Topics regarding layoffs at Belk

Topics regarding layoffs at Belk

No pay raise this year

we did not recieve an employee pay raise this year, normally the last week of March. no mention of merit increase this year.

Best of Belk? Secret?

At our store it seems the last two years have been a secret best of belk. Is this the new norm in the company? Is it so management does not have to answer questions why one associate got it over someone else. Just wondering.

Outlet visit

Went to the Laurens outlet that opened today. Around 7pm the store was dead to have just opened today. Noticed there are no more fitting rooms and with no returns, that’s not very ideal. Saw a manager, an employee on the sales floor and an cashier at... — read more 

The perfect storm of toxic

Belk fosters the worst kind of culture. No matter how short staffed the store might be the associates are on their own . When they lose associates in one area the one person left is expected to do everything. And the worse part about it is the HR... — read more 

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Lisa Harper cashes in…….cha-Ching!

Lisa Harper’s lavish lakefront 10,000 square foot mansion in Cornelius North Carolina (where she filmed the infamous pandemic video playing with her dogs while managers were working with a pay decrease during Covid shutdown) has sold for a whopping... — read more 

Response to Belk Outlet disaster

Belk Outlet concept has been a flop Customers hate final sale policy merchandise is lackluster (for the most part), a few good things here and there Stores have not utilized all space, some are still partially empty Customers shocked when the... — read more 

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Raises ???

Has anyone heard wether we are getting a raise or not and how much??? No one has mentioned anything and we knew in February of last year we were all getting the same raise.

sycamore’s intention all along

When you treat your employees as bad as belk does. This is what happens. It’s as simple as that. Unethical owners and upper management =Employees unhappy = customers unhappy =declining sales It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this... — read more 

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Don't bank on severance

Just a heads up for those who are staying for the package - getting severance pay is not a sure thing. It's totally up to the company whether or not they wanna give you severance after they lay you off. So don't bank on that money and then end up... — read more 

Conn's Pulling Out of Belk ?

I just heard that Conn's is leaving my store and another store close to mine. Are they leaving all stores?

Reduction in selling space = serious trouble

When you see reduction in selling space in any retail store that is a sign of serious financial trouble, sections, rows and entire floors closed off? You better start looking elsewhere for a new job, it won’t be long before it shuts down for... — read more 

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| 880 views | | 2 replies (last March 18, 2023)
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vineyard vines pulling out of Belk?

I was at Belk in Flowood and there was very little to almost nothing of vineyard vines merchandise is this an vendor issue or is it just Belk being Belk ?

Written up for not meeting Credit and Email Goals

At our store meeting, associates were told that credit and email goals must be met or corrective action will be taken. I am shocked. Can Belk write us up for not meeting these goals even if we are trying our best to get them? Is this happening at... — read more 

Just sweeping everything under the rug

In fact, our regional came in the store and pretty much told the managers anytime we say anything negative about the job to turn it into a positive. If you want to know why Belk is failing so spectacularly, here's your answer. No company can... — read more 

Policies

So, since we got a new store manager last year we have had a lot of policy changes. I’m just curious if the stuff they are saying is in fact true. Recently we were told that we can’t go in the shoe stockroom to get shoes because we need to do save... — read more 

Return policy

With the return policy now being 30 days, I have an item I want to return from January when it was 90 days as stated on the receipt. I bought the item with my Belk CC. Am I out the money or will the return be honored due to the policy at time of sale... — read more 

belk outlet a liquidation center??

Outlet stores being used as liquidation centers? Are these new “outlets” located in dying malls and dying strip malls a covert way for belk to liquidate?, no refunds or exchanges allowed, all sales final, staffing at a bare minimum with one or two... — read more 

belk Douglasville closing or turning into an outlet

6640 Douglas Blvd, Douglasville, GA 30135 so the location no longer uses its upper floor anymore everything is now located on the first floor packed together. did they sell out the upper portion or what.

Reviews or raises??

Will either be happening this year? A raise would be appreciated this year!! Its my fifth year!!

Belk Outlet is smoke and mirrors

Advertising a Belk Outlet as “grand opening” is misleading. In reality the sales at these locations were down exponentially and Sycamore is buying time until the lease runs out. This is the time of the year that most businesses lay off/close... — read more 

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| 710 views | | 2 replies (last February 26, 2023)
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Laurens, SC Belk becoming Outlet

Store closes Monday for remodeling, reopening date unknown at this time. As of right now I have no source to link to but it is happening.

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photos

https://www.gordon-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1364.jpg https://www.gordon-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1365.jpg imagine this is how the beauty counter used to be a few years ago

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Moody’s rates Belk Caa3, near default on 2/14/23

Moody’s has given belk a near bottom rating of Caa3, similar to the S&P rating of last week. This rating is near the bottom of the rating scale. of course, massive debt, corporate mismanagement, and a wide array of other issues contributed to the... — read more 

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| 960 views | | 1 reply (February 15, 2023)
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