[Prayer Warrior]

Originally Posted by Prayer Warrior

https://www.businessinsider.com/lowe...ctures-2019-10


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lowes-l...d-off-workers/


Many changes to whip employees into shape including:

• Laying off long time employees (some who worked there more than a decade) with no notice, severance, and offering them the chance to apply for a lower paying position.

• Eliminating the allowance/bonuses, which was previously promised as a permanent upgrade! Ha! Fooled em.

• "Labor activists contend Lowe's executives are treating the rank-and-file poorly while lining their own and investors' pockets through share repurchases and cash dividends." If paycuts need to be made they should be made they should be made to the rank and file and easily replaceable workers. Not executive bonuses which are richly deserved.

Originally Posted by Johny Joe Hold

Lowe's executives have been under extreme pressure from Home Depot. These executives discovered a way to relieve the stress Home Depot has put on them by going where the money is. The money is in salaries paid to low level employees..

Earlier, I mentioned that Lowe's was making moves to boost stock. Lowe's has continued this trend by continuing to order employees to come to work despite an ongoing global pandemic.

Now, during this time of crisis, it is more imperative than ever for Lowe's executives to make moves to relieve stress. What if their gardener brings in the virus? Will they be able to find a private school exclusive enough to exclude their kids from the infected riffraff, etc. Executives found a golden opportunity to relieve stress by being a jump ahead of their competitors at Home Depot by continuing to open. With brilliant moves like these it's no wonder these people get paid the big bucks.


https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v...rus-for-profit

Hardware chain Lowe's, which has over 2,000 stores and 300,000 employees, is operating with normal opening hours, and trying to capitalize on a crisis as competitors such as Target and Home Depot take more steps to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple Lowe's employees. This is despite at least one confirmed case of Lowe's staff contracting the coronavirus.


The news shows how some companies continue to place both employees and customers in situations that could increase the number of coronavirus infections, and comes as states around the country order or prepare to order all non-essential businesses to close.


"I'm pretty sure they are knowledgeably putting lives at risk for profit," a Lowe's source said.


Motherboard spoke to five Lowe's employees, and granted them anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the press.


While competitors like Home Depot and Target have limited their opening hours in response to the coronavirus epidemic in order to give employees more time to disinfect the store, Lowe's employees told Motherboard that the company is operating normally, and even sees the safety precautions competitors are taking as an opportunity to do more business.


"Our store manager told us it was 'our time to shine' since they [Home Depot] were closed at 6pm," one Lowe's employee told Motherboard. "Now the stores are extremely busy since [Home Depot] closes at 6pm and us at 10pm. Our customer count has doubled since we are getting all of their customers as well," they added.