If you like being abused, then you’ll live working for Belk.
Pros
4 weeks of PTO for salaried Execs plus a comp week early in the year. Occasional double discount.
Cons
Belk does not care about their employees. Let me say that again. Belk. Does. Not. Care. About. Their. Employees. Belk has really shown their true colors through the handling of the pandemic. While other retailers were giving their “essential” employees raises, bonuses, and additional PTO, Belk gave their salaried executives (who have been working through the entire pandemic) a pay cut, we will not be getting any raises or bonuses this year, and they will not be making any more contributions to our health savings accounts. When stores were directed to close because of COVID-19 and everyone was directed to “shelter in place” by the governor, Belk told salaried managers that we were considered “essential” and we still had to report to work. If we were pulled over during the shelter in place order, we were instructed to lie to whomever was asking and say that we “work in packing and shipping”. Let me be clear, I do not and have never worked in packing and shipping. I work at a department store, but since we were processing online orders from the store during this time, we were told to say that we “work in packing and shipping”. We were never given anything in writing about this. This was all conveyed via conference call. To make things even more insulting, after my pay cut, I made less money than someone who was safe at home and on unemployment, so in my eyes, I was risking my health to work for free. Belk still does not offer any paid sick days. None. Even in the time of Covid. To be fair, I believe that you do get paid sick days if you have a confirmed case of Covid, but you will not get a paid sick day for any other condition. Even if you have a Dr’s note. Dr’s notes mean nothing at Belk. Worst of all, any time anyone complains about anything around here, we’re treated as if we should just feel lucky to have a job. Hello???? That is a 2 way street. While senior management decided to keep us working this entire time, it was OUR hard work in the field that saved their jobs as well. The only thank you we have ever gotten for continuing to risk our health is through some very general company wide emails from our CEO Lisa Harper. No one has actually thanked us for anything outside of that. Our thank you was a pay cut. I’m quitting as soon as I can.
