Posted on 01/11/2018 10:19:52 AM PST by GIdget2004
Walmart is suddenly closing several Sam's Club stores across the US.
Closures were reported by local media in Texas, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Arizona, Alaska, and elsewhere.
In some cases, employees were not informed of the closures prior to showing up to work on Thursday.
Instead, they learned that their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closure, according to reports.
Walmart and Sam's Club did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sam's Club offered an explanation on Twitter, however, saying, "After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, weve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and were committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
[I recall the Ground Round restaurants were closed suddenly while people were eating.]
Ouch
{They raided 7/11s across the country yesterday.]
What timing, eh?
If employers want 2 weeks’ notice for employees leaving, they must provide 2 weeks’ notice (or pay) for severance.
She should have been summarily fired the day it was public that she said that. If not before...
That’s what I was wondering. They’ll have to keep some employees to either sell off the inventory, or load it to ship to their warehouse or another store.
s/b “staying INSIDE all the marked safety zones”
[ the Black Eye Pea closings]
Yes, those just disappeared like magic. Same with a lot of Boston Market stores.
I see that she is now the COO at Starbucks. She should fit right in.
What I want and what I get are two different things. There is no law that says that an employee must give two weeks notice why must a employer provide any different. Is it right to give as much notice as possible, of course. Should it be a law, of course not.
[and the staff really didnt seem TOO excited to be there either]
Good heavens....
I just ate at Boston Market. They are mostly empty when I go there, even at lunch.
I was just wondering whatever happened to the Black Eye Pea. I used to eat there a lot when I first moved to the DFW area.
Oh no. That figures.
TFTI
100+ stores? No, not so!
Sam’s Club, the membership warehouse owned by retail giant Walmart, is shutting down or converting 63 stores, a Walmart official confirmed Thursday.
Of those locations, about 50 will be going out of business for good.
The company would not provide a list of the specific locations that will be closed or the number of employees that would be impacted, but public filings revealed that at least 1,733 workers will be affected.
Furner said that the company would try “to place as many associates as possible in new roles at nearby locations.’’
In the United States alone, Walmart employs 1.4 million people.
I haven’t seen one in awhile - there may be one 25-30 miles from me. I’ll have to look next time I’ve over there - which is not often these days.
I liked the one here in town - Dad and I would eat there several times during the year. Now, it’s an Arby’s.
Stuff happens...........
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texas-news/black-eyed-pea-restaurants-abruptly-close/327028586
There were a couple within a short distance from my house that just closed overnight. One thing they did have going for them was their wonderful rolls.
Yes, Costco is barely getting by.
And hire DACCA folks!!
Yea!!!!
I didn't get 60 days notice...
Ummm...maybe I did...they said Jan 15th....on Nov. 15th. But actually closed Dec 1st.............
Bad company....the Fed's looking for $22 million bucks...is what I hear.
Corrupt...or badly ran. Or both.....
1700 people probably looking for new jobs.
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