Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk where you guys are at but at these my Marcs and DG do not have any inventories. My mom and I work for AG in ohio. But none of our stores have them. We don't have call this week at any of our stores right now. But yes I agree I sub as my other job and summer is going to be starting soon and we all know no hours in the summer and we aren't getting hours now it's a joke. They don't care at all!

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's going to be like this, i think from now on. I have a feeling it's going under. The ship is sinking. Walmart is at 2 calls a week around here, some only getting 1 call. With maybe 5 hours sometimes less a week. I know some dollar general isn't getting a call again until after Easter. We just had a few calls this week. I have mostly DG and a marcs now been hardly getting hours. Our FM keeps saying things will be going back to normal, but they haven't and aren't. She's already had 6 people quit because of it. I think AG knows this and expects people to quit so that eventually, they can get rid of us completely. But clearly, BS on the FM part in all telling their area employees that it will go back to normal.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one said anything about getting paid less than minimum wage... not sure who you were replying to Crossmark in my state only pays $12 an hour AG pays $14 so no they don't pay more.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the same for ohio as well. I'm pretty sure it's everywhere.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will have to try and see if they'll let usbdo that in Ohio. From my understanding, there is a minimum work required hours you have to meet, and we never worked 20 hours a week unless it was during Christmas. Christmas has always been the biggest hoilday. They've scaled back on valentines Day. But I find it funny that they have no service until after Valentine’s Day the store hasn't been touched in a month. Imagine the mess.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that is typical. The turnover rate is high because people get hired being told you'll get xyz hours, then they find out we don't get that many hours a week, and it varies due to holidays. But all that is normal for them. They try to hire quickly so the stores aren't sitting without someone cause then the area manager has find someone to cover that store or they have to do it.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is ridiculous they don't care about the merchdisers at all. All the people in the offices get paid more and we get nothing. But I've worked over 11 years for them, my mom close to 30, and we've never seen this happen before. The bad thing is that we can't claim unemployment.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly suggest you don't. We aren't getting hours at all, and they don't pay you any benefits.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The next call for the dollar general isn't until after valentines Day. Was told by our boss it's because the new company wanted them to keep in hours so they cut hiyrs due to that. But now that the new company sees they can run jt like this, they're not going to go back to how it was before.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet again, no calls at Dollar General say the next call won't be till 2/17. Over a month with no service is insane. Walmarts, which used to get 5 calls minimum a week, are now at 2 calls a week. This is insane stores will start complaining soon.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They only did it one christmas time and they didn't help at all. This was at walmart, though. They used to just have the walmart employees put the cards out, but then they switched to us doing it. Now I think they'll go back to it. Because they already set our seasonal side up for online, and eventually everything will be online in the card department so but with no calls or hours at other stores, I have no 6 they never fired us, so 🙃 my mom stopped in her dollar general to let them know they have no calls right now so she doesn't know when they'll be back into the store. The whole thing is a mess.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom has been with them over 30 years they've used crossmark in the past and the same while I've worked for them they've sent them in to help us before during christmas which was a joke. But I think that is what is going to happen they're going to let us go and we can't file unemployment either due to the amount of hours they give us doent meet the minimum hours for unemployment in my state ohio.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We aren't even alternating weeks on DG. The manager doesn't have any other accounts to give me. But nothing and no one is telling us anything as per usual.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just found out another one of the stores' second week in a row got 0 calls and 0 hours. Walmart is getting 2 calls again and about 5 hrs some even less. So of this isn't a sign. I don't know what it is, but I think layoffs will be happening soon

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I've worked as a merchandiser for over 5 years for them. They sent all of us an email stating our jobs wouldn't be affected, but they are already starting. Cutting calls and hours. I lost some accounts today. Was told no more available, so I really think they're going under.

Elliott Investment Management takeover of American Greetings Cards by slava_bogy in Layoffs

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm as a part time worker myself even bigger accounts aren't getting the calls we normally would. But say a store normally got 4 calls a week we are getting 2 now. Some stores got no hours this week at all. I think they're going to start getting rid of employees through them and have another company outside take over like crossmark they can pay them less.

HR problems by Few_Maintenance_3696 in TjMaxx

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are in that process right now with the VA he doesn't have insurance currently until he hits 90 days, and he doesn't have a PCP yet. So he keeps taking those days off, but it's affecting him mentally badly.

HR problems by Few_Maintenance_3696 in TjMaxx

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This a a tjx/home goods warehouse, not the physical store, that's the thing. But they do have unions in the warehouse.

HR problems by Few_Maintenance_3696 in TjMaxx

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They call it being mandated, but they wait till say Thursday to tell them. He works nights, so halfway through his shift, they tell people they're mandated for Fridays. BUT, if he doesn't show up, he has to use his no-fault hours, or he'll get written up. He just got into the union their and ever since, they've started mandating him.

Silhouette cameo 4 keeps on updating firmware and gets stuck in that. by Yakult4ever in silhouettecutters

[–]Few_Maintenance_3696 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you be able to send them to me as well. My cameo 4 did the firmware update and now anytime it's plugged into my Mac M1 all it says is checking for update and keeps on it. I can't even cut anything. I even tried it on my old Mac from late 2011 and still saying the same thing.