Walmart is abruptly closing several Sam's Club stores and laying off thousands [100+ stores?]

Business Insider ^ | 01/11/2018 | Hayley Peterson

[SaveFerris]

[I recall the Ground Round restaurants were closed suddenly while people were eating.]

Ouch

[SaveFerris]

{They raided 7/11s across the country yesterday.]

What timing, eh?

[ctdonath2]

If employers want 2 weeks’ notice for employees leaving, they must provide 2 weeks’ notice (or pay) for severance.

[SaveFerris]

She should have been summarily fired the day it was public that she said that. If not before...

[Dawn53Fl]

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.

[SaveFerris]

s/b “staying INSIDE all the marked safety zones”

[SaveFerris]

[ the Black Eye Pea closings]

Yes, those just disappeared like magic. Same with a lot of Boston Market stores.

[RightGeek]

I see that she is now the COO at Starbucks. She should fit right in.

[11Bush]

If employers want 2 weeks’ notice for employees leaving, they must provide 2 weeks’ notice (or pay) for severance.

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.

[SaveFerris]

[and the staff really didn’t seem TOO excited to be there either]

Good heavens....

[fwdude]

I just ate at Boston Market. They are mostly empty when I go there, even at lunch.

[dfwgator]

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.

[SaveFerris]

Oh no. That figures.

TFTI

[Brown Deer]

100+ stores? No, not so!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/01/11/sams-club-closing-dozens-stores-reports-say/1024986001/

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.

[SaveFerris]

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.

[Osage Orange]

Well...this last November...I was informed the Hospital I worked at was closing.

Stuff happens...........

[fwdude]

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.

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.

[gogeo]

Sam’s Club is redundant nowadays and membership stores have always been stupid anyway.

Yes, Costco is barely getting by.

[Osage Orange]

Well....they could make all those stores into BIG TACO stands!!!

And hire DACCA folks!!

Yea!!!!

[Osage Orange]

Company I worked for declared BK in the summer....then many branches got closed...

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.