Bad Move Lowes!!!!

[kenmac]

since moving to the farm, I rarely go to lowes or hd.
There are some things my mom and pop store just don't have forcing me to go to Lowes, or HD

 

[CADplans]

My wife had the perfect answer to this news,,
assemblers, and maintenance people need close supervision to function properly,,

The sales assistants that roam the aisles need zero supervision,,

The two do not mix,, Lowes will win by outsourcing the functions that need close supervision,
then, only one type supervisor will be needed,,

 

[caver]

I remember back in the late 80's two manufacturing companies in my home town that hired out their maintenance so that's nothing new.

 

[MossRoad]

My wife had the perfect answer to this news,,
assemblers, and maintenance people need close supervision to function properly,,

The sales assistants that roam the aisles need zero supervision,,

The two do not mix,, Lowes will win by outsourcing the functions that need close supervision,
then, only one type supervisor will be needed,,

I think it depends on what they are maintaining. If it's janitorial maintenance, then, yes, I agree they need supervision. If it's building maintenance, not so much. I couldn't see more than a couple people to do building maintenance in one of those stores. I'd contract out electrical, HVAC, and plumbing. But you need someone to change lightbulbs, unclog toilets, move racking and such.

 

[RickB]

My wife had the perfect answer to this news,,
assemblers, and maintenance people need close supervision to function properly,,

The sales assistants that roam the aisles need zero supervision,,

The two do not mix,, Lowes will win by outsourcing the functions that need close supervision,
then, only one type supervisor will be needed,,

I am betting you wife will not have to bid for her old job back at reduced pay.

 

[dougtrr2]

I work at a hospital. Of all the hospitals in this town I think we are the only one that has employees as housekeeping. All the other hospitals contract out that service. There are pros and cons to both. What Lowes is doing is no different than a hospital going from in-house janitorial to contract. I worked at Lowes and they have made some changes to their store level management structure that are much worse that this.

Doug in SW IA

 

[fried1765]

Another lap in the race to the bottom.

Sure beats hiring the Chinese to do USA jobs though.

 

[Diggin It]

State or Federal Labor departments could deal with this by requiring that any replacement jobs be at the same pay and benefit scale as those dissolved.

 

[oldballs]

Companies come and go. I thought businesses had the right to manage as they see fit based on the competition I presume. But I'm not a business major nor a political major. Locally our Lowes and HD and Ace Hardware and small hardware stores do a fine job best I can tell.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[Fuddy1952]

What's frustrating is asking for assistance and getting someone who knows less than I do in that department, not a kid either but 40+ year old. A few people are really sharp, but yesterday was a fiasco.