I decided I had enough, after 18 1/2 years, in May. Looks to me like they are closing a number of stores opened in the past year or two, along with entire markets(Phoenix).
Way too much change last year, which started when I had to lay off 20 of my 45 employees because they made too much. Then they changed the management model, to where I had to let 2 of my 5 managers go, then go with 18 year old department supervisors. Had they been thinking correctly the best employees, that I had to lay off, should have been my supervisors. Oops, did things backwards. :sign:
The week before Thanksgiving last year, all of the laid off associates received a letter that stated they could get their jobs back, but at a substantial wage decrease. Being the holidays, and the fact that they were all on their last week of unemployment, this brought 16 of my employees back to me. I wouldn't have lasted through Christmas with CC, had these associates not come back. Before they were laid off, it was a career to them, and they had personal equity invested in our success. After the lay-offs, it was just a paycheck. I cannot blame them for feeling that way.
I felt bad for those associates when I left in May, and I feel bad for all of my freinds throughout the country that are losing their jobs now. Poor upper management decisions have driven this company to the brink.