Topics regarding layoffs at Sam's Club

Topics regarding layoffs at Sam's Club

Clubs that are Closing

What are your sales for the year? What was your Sam’s Share profit percentage at?

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| 1630 views | | 8 replies (last January 19, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rhx2CVf

Moving our DC?

Anyone in any other market (I’m in market 63) having their DC shut down and relocate? Ours in Woodland ca is closing down and relocating to Southern California.

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| 970 views | | 4 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RhXNlqE

Managers stepping down to hourly

Et task went down about two weeks ago that changed previous "lose 10% pay" to now only apply if you have to be in position at least 12 months. People that don't have time in position go to base pay of new pay plan.

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| 1925 views | | 2 replies (last January 22, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rhay1VD

I hope you quickly bounce back

I was affected by this change. I was in accounting and my position was eliminated and replaced with a counting machine. It didn't affect me because I had a better job to fall back on and I quit before I was let go but there's many people that have... — read more 

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| 1100 views | | 3 replies (last January 19, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RhAqrMO

Demo Employees Layoffs

I sure relate to this when they laid off 11,000 Demo Employees in 2010 to bring in a 3rd party, no notice at all, just were escorted out. Two of us had been Charter Members since opening but they could of cared less. I am still very bitter about it... — read more 

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| 1110 views | | 5 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RhN7EUg

Walmart's Co Manager Update

Saw this on Walmart's board: @RfIyZGR Also you can go there with this long link: www.TheLayoff.com/t/RfIyZGR

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Post ID: @OP+RgNpshE

Sam’s receiving clerk and lead

If they restructuring or taking away these positions they really have kept it pretty quiet. Nothing concrete, just a bunch of scenarios that haven’t came to fruition. No new news is good news.

Mememberships

You different memberships Regular,plus,business here's the catch they stopped checking memberships so anyone with a regular membership has the same privilege as a plus or business so why try to up grade ? Then your poor cashiers why have them try to... — read more 

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| 2810 views | | 7 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RfepX0I

Interesting.............

There were once 660 clubs. Supposing an average employment of 150 associates that would be 99,000 workers.......the largest amount of views any of the topics on the page has is less than 7000....supposing some of the views here were made by one time... — read more 

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| 2300 views | | 7 replies (last January 16, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rfl0ws1

Severance question

I was offered a position in another Sam's Club, but the pay is lower (by quite a bit) than my current one. I'd rather take my chances and look elsewhere once we close, but somebody told me that if I refuse the job, I will not be eligible to receive... — read more 

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| 3431 views | | 10 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rf26t8X

So has anyone heard anything definite yet?

I can't see anything happening this week if there are GMs out helping other clubs. I wish they would do it already instead of leaving people wondering.

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| 2290 views | | 4 replies (last January 16, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rf3i6j8

Costco WILL hire former Sam's Club employees

I'm really sick and tired of people posting blatantly untrue things to mess with people when their entire livelihood is on the line. Those saying that Costco will not hire former Sam's Club or Walmart employees are lying. Simple as that. I know of at... — read more 

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| 12380 views | | 10 replies (last October 7, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+Rf6d3Ea

This week

There are no calls or meetings scheduled this week. Club Manager vacations are blacked out the week of the 26th. Many club managers on vacation this week and next. So don’t expect any changes this week. Market manager have another meeting in Dallas... — read more 

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| 2630 views | | 1 reply (January 19, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RfasHI1

Cart Attendents

Heard cart attendants getting the ax tomorrow. Sourcing to a 3rd party.

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| 2220 views | | 10 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RfikhgT

If your store is closing what are your plans?

I'm still not sure what to do. Why transfer to another Sam's for something similar to happen again in the near future? I lost my audit lead position less than a year ago. A position I held for 5 years. I loved it, and was good at. Took a different... — read more 

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| 1800 views | | 9 replies (last January 17, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Reejy9A

Article- please read

https://talkbusiness.net/2018/01/another-round-of-wal-mart-corporate-store-layoffs-expected/ So this article talks about co manager reduction and dsd reduction being leaked as of Friday. That it will be announced but no date. My question is who does... — read more 

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| 2530 views | | 4 replies (last January 15, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RenusBC

Rumors or Truth.

So is there any truth in any of these rumors about positions being eliminated. It would be sad to see associates loss their positions . It's already bad enough that so many people has lost their jobs due to the closing of clubs. Will the info come... — read more 

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| 1960 views | | 1 reply (January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+ReebYbx

Let set the record straight

All associates in the clubs that are closing are being paid for the next 60 days after the announcement. They can work for the next few weeks to help close their buildings down for extra pay in addition to or they can choose not to. Either way they... — read more 

If you were the CEO

What would you do if you had 60 plus clubs losing money accounting for over 50 million dollars a year in lost profit? Most of the clubs with no foreseeable light at the end of the tunnel. Either the area is saturated with other clubs (most being... — read more 

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| 2100 views | | 12 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RenlS8O

Restructure

Market managers have another meeting in 2 weeks. They fly out on the 24th. Don't expect changes next week as they are focused on getting the 63 clubs closed.

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| 2060 views | | 6 replies (last January 15, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+Rewzkjg

Transferring to same pay?

Anybody knows if those who decide to transfer to other Sam's Clubs and manage to land the same position they were in will get the same rate of pay they earned throughout the years or will they have to start from scratch again? Just trying to figure... — read more 

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| 1670 views | | 7 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdIdrTY

What a mess they’ve made!

Since when do we follow others, our philosophy is take care of the associates and customers. Sam Walton must be really proud how they have f---ed things up!

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| 1060 views | | 3 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdjlpqC

Remodel

Suddenly on hold Funny huh?

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| 1140 views | | 3 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdnK3yt

Week of Jan 14tg layoffs

For these next layoffs will these folks be offered the same packages as the associates who had stores close? The 60 days paid, etc.?

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| 3100 views | | 17 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdJhWZi

It`s all making a circle and it`s not done.

Im a 10 year associate working at a Texas Sams Club that did not close.. If you think back to when all this came about Walmart was the reason so many mom and pop operations closed .Walmart went in to all these small towns with a conquer and destroy... — read more 

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| 1710 views | | 1 reply (January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdoE1DC

This was just a start

I hate to be an alarmist, but these 63 stores are just a start. Retail has never been in a worse position (just look at seasonal hiring, it was lower then during recession!) and automation is taking over thousands of jobs. I can guarantee you that a... — read more 

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| 2020 views | | 2 replies (last January 28, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdfpCWx

Mandatory meetings

This is valid information not hearsay or the spreading of rumors. All Market managers were out of their repsective markets this past week for mandatory meetings. This upcoming week the market managers will hold a mandatory meeting with the CM’s ... — read more 

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| 5500 views | | 19 replies (last January 14, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdcdYxv

My club closed!

For the past several weeks I had become obsessed reading this site worrying constantly!!! I have been with Sams over 26 years and our club closed yesterday, much to our surprise!!! We knew there would be changes but never did we think in a million... — read more 

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| 2380 views | | 7 replies (last January 13, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RdhQSUE

Smart Move by Costco

I saw this on my phone right now - Costco is running "We are Hiring" ads here on TheLayoff.com - that's very smart as they know that a lot of Sam's and Walmart folks are here now. Here is a screenshot of my screen: https://imgur.com/a/gfWrf

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| 1510 views | | 9 replies (last January 15, 2018)
Post ID: @OP+RcTDUrl

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