Batteries Plus Bulbs reviews about "layoff"

Avoid corporate at all costs. They’ll tell you it’s changed for the better but it’s gotten worse. They’re still planning layoffs for next year. Executive level is full of men who all used to work with each other at Whataburger and they’re all bros who think they know what they’re doing. They treat everyone like their own personal minions. It’s so toxic.

Recent layoffs is the corporate office due to restructuring.

The writing is on the wall after many senior department meetings that have been happening over the past couple of months. Someone is leaking info from behind closed doors and they are planning additional layoffs, outsourcing even more work and focusing more on brick and mortar stores. The senior leadership doesn’t even know what kind of work the third party companies are working on. Teams don’t communicate and throw each other under the bus. A lot of talk about trusting team members but that’s obviously not the case after hearing about these meetings and additional corporate plans. Someone who is a higher up VP is really playing both sides currently and his team is not happy. Culture is absolutely awful and it’s clear that HR doesn’t care either, especially after hearing certain team members received 3.5% raises this year while others only received 1-2%. It’s bad.

The Distribution Center claims to prioritize its employees, but in reality, it shows no genuine concern. I worked in management, and this fact was tightly kept under wraps. There is rampant cronyism, particularly after the integration of Airgas personnel, who took control. The company has been experiencing a severe decline, with daily sales dropping from $900K to $650K and about 100 layoffs in the past year. Unfortunately, I see no signs of improvement on the horizon for the next few years based on my experience. It is disheartening to witness the downfall of a company that used to be well-managed, but the recent changes in management have led to a decline in output and sales. Additionally, there has been a notable increase in work-related injuries. I strongly advise considering alternative employment options.

It's absolutely appalling how the very top is able to do whatever they want with ZERO oversight. They wonder why there is no strategy, they wonder why there are no sales, they wonder why people are leaving - it's because the C-Suite gets to do whatever they want. They lie to the board. They inflate numbers. They fire people in order to promote the people THEY brought into the company. It's turned into a good-ole-boys club. It's truly disgusting. Even to me as a male it's disgusting. So many people are planning on leaving and directors are rumoring more layoffs in the next month too. Can't wait to leave.

Massive Layoffs after telling us that 2023 sales were on a good track. Trying to save their bottom line that they wasted away on higher-ups who have no experience. Promotions are negotiated with managers only to have HR say the employee is making too much money already and they can’t promote them any further. When certain people do get promotions, their salary increase doesn’t change and they don’t qualify for bonuses anymore. They expect the lower level employees to take the blame for mid-manager and senior manager faults. Execs don’t trust the people they personally hire. When layoffs happened, managers called in sick so they wouldn’t have to answer to their direct reports. Lies about sales. Going with an all-agency model moving forward and eliminating more positions along the way. The most toxic environment I’ve seen in 20+ years.