The Sears Where I Used to Work, Is Closing

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

Local news is reporting that the Sears in my town is going to be closing next month.

I worked there for almost two decades, before moving on to "greener pastures" in '08.

I feel bad for the sales people, because it isn't easy to find a decent paying job in this area.

I personally blame Eddie Lampbert (CEO) for the demise of Sears.

Here's the offical announcement from HQ.

"After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Sears store in ******, Calif. A liquidation sale is expected to begin later this month and the store is planned to close between late October and late November. As we promised, all eligible associates will be offered the same number of weeks of severance as offered to employees of Sears Holdings Corporation prior to that company’s Chapter 11 filing in October 2018. We will continue to evaluate our network of Sears and Kmart stores and cannot rule out additional store closures in the near term. Our goal remains to return the company to profitability and preserve as many jobs as possible in the communities we serve."

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

We only have one Sears left in Metro Atlanta. We used to have a gazillion of them and we are down to one.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@Anonymous032819

Sorry to hear you are losing yours, we lost ours at one of our local malls last year.

My FIL was an engineer who designed all of their lawn mowers, tractors, etc. for 30 years and the family was avid supporters of Sears products.

Like you, I feel really bad for all of the employees who are losing their jobs as a result of the B&M stores closing.

But you can't stop 'progress', I guess.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

Spacrazy · ‎12-14-2018

The last one in our Texas town closed and has already been torn down which was about one half of our only mall. Sears was the anchor store on end of the mall and Penney’s anchored the other end. Don’t know how much longer it will be able to last.

Yes, it’s a huge change to see it go. Mother worked there as well. One of my greatest memories as a kid was getting that Sears catalog and oh the hours we spent turning each glossy page. We even went to the Sears store to have our annual family Christmas photos made.

Good stuff...

sweetee2 · ‎06-21-2015

Ours closed 5 years ago. I remember going there 60 years ago with my parents. They had a area with horse saddles we would play on. Amagion that horse saddles at a store.

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

My Sears store is still open, though it gets very few customers (judgng by the number of cars in the parking lot). It was originally attached to a mall, but in the last five years, the mall has been demolished and Sears now stands alone. The first floor is clothing and the second floor is tools, appliances, and home goods. Does anyone still buy clothing at Sears? It's a pretty nice store, as far as that goes, though it has a lonely vibe.

Sadly, each time there's a round of closures, the headline about Sears stores that are still open gets as much notice as the one about stores closing.

itsmagic · ‎08-08-2011

I stopped at our local Sears store last week and everything was marked down, there were parts of the store that were bare, and there seemed to be just a handful of sales people. I haven’t heard it is closing but it sure felt like it was getting ready to close. Our Sears is in a huge standalone building which I don’t know what it could be used for if it closes (maybe just torn down). In its heyday 40 years ago it even had a candy counter and small cafeteria.