Macys to cut 7,000 jobs

**Dredly** · February 2nd, 2009, 05:50 PM

Ouch, another massive layoff planned

http://money.cnn.com//2009/02/02/new...acys/index.htm

**Robert Kayland** · February 2nd, 2009, 06:07 PM

It's getting so we won't even have SERVICE economy jobs in this country anymore.

**Dredly** · February 2nd, 2009, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Robert Kayland

It's getting so we won't even have SERVICE economy jobs in this country anymore.

I think you mean "It's getting so we won't even have jobs in this country anymore"

**Robert Kayland** · February 2nd, 2009, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dredly

I think you mean "It's getting so we won't even have jobs in this country anymore"

That was the point... we've pretty much lost the jobs that really count, MANUFACTURING economy jobs... and now we're even losing the SERVICE economy stuff.

This country's finished...

**BIGSHOVEL** · February 2nd, 2009, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by Robert Kayland

That was the point... we've pretty much lost the jobs that really count, MANUFACTURING economy jobs... and now we're even losing the SERVICE economy stuff.

This country's finished...

I'm hoping it's not finished, but more of a cleansing of sorts. I'm sick of minimum wage workers being allowed to get away with shitty customer service.

I hand every cashier my money and they don't have the courtesy to hand it back, instead they throw it on the counter.

I thank every cashier, I don't know why I just do. Almost never do I get thanked for shopping and making a purchase.

I should not know more than any given "specialist" in any store, I am an ordinary man not a specialist.

A titled idiot such as manager never is proficient at doing their job or I would not have just had to deal with the nose pierced twit at the cash register. I would have fired them by now.

Call a major brand name anything for customer service and what do you get? A foreigner who can't fix your problem. I now just ask for the "head idiot in a cubicle".

As a medium business owner I am appauled by the "corporate model" we continue to support.

I hire well and fire better, everyone expendable.

I always want everone to suceed in life and business but it takes effort and folks like Macy's and especially Home Depot have lost sight of their roots. Alot of execs. need axed and alot of middle management should never have existed in the first place.

A business regardless of size is like a newborn, it should always be on your hip and will need nurtured until death.

Those if any of you whom are amongst the unemployed, keep your chin up and things will turn they always do. Sometimes not as quickly as you hope but it always turns.

Brad

**jcabin** · February 3rd, 2009, 12:17 AM

Macy's is cutting off management positions, not really many floor positions.

**Pector55** · February 3rd, 2009, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by jcabin

Macy's is cutting off management positions, not really many floor positions.

Anyone who has ever been to a Macy's should have no questions as to why they need to do this. Talk about over priced stuff... Then again, I seriously don't understand how the company I work for can get by without having a big shake down. We have some seriously over paid people hanging around and while sales are declining, we still get announcements from NY that some other asshat is now Senior Area Regional VP of Left (striped) Socks and worth of a another few hundred thousand a year.