Age discrimination? How many women vs. men ratio let go? Sex discrimination? Just wondering.
http://www.mhpbooks.com/how-to-lay-off-600-booksellers-with-a-delicious-dollop-of-horseshit/
Déjà Vu. Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.
It's not just Follett!
Take a look at all the American companies that are doing this. There is no loyalty to employees anywhere. It's all about the bottom line and the stockholders. It's a very sad situation, it's about greed. Not growing a company that people are proud to... — read more
Nader: Master if tunnel vision
Well you got what you wanted and now people have to start their lives all over again if that's even possible. Think about others and not what's in it for you. This was not restructuring, this was a slaughter. I worked for Follett long before you came... — read more
How many people
lost their jobs or bonus or profit sharing in order to pay for the Follett family's stock dividends and to buy these companies? How honest is it to tell employees that we didn't make enough to justify a raise or profit sharing or bonus when you had... — read more
April Fools!
Happy April Fools! Today we will tell all the rumors and hoopla going down at FMartears. FHEG and FSS are being split and having their own HR, Finance, IT, and Marketing groups. RE will announce retirement and a new HR head will be arriving soon... — read more
Trying to understand
We were shown a grid of the new store staffing model but I have yet to find it applied to any store. Any store I have talked with that should see changes to their structure based on the new model are being told that nothing changes. How many... — read more
Company wide firings followed by two new online business acquisitions!
I heard yesterday that layoffs are all happening today... institutional employees while recognized for their years of service in the sense that they'd get a clock instead of a pen for their 10 years of service... are not getting that recognition in... — read more
I can hardly wait for New Fiscal Year day!
...which is, coincidentally, April Fools Day. For a joke, we'll get to watch noob managers, in empty suits, turn in dismal results to greedy entitled 4th Gen Follett Family members. Maybe if we sell all the Point of Sale devices, we can boost... — read more
These posts are funny
I wish I read these before I took the job with Follett. Some of these posts are funny, but scary at the same time! I have to say, I stuck around until a better offer came in and left this company. I heard about this thru a co worker and decided to... — read more
No money for our associates but we've got $$$ for acqusitions!!!!
WTF so if we missed plan by $90 million in FY16 but we spent $300 million on acqusitions that helped us lose more does that mean we were actually doing OK last year. I'm guessing why YES it does. So I have a great idea let"s go and 2 more companies... — read more
Here we go again!!
Who are you losing?
EOY FT eliminations in retail stores
Here we go again. "Restructuring" instead of just cutting, but more FT eliminations in FHEG retail stores...
Burnin money
Williams college.....
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My book sales are down 16% to budget, last FY was down 12% to budget. We should close the doors. T-shirts sales will not save us! When will it end? This sucks, My vacation time will be spent looking for a new career.
You got to be kidding
I received an email from a consulting firm looking for an individual with "my skills" to assist with the ongoing development of staff augmentation with a large private company. This company is looking for (many of the skills I do) to help drive their... — read more
Congress needs to increase domestic worker safeguards
http://www.h1b.info/
Sign the petition ... Abolish H1B Visa program ... H-1B program is flawed beyond repair
http://www.petition2congress.com/7637/abolish-h1b-visa-program
Bad for the US... ComputerWorld revealed that the top 10 users of H-1B visas last year were all offshore outsourcing firms Tata and Infosys
Companies providing services and making a profit in the US should provide jobs in the US. Otherwise no one in the US is going to care if you go under, actually just the opposite.
Follett .....the laughing stock of the library industry
So you are laying off people so you can get out from being $90 million in the hole. Now people are without jobs and no money to feed their family. So what do you,do? You tell them it is for the good off the company that there won't be any cost of... — read more
Taking bets
What are the odds Don G is let go prior to April 1?
How to fix a failing company
So when your company is losing market share and has sales/profit issues here is how you fox it. Bring in a President that ran KMart into the ground and then got pushed out of Dicks Sporting Goods. Bring in a bunch of executives from another long... — read more
"To me, this is corporate blackmail at its worst," Diangelo said of the agreement he was forced to sign to get a severance."
http://www.theday.com/article/20160322/BIZ02/160329737