... Flying people in for impact days at the company expense....Belk knows how many remote worker are not moving to Charlotte and my guess is it's alot... — read more
credit 911 at Belk
Belk’s credit penetration and new account has plunged. What is the incentive for associates to open credit? $3? $5? When belk stands to earn thousands per card application? My associates don’t seem to enthusiastic about $5 per app, and who can blame... — read more
Hiring stop at some stores
We have stopped hiring altogether until further notice
Does anyone know what Belk’s severance package is like for full time, and part time hourly?
If a store closes permanently ?
How many of you all are looking for a new job?
We all need a plan B because we all know it’s not going to end well working at belk.
Maintenance Medications
Maintenance Medications....why are we having to pay for our medications that we have to take every day???? I have never had to pay for these!!!! Something is seriously wrong!!!
Mass exodus of managers this year
I currently work as a manager in a region undergoing many drastic changes (none of them good). Managers have had enough and are now banding together and are planning an exit strategy, some planning on taking some valuable associates with them to new... — read more
Belk closing Town Center Mall store, Kennesaw GA
belk town center mall at Cobb in Kennesaw Ga, will be closing by Feb 10th.
bait and switch hiring may be ending
Belk is under scrutiny regarding bait and switch hiring tactics Hired for one job and forced to do something completely different Big changes to come
Store closings, rumor or true?
Heard rumors of store closings this year. Does anyone know if this is true or just a rumor?
Post inventory results
Now that it's wrapping up...would like to hear how some of the stores did ( if SM will even tell you ) crickets here so far but I know they have a idea due to the closed door meeting today
9-10 hour inventory with no breaks
We had a 9 to 10 hour long until after 3am inventory with no meal breaks. No food, just cr--kers. Was your inventory this long without a break?
Executive Work from home destroying Belk’s?
How many of you all think having all the executives working from home is hurting the company? I think working from home makes them even more disconnected from what is happening in the stores
inventory
Are you all ready for inventory? My store is not and does not have enough people to take an inventory. Most people can’t do inventory at those overnight hours especially if they have small children i can’t leave my child alone overnight Sorry... — read more
Please please please put this place out of its misery
Please pull the plug on Belk. Take it off life support. The best thing for the thousands of workers at belk is to MOVE ON. Not only is this the most toxic workplace ever…it’s not helping when we are being lied to day after day. Put Belk out to... — read more
Store closed due to weather
Do we know if part time employees get paid if the store is closed due to weather?
They keep trying
Maybe this will save Belk... https://www.retailtouchpoints.com/topics/digital-marketing/fanatics-forever-21-belk-join-fluent-commerce-media-network
A word of advice if you work for belks
If you think your job is I Jeopardy of being eliminated start looking for something new now, it’s easier to find a job when you. Still have one. I would hate to see anyone laid off with no job.
if you are customer non-facing, with the exception of fulfillment, beware....
customer non facing roles, with the exception of fulfillment may be on the chopping block soon. hr, asset protection, support, housekeeping, all these tasks can be done by store management, and may soon be eliminated.
Who owns belks now ?
Sorry for this d-mb question…. Who owns belks now? I m confused at all the companies that supposedly own belks
Belk shills posing as associates, managers, and customers
Belk has a significant number of online shills writing fake reviews, posing as associates and managers on this layoff.com sight, Glassdoor, google reviews, yelp, to try to counteract any negative reviews by both associates, managers, and customers... — read more
Belk interference with commission based beauty associates
—if you work in beauty and are commissioned keep a log of you non productive hours and tasks away from cosmetics that keep you from earning commission—-working in other non commissioned departments, inventory, recovery, being scheduled before store... — read more
Belk still forcing associates to do inventory despite poor results
Belk’s inventory results have repeatedly been bad for most store locations. Belk has had to do inventory recounts after reconciling January inventories. However, Belk does not want to hire any outside consultants or companies to assist with inventory... — read more
Inventory? Just say no.
We have associates refusing to do late nite inventory. Corp says there’s nothing we can do that inventory is voluntary for all hourly associates, except support, leads, and AP. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
New hours
In yet another desperate move,belk is limiting store hours and therefore altering the hours of early morning employees. At our store we were told we were moving to a 7 yo 3 shift but low and behold when the schedule comes out everyone is scheduled 8... — read more
What will happen to belk in 2025?
Talk amongst yourselves
Merry Christmas everyone, don’t let belk take away your Christmas cheer
I hope belk does not su-k the Christmas joy right out of you I know this has had to be a challenging holiday season
Chiming in just to wish us all to preserve sanity
in this lovely holiday season. Stay strong.
Xmas Belk’s ‘24…ho ho ho
Long lines-one or two clerks Mounds of go backs Upset customers Dirty fitting rooms, sales floor, restrooms Overflowing docks full of goods which should be out for Christmas Customers cutting up charge cards because interest and fees STH dropping... — read more
Where’s your payroll? At Panthers Stadium for the annual executive Christmas party
Want to know where your hours have gone? To panthers stadium in Charlotte Belk is spending tens of thousands of dollars on a fancy executive Christmas party in a VIP suite at the stadium. While stores can’t offer the basics to our customers like... — read more
Sales dramatically down——-Dec 16th-18th calls
Conference calls on dec 16th-18th Sales, credit penetration down dramatically this holiday season, 8 days to go Massive inventory surplus Corporate said to be prepping for layoffs Customer non facing roles first to go Visual, asset protection, Human... — read more
Keeping people on payroll to make it look like we have more associates than we actually do
Why are we keeping people on payroll that have quit We are not terminating people (out of our computer ) who quit belk and are not coming back.
Upper management seems unconcerned about condition of stores
Upper management at belk seems unconcerned about severely understaffed stores. Our holiday season has been a total bust, I don’t know where the people are, but they certainly are not out shopping. We have lots of unsold merchandise, that even when... — read more
Holiday 2024
Is anyone making plan?
All full time management and leads must close atleast one day per week
A new rule may be in affect by 2025, requiring all full time management and leads to work a closing shift atleast one night per week, and all managers must now rotate weekends off including the store manager. belk Human Resources was receiving... — read more