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Lisa Mason on FB todsy

QVCPhobe — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 04:21:48 GMT

Lisa posted that a number of staff at the Q were laid off today. She talked about a friend who recently celebrated 25 years there was also let go.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

kivah — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 04:41:26 GMT

I think it's terrible that QVC fires people who have been hard-working, dedicated employees for so many years. There is no reason to do that - especially when QVC earns many billions of dollars a year. These people cannot replace their jobs - especially in small towns of Pennsylvania or elsewhere. The people at the top make too much money -- and the employees who show up every day - sometimes doing grunt work - are pushed out. So Unfair. Another reason for other people to just do their job at work --- don't volunteer for anything - don't stay after working hours (when not getting paid extra) and don't take your job home. Companies don't care about you. This is the new America!!!!!

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

Susan-QVC — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 04:44:17 GMT

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Kachina624 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 05:02:30 GMT

@kivahYou seem to know an awful lot about people who were laid off. How do you know they were hard-working dedicated employees and that there was no reason to lay them Off? For all you know they were embezzling and pillaging from the company. They don't have to depend on the largess of small towns; they live in one of the largest metro areas in the US.

You are in no position to judge internal personnel matters.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

Zefra — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 05:21:20 GMT

@Kachina624 One thing we do know is that the way QVC senior leadership is running the company, they're directly responsible for any layoffs. Isn't it ironic that those that should be fired are making the decisions on who to fire.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB today

TY — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:33:35 GMT

There's a discussion about the QVC layoffs in the Q Talk board. I read Lisa's fb post and all 500 plus replies back. And yes, the public can express their opinions about these layoffs and what they mean. The QVC layoffs are public knowledge and in the news. Personally, I think the economy isn't as healthy as it seems and it's only going to get worse. Retailers whether internet or bricks and mortar are in trouble as consumers are putting the brakes on spending.

I hope that the people who were layed off find new jobs easily.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

qvcaddition — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:08:03 GMT

My oldest was 50 and very hard worker, no breaks, took work home, worked through lunch and gave 32 years to company. Most of the experience workers were laid off and the company outsourced. Fortunately, he found another job in the same field and has been there seven years. We are also paying a higher price from the company he worked for, yet they are paying cheaper wages for less experience workers

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

QVCPhobe — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:29:32 GMT

All that I did was report Lisa's FB posting. I provided NO theories about the layoffs.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

BlingQueen022 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:23:40 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@kivahYou seem to know an awful lot about people who were laid off. How do you know they were hard-working dedicated employees and that there was no reason to lay them Off? For all you know they were embezzling and pillaging from the company. They don't have to depend on the largess of small towns; they live in one of the largest metro areas in the US.

You are in no position to judge internal personnel matters.

@Kachina624 how right you are!! I couldn't have said it better. I can't even comment on this because I don't know the employees, and I don't know what goes on behind the doors of QVC. They're like any other large company. Employees get laid off. Happens every day.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

Suziqzee — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:34:35 GMT

We know the people who were laid off were hard working and dedicated because Lisa Mason KNEW them and said so on her Facebook post.

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hopi — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:28:14 GMT

Q is full of ....it.

They want larger profits, younger faces , no commitment. The 1% theory and big corporations are extremely greedy and feel they owe nobody anything. This CEO will become so wealthy in a short framework and never have worked the way regular people have to. The is no regard for anyone's lifetime of dedication. it's all about making the most money. They are waiting for all the old shoppers to die off and hoping to grab the new ones.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

BlingQueen022 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:46:07 GMT

@Suziqzee wrote:
We know the people who were laid off were hard working and dedicated because Lisa Mason KNEW them and said so on her Facebook post.

If Lisa told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:50:31 GMT

When did it become wrong to feel bad for someone who has lost their job ? We all know how corporations work. This board can be a cold place.

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chiclet — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:51:49 GMT

Why all the snarky and hateful remarks. Usually if a company has a lazy, unproductive, dishonest employee it does not take 30 years to figure it out. Companies want to get rid of the high salaries and other benefits these employees get. It is always about money.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

on the bay — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:25:10 GMT

I worked a second job once at a garden center.

I knew and liked the owners, they liked me, but after about a year, they brought in another high school employee (in addition to the other ones they had). I was planning to leave and she said it was just as well because their policy was to hire high school kids because they could pay them less than the adults.

They also had their son and daughter working there. They were a successful, large center.

I was really surprised at this at the time but now realizing it is what a lot of companies do.

Being a loyal longtime employee (or an adult over a teenager) anywhere these days does not seem to be an assurance that they will still have a job at any time.

It is not the security that our parents may have had or even valued, to work for the same company for years.

Now it is certainly a problem for the employee because jobs are not easy to come by in every field for the same salary they may have been used to or any job at all!

It also benefits the company if they can let an employee go before the employee has accrued enough for certain pensions or retirement benefits or to cut back on health insurance. It is ruthless out there for sure!

Another popular thing to do is to let part time employees go that were being paid benefits and only hire and allow a minimum # of hours that do not give benefits!

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

ms traditional — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:15:03 GMT

years of a weak, sluggish economy means that any managerial missteps are magnified, especially in retail, which depends on not only growth in incomes (which has not occurred for some time now) but also confidence that the economy is in good shape ( which is not what people are feeling). economics 101.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB today

Vivian — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:41:43 GMT

There seem to be several issues brought out in this discussion. First, it seems that we have a culture where it has become OK for the powers-that-be to make hundreds of times more than the average employee. This was not the case years ago. I'm not saying that corporate leaders shouldn't be well-compensated, but how much is enough? Is an $18 million yearly salary acceptable when people who need an EpiPen have to pay hundreds of dollars for one dose of life-saving medicine? As Michael Douglas said in the movie "Wall Street" ...."Greed is good." Doing more with less is what many employees hear while their "superiors" are doing less with more.

Another issue, specific to QVC, is the fact that people are ordering far more online than they did before. When QVC first started, you HAD to speak to an order entry operator. The first inroad was automated ordering. Finally, online ordering took over. With each change, fewer employees were needed. So I do understand why employees involved in that side of things would lose their jobs but I have no idea what categories of employees were just let go and whether doing more with less is going to be the result.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB today

ripka junkie — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:57:38 GMT

I am currently retired but worked for the same corporation for 30 years. For the last 25 years I was in supervision. I had to make hire and fire as well as layoff decision recommendations. The company I worked for was agressive and buying other companies. This often resulted with too many employees. When these decisons were made trust me, work record and work ethic were determing factor.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

violann — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:31:12 GMT

Well, Yeah, sounds like NO COMMENT into such complex issues is the BEST COMMENT, so that's the direction I'm choosing.

Re: Lisa Mason on FB todsy

violann — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:31:51 GMT

@Suziqzee wrote:
We know the people who were laid off were hard working and dedicated because Lisa Mason KNEW them and said so on her Facebook post.