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On Monday, February 12th, Barnes & Noble fired a number of employees.
From CNBC:
Barnes & Noble is trimming its staff, laying off lead cashiers, digital leads and other experienced workers in a company-wide clearing, CNBC has learned from sources familiar with the matter.
The news came abruptly for many workers who showed up Monday morning at various Barnes & Noble locations to be notified that they no longer had a job, the people said. The number of affected workers couldn't immediately be determined. As of April 29 of last year, Barnes & Noble employed about 26,000 people.
"[Barnes & Noble] has been reviewing all aspects of the business, including our labor model," a spokeswoman told CNBC about the layoffs. "Given our sales decline this holiday, we're adjusting staffing so that it meets the needs of our existing business and our customers. As the business improves, we'll adjust accordingly."
From The Digital Reader:
The initial report said B&N had fired "lead cashiers, digital leads, and other experienced workers", but what that report missed - and why this was worth bringing up a day later - was that B&N also fired nearly all of its receiving managers in what current and ex-employees are calling Bloody Monday.
[...] When B&N fires a digital sales lead, it means they'll sell fewer Nooks. This is no big deal given how B&N's digital revenues have fallen since 2013. When B&N fires a head cashier, it means you're in for longer waits at the register.
But when B&N fires its receiving managers, it means that B&N won't have the merchandise to sell you because the person who was responsible for making sure shelves get stocked does not work there any more.
Previously: Barnes & Noble Reports Holiday Revenues Down
Barnes & Noble Pivots to Books
(Score: 3, Interesting) by nobu_the_bard on Wednesday February 14 2018, @08:18PM
It is very common. I've seen people try to be "nice" about firings and give prior notice, or even allow people to clean out their own desk, but it's been 50/50 if the departing employee causes trouble (stealing client data, defacing property, rolling back databases, deleting backups, etc).
In one particular case, the departing employee was crying and carrying on, so the employer felt bad about it and let him clean out his desk "with dignity" and telling nobody, including IT. The employee walked out with the backup drives (he had a passcode) after deleting the client database (admin credentials), then vanished. IT didn't learn about it until the following day when overnight backups failed. Nobody has heard from the guy since or knows where he is (missing person)... I suspect he just hit the road headed out west after dumping the drives somewhere...
It's easier to just not give them the opportunity rather than try to deal with them after the fact. It's hard to know who will do what beforehand.