Lowe's CEO Responds To Allegations! | He Doesn't Get It | Lowes

[@stevenchristopherson3456]

Marvin ran JCPenny down the drain and then left them to do the same again. Look up his record, he's a curse on a company

[@TheBlindingwhite]

Funny you say that. I used to work for Eckerd's that, at the time, was owned by JC Penney. The then CEO of JC Penney Allen Questrom had to write an open letter justifying hiring J. Wayne Harris since he just ran another company into the ground -Grand Union. Everyone had to read and sign the letter they agreed the hiring was just. I signed it with a fake name since I did not agree. J. Wayne Harris would go around his buyers, make "deals" himself (probably pocketing some money along the way) and burden Eckerd's with lots of slow moving merchandise. Seems that many companies have a history of being run by buffoons and recycling them to boot.

[@Jmsadv]

JCPenny was in a downward spiral before Marvin. It’s why they fired the CEO before him.

[@TheBlindingwhite]

@@Jmsadv because they keep hiring dolts

[@josephedrington1888]

How does he still get a job

[@TheBlindingwhite]

@@josephedrington1888 Because all these companies keep recycling the same douchebags. Once you break into CEO territory you will be one for life.

[@andyackerman7123]

The rich people aren't rich enough, so the poor people need to make some sacrifices...

[@daoyang223]

When you really think about it. All of Life's problems are completely superficial and doesn't actually need to exist. The middle east - They're killing each other over the promise of 72 virgins in paradise. China - Oppressing other countries because they are insecure. Russia/Ukraine - Killing each other because they used to belong to each other. America/Iraq - 9/11 ?????? What's the actual story? Everyone is telling a different story. Latin American Cartels - Cartels have absolute power. Can't even stop each other from invading each others land in search of work. South Africa - Racist acts against Non South African natives to keep SA purely South African blood.

[@andyackerman7123]

@@daoyang223 there's so much "wrong" in that statement, I haven't a clue where to begin.... You have a very skewed view of the world.... I think, perhaps, you should listen to other points of view, and find out why people are the way they are... Then, maybe you'll be able to see that it's not all black and white... There's a whole lot of gray... Also, none of that has to do with class warfare, in America... Where did the "deep thought" come from?

[@daoyang223]

@@andyackerman7123 It is skewed lol. I could try and make more sense of pretty much most of all the problems that have occurred in the world of geo politics. I just have a silly sense of humor when it comes to basically putting it into laymens terms.

[@andyackerman7123]

@@daoyang223 fair enough.

[@Tristin471]

American in a nutshell

[@Black_Jesus3005]

“ So to make Lowe’s a great company, we have to screw over our “greatest asset”. So bend over, grab your ankles and get ready to be screwed.” - CEO of Lowe’s, Marvin 2020

[@robrichardson4146]

What an asshole marvin is like "so me me me me me me and me peace ok"

[@jekl_6749]

Marvin doesn’t care. If Lowe’s goes under he’ll have another CEO job lined up beforehand. All these ceos care about is how much they can milk out of a company before bankrupting it.

[@pleasuretokill]

The very definition of capitalism is to take advantage of others so you can profit.

[@Brockyman]

Devil'sAdvocate No. that’s not the definition of capitalism, but asshats do exist and do things like this

[@realhamonwry8620]

@@pleasuretokill - You remind me of an idiot child screaming in a hospital.

[@m1994a3jagnew]

Hey I was a Lowe's employee at the roeland park ks store. I was a delivery driver. This last summer I was the last driver there because everyone quit so I had a lot of 12+ hour days 6 days a week in 100 degree heat. One day I did 16 hours. I ended up reporting another driver for sexually harassing (groping) his/my female boss on company time in the back. 4 days later i got retaliated against and fired. The driver never got so much as a reprimand despite 3 other reputable employees witnessing this behavior. Lowe's also refused to pay my quarterly bonus to me costing me $400. Then Lowe's BANNED me from all stores permanently because the state department of labor said Lowe's had no reason to fire me and granted me unemployment. That was my thank you for saving their department single handedly.

[@l---------]

None of these corps care about us, we're nothing but tools to be used and thrown out. I know I for one am not playing nice anymore.

[@davejuergens294]

I'm sorry I was a 2year employee at 1623 ( Stateline) kcmo . Saw the writing on the wall ... left at the onset of Covid. Marvin is horrible

[@darthmadeus]

This guy is doing the Lord's work. Once scorned by a once reputable company, this man has gone on a war path exposing EVERYONE that gets in his way. Love him.

[@yaz2928]

Camelot is a legend, and a really down to earth guy.

[@leschatsmusicale]

Amen

[@FireRising86]

GameStop was never reputable

[@genecro9]

No joke I'm reenlisting to the Army just so I don't have to work at Lowe's anymore.

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

Marvin thanks you for your service! Jk We do though! Lol

[@robertpeet3781]

I had a friend that worked there that did the same thing , good luck to you.

[@christiandyers6309]

Of course he will be arrogant about it. He earns 30 million a year after his bonuses and stock options kick in. Mr CEO isn't about to lose his cheese.

[@Thagesthoughts]

And then people wonder why more and more working-class Americans are considering 'eat the rich' as a valid response to this sheer economic fuckery.

[@AcesnEights698]

Gotta fleece the sheep before you slaughter it.

[@InfernosReaper]

The worst part is he's basically gutting the company to feed his greed and will bail once the well's run dry. There really needs to be something to protect a company from blatantly unsustainable decisions like that.

[@johngore5127]

@@InfernosReaper I agree with you totally, but the Company hired this guy even with his reputation from gutting Home Depot. So what's going on here? Greed, pure and simple, personal and corporate, and shareholder greed. And when the company goes down in a blaze of glory I'll laugh my ass off.

[@smileyhehehe]

@Logan Waltz poor guy, probably living in hell, full of negativity lol

[@lostlake34]

I was a manager at #1747 for 6 years. I seen this coming and quit. I lived through having our commission pulled and I knew our allowance was next. This CEO is ruthless

[@saram4934]

Good call I just left 2848

[@mikestyles499]

Sociopaths make great CEO’s

[@jlastre]

Aaaaaand this is why corporate bybacks used to be illegal.

[@decadance12134]

Untill regan's reign he also fucked the news

[@tombstoner6360]

@@decadance12134 That was a Carter decision, it only took effect under Reagan.

[@DunYappin]

@@tombstoner6360 got a source on that?

[@Gregoman89]

Tombstoner I’m a Reagan supporter but unfortunately you are incorrect. It went legal in 1982.

[@laylamerie23]

And suddenly I understand why my local Lowe's is hiring for so many positions in off season

[@ditzyavocado]

Well, it's gotten worse. Since the pandemic, it's a shitshow. No social distancing, customers not wearing masks. I saw a customer throw an empty paint can at an associate. No management back-up as this was gng on. I didn't want to go to work anymore knowing that I was going to have to put up with shit from customers, because I had to hold on to my job no matter what. I got fired anyway. The next week 2 ASM's, 3DSM's, and one specialist were fired. And yeah, you're right, hiring burger flippers that can't sell a paintbrush.

[@marthamann5234]

In 1999 the Lowe's family sold out. From the time on Lowe's has been going down hill slowly. After 21 years I finally gave up and quit. Thank you for what you are doing.

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

Seems Marvin was hired to destroy the company from the start. Professional company destroyer.

[@scottgraber3373]

The company started to go down before Marvin came, he just put his foot to the floor to finish it off!

[@ecoRfan]

He just wants to copy the tactics of the company that he worked at for 12 years, better known as Home Depot.

[@davejuergens294]

When he took over I told fellow employees that he was out to destroy the company, take huge profits, and then hand it over devalued to Home Depot or the Big Green Box( Menards)

[@strumptavianroboclick5596]

The ceo answers to the share holders not the skilless work force.. want more money, get a skilled trade, thats life..

[@dknowles60]

@@ecoRfan Marvin also Destroy Jc penney

[@8coDe7]

After Marvin dies there's going to be in Netflix documentary about him mark my words.... "The company killer"...

[@teenapittman4241]

I haven't been a part of the workforce for many years, but as a customer, I appreciate a good salesperson. Some of the new employees don't even know how to put your groceries in a bag correctly. When I happen to get one that does, I let them know how much I appreciate them. You are doing an excellent job steering me away from stores that mistreat their employees and to spend my money at stores that treat their employees good.

[@thegoouch]

You know damn well Marvin's bonuses won't be affected!

[@twistidclowns]

I bet it will go up because a lot of metrics are poorly thought out and can be gamed

[@natemcdaris9805]

CLEO'S are paid in preferred stock options. This means no matter what the stock price is they are guaranteed to be paid at the higher stock price per share.

[@gravityhit6945]

It will definitely go up since he's screwing the associates!

[@twistidclowns]

@@gravityhit6945 to bad they wont get a happy ending.

[@itadakihokkaido4305]

Hell no it won't be!!!!

[@truckerpeterose]

I stopped going to Home Depot 15 years ago because Lowe’s was always more helpful and friendly. I absolutely hated HD and swore I would never shop there again. That is until about 2016-2017, when Lowe’s became an absolutely miserable experience every time I walked in the door. Now I only choose to go to Lowe’s to look for clearance items and get in and out as fast as possible. The employees at Lowe’s are no longer friendly and knowledgeable, they are bitter and inexperienced.

[@tylersweckard9707]

We are all bitter now because of what Marvin is doing. Literally eliminating whole sections of the store and cutting hours so much that us employees have no time to get our minor tasks done, let alone help customers. We are so short staffed is not even funny. I was literally the only employee in lumber until 4 O'clock today. I can't drive a forklift without someone spotting for me, so I couldn't load customers or drop product down for customers. Cand get a manager to help because they're all tied up just trying to manage the shitshow that Marvin has given them. I had one ASM that was running appliances, plumbing paint, and helping at the registers all day today. He was calling for help but we are so short staffed that there's nothing any of us can do. Marvin is dragging this place into the ground. I use to love working at lowes

[@slcRN1971]

We also had stopped shopping at HD because of some bad experiences. Then Lowe’s best customer associates were just gone and the newer ones are less than helpful because they just don’t know much of anything. So we have gone back to HD and also only go to Lowe’s when it is absolutely necessary. The Lowe’s store in our area was always crowded before all this happened,.

[@LunaticKD1991]

They all get their playbook from Todd Howard. 👽 "How To Destroy Your Own Company With 16 Times The Detail".

[@ahmataevo]

It just works!

[@patrickwatkins6616]

Are there 200 endings available for my business?

[@johnbockelie3899]

I was a Service agent ( car prep) at Enterprise car rental. I spent 2 years at the Totem lake location, and 10 years at the Kirkland location. Now, with the Corona Virus scare, I was laid off.i did how ever get severance pay. But I really have no regrets. It was a fun job.great people to work with, good times. Too bad it ended.

[@xXMasterJ360Xx]

I just quit lowes 2 days ago. That retail is in alot of shit by not hiring folks. Not worth the money working understaffed and the managers dont help with shit.

[@TroyandAimee]

I'm selling my position with LOW and sharing this with my investor message board.

[@davidbiros6231]

I sold my Lowe's stock after they fired me. That was 6 years ago. Last year I called the store to check on my old colleagues and everyone was gone except one in millwork. They went through 4 store manager's in 6 years.

[@rachelmerrimon9194]

I worked at Lowe’s of about a year. Never ever again will I work for them. I don’t even shop there anymore.

[@dreadedspectre5068]

When I worked at Lowes up in Texarkana, it was bad. It was all about the Lowes "family" and Lowes "culture" they ended up icing me out despite having been told I was one of their hardest working, and best work ethic. According to all of my managers, I went more than above and beyond. They claimed it was a lack of hours, but it wasn't.

[@TheRyGuy1776]

I worked as a Front End Loader for about 2 years. Not very long, I know, but one day I don’t show up to work because my schedule said I wasn’t working that day. I show up to work the next day only for my dipshit manager to tell me that I was “No longer with them” and I needed to leave. That place is a huge waste of time, and no one should ever work there under any circumstances.

[@TBHJR]

"We made these changes not so that it makes your job better and you more successful, but to make the shareholders more successful. You won't make more money but we will"

[@Sir-IKON]

2 things that happen under Marvin that we didn't get before him. 2 raises a year and quarterly bonuses ...before Marvin you usually didn't get a raise and no bonus unless you are a manager. this guy has no idea what he is talking about

[@cincocharms1233]

Two raises a year, but they are usually not much more than 1% each. The quarterly bonuses are minimal as well!

[@kimberlydorn2807]

@@Sir-IKON are you kidding me? How is 1% every 6 months for raise and minimal bonus that great. He just took away and replaced it with something crazy. I'm a head cashier at lowes. I received a 17 cent raise. Morale and everything else this guy is talking about is spot on.

[@Sir-IKON]

Kimberly Dorn sorry you’re a shitty employee who doesn’t get a good raise for it

[@phillipgreen5341]

I'm leaving after 4 years and many lies. I was gonna get paid more, I was gonna be a specialist, I was gonna be a manager and so on... Fuck that place. The incompetence, disrespect, ineptitude, ignorance and straight up back stabbery is everywhere in leadership. I'm better than that.

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Marvin isn't in it for anyone other than himself.

[@rodmandealerman3297]

I worked for a company for 23 years that had a mission statement that included the word 'shareholders'. Never again.

[@JStorm13]

Notice how he never said "the customer" but he said, the company and shareholders several times.

[@TheGuruStud]

Think of the millionaires! How will they survive?

[@realhamonwry8620]

As he should, dummy.

[@realhamonwry8620]

@@TheGuruStud - The typical shareholder of a company aren't _millionaires._ You people are cartoonishly stupid.

[@dustingilbert3877]

@@realhamonwry8620 who is "cartoonishly stupid"? www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/02/perspective-on-the-stock-market-rally-80-of-stock-value-held-by-top-10/ Do you know how a search engine works?

[@dustingilbert3877]

@Logan Waltz what kind of stupid is this? Without customer it will still fail, this way only the rich A holes are making out well. Why don't you learn some empathy!

[@nismonx]

That explains why Lowe’s suddenly got so bad, like nobody knows anything when you ask them

[@slcRN1971]

My husband remarked on this at least two years ago. The most helpful associates are gone, the most knowledgeable are gone, and so you had better know exactly what you want!! The newer employees may act like they know how to help you but will send you to the wrong aisle, where the item that you want is NOT there.

[@Ninja_Bryden]

"In order to make this company profitable..." It already is Also the bit of him not wanting to make decisions to benefit a few associates and instead benefit the company is the most hypocritical thing I have heard lmao

[@markmeador1137]

I am a former employee, I quit two months ago. The store I worked at has gone through 3 store managers in the last two years. HR was handled at corporate and so was scheduling. The department managers were scared they were going to be let go. The associates were treated like morons. I was in sales for forty years, I retired and went to work part-time at Lowe’s. I was reprimanded for taking too much time with customers when I was actually selling other items to them. I feel sorry for the associates who had to have this crap job to feed their families. After five years I finally had enough.

[@marcroberge23]

Circuit City did something similar back in the day, firing a lot of their people and getting rid of comissions... how did that work out for them again?

[@Black_Jesus3005]

Marc Roberge who? Lol surprised Best Buy hasn’t gone under.

[@Aetherion223]

@@Black_Jesus3005 Best Buy practices shady business practices but at the same time they make sure they are the best deals around for the products they sell so that they don't have to screw over their customers or employees.

[@itadakihokkaido4305]

Went to shit!! I remember!

[@paulclinton6414]

Circuit City ended great for management, golden parachute. Lowe's GameStop would end the same way.

[@christophermorreall3454]

Circuit City is still a business. Look up their website. It's a online only store.

[@jfmcshane238]

Its cause they know that they wont organize and stage walkouts where stores cant operate. If they did and stores didnt operate for a week I guarentee he'd cave

[@en1gmafr0st]

When I worked for home depot when I was young as a department supervisor he was one of the main men on company updates. What a horrible time I had working working at home depot. I didn't know why he left, but now I see why this is why I took up a trade and left that shit.

[@josephdestaubin7426]

I have been a contractor for 34 years, Lowes can go get screwed.

[@The_Conservative_Latino]

I worked with the best ASM there was and one day the district manager came in saw her and just said “I don’t like her” and she got fired. They guy knew nothing about her work ethic or anything about her.

[@kodaballard1620]

OMG FAMALOT !!! I finally got a job !! I've been out of a job since November of 2019 ,I start at NAPA auto parts Mon! Jan,13,19 thank you so much for being here for me Famalot!

[@TheBrister]

Absolutely insane. I know a guy who has worked at Lowe's since 2007. I hope he isn't fired.

[@jeffreydesormeaux3539]

This just tells me never shop at Lowe's again

[@RadiantFlames-]

It's a similar trend to what Gamestop is doing even if it's entirely different.

[@TheGuruStud]

Late stage capitalism is all the same.

[@liammartinez8082]

TheGuruStud Capitalism is not to blame greed and agenda pushing is.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

Basically while the corporate actions may not be the same....the end result exactly the same thing as what’s happening at GameStop....the employees have no union to protect them, so the Execs are screwing them over to boost profits and share prices. Don’t get me wrong, unions have their own flaws, however Unionization becomes a necessary evil when ceos and corporate execs stop giving a damn about employees, and begin exploiting or firing them to benefit themselves.

[@pophunter1645]

Dude wow I work for Lowe's and that's really happening no lie

[@kesselrunner]

The shareholders were unhappy, so they decided to make everyone else unhappy too.

[@MichaelManleyNTE]

Put in perspective, he was CEO of JC Penney before Lowe's, yeaaaaaaaaaaah we know how well that company is doing now.

[@essiealmond8040]

Ron Johnson destroyed penneys.

[@jesuscantu6855]

He got fired from home depot, and jc penny. He only lasted around 4 years within the company.

[@essiealmond8040]

He didn't get fired from penneys he resigned, he went on vacation and never went back.

[@Tigger81762]

This is the problem with most companies now days.

[@sammybh7788]

I take that Marvin’s spirit animal is Bill Lundburg from Office Space.

[@wreckedcarzz]

Mmmm, yeah, you're gonna have to talk to payroll about that...

[@jimkeeling]

@@wreckedcarzz we now have no payroll!

[@jimkeeling]

He is bringing Lowes down..got fired there!

[@sammybh7788]

Jim Keeling I know. My dad had been a loyal customer until he had trouble getting a dryer he had bought. No associate kept their word, knew where the dryer was, did not have it ready to pick up when they said they did, and the manager begged for forgiveness because of the debacle. I have seen the exact same stuff happened at an auto parts chain I worked for when they implemented an overly strict minimum goals program.

[@garrettcarroll5808]

Oh no it's worse... Lumberg fucked him.

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

I never worked at Lowes but in our town, Home Depot is way more pleasant to shop because the employees are happier. That is why Home Depot is always busy and Lowes is struggling. Way to go Marvin.

[@ViperChief117]

None of these companies understand how them hurting their own employees affects the company as a whole. But it definitely does affect the rest of the store.

[@JediMastr80]

Oh, I think they know, they just don't give a shit. As Cody was going on about this, I was instantly thinking "He's copying GameStop's playbook" and sure enough, that's exactly what Cody mentioned. No, these people like the CEO, are extremely selfish people that only think about themselves. "To hell with anybody else, it's all about me" type of person. I can easily see him cashing out like GameStop higher ups will. One day, you will see news story that Lowes has collapsed and the CEO is gone. He won't give a shit because he will have 100's of millions of $$ (if not Billions, as I'm not sure how much all that stock is worth).

[@theitalian7195]

@@JediMastr80 The CEO is controlled by the Board of Directors. The CEO is the fall guy and keeps the Board of directors looking good. I will be the Twat Waffle that will do your dirty work in exchange for really good pay. The problem here is greed.

[@JediMastr80]

@The Italian then most if not all of the Board of Directors are probably in on it as well.

[@theitalian7195]

@@JediMastr80 DUH lol they tell the CEO what to do. They give the marching order not the CEO. The only exception is if the CEO has 51 percent or higher stock wise.

[@aaronjohnson2547]

Hey Lowe's employees unionize!

[@tjarneson8574]

I work for lowes increasing stock price will never help us help our customers or benefit the employee.

[@molonlabe9602]

It benefits the owners of the company...what's the problem with that? Become an owner (shareholder). BTW, I'm not an owner.

[@sherland2039]

@@molonlabe9602 Because they are destroying what it took 70 years to build.

[@lestonw]

Thanks for the video. Someone needs to hold these retail stores accountable. Hurting employees to increase stock price?!

[@MrCcroom]

He was with Home Depot from 2002 to 2014, he was shady there too.

[@ecoRfan]

Pretty long time. He’s just trying to copy ol’ HD that he worked at for ages.

[@gurgy3]

He must’ve learned from Scrooge Bob Nardelli. I was there during those years and our Christmas bonus was a 10% off coupon for Home Depot. With a $50 limit haha

[@ecoRfan]

@@gurgy3 Pretty sure Marvin Ellison worked under both Bob Nardelli and Frank Blake. Anything Home Depot does, Marvin copies with Lowe's. Bright colored signs, low pay, a polo-shirt-wearing merchandising team. The latest Depot copy is tool rentals. Maybe because Marvin's a tool? They anticipate Pro business to pick up when the pandemic ends. All about squeezing that almighty dollar.

[@gsxrman98ify]

I've been with Lowe's 11 years, and this past year and a half or so has been the worst I've ever seen. Not much intimidates me, however these days I go in and lay low clock out go home. People are getting fired left and right.... sad place to go to work.

[@bluegrassman3040]

Kevin Prichard I worked for them for 6 years(2006-2012). I can tell you that they really changed for the worse after the recession around 08. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had to close more stores in the future.

[@Kevinb1821]

Damn! This video instantly went on my feed

[@stansenter2660]

Boycotting Lowe's. Home Depot or local vendors for me.

[@canucanoe2861]

Home Depot does this as well. They document every time you are 43 seconds late, take too many bathroom breaks, or sneeze without covering your mouth. Then when you start to make too much money, they fire you for cause bringing up all of the petty crap they have documented.

[@GTO_Mike]

Like i said before, he’s turning Lowe’s Into Home Depot.

[@encycl07pedia-]

You're Home Depot?

[@jtoumai]

@@encycl07pedia- and Im the MF Burger King

[@livefastdiequick]

Spoon Love you’re a punk Bitch. That’s it

[@jackbandit2114]

Yes turning Lowes into Home Depot, AKA more profitable and successful. He's certainly gonna try.

[@GTO_Mike]

Typo lol

[@Potato-mu7nu]

I have been working for Lowe's for 1 year now, when I started it was a great place to work. All my co workers were friendly and hard-working. Over the next year, I have seen our cleaning crew fired, grill and lawn mower assemblers fired, HR fired. Everyone is talking about how their positions are expendable. We may earn less than you Marvin, but that doesn't mean you can fire people for any reason and not give them another job, that's souless. I have a hard time believing a billion dollar company can't keep these people on. Marvin you are sinking the ship.

[@combatsloth_7642]

Wow....20 years with a company then let go....id burn the place down when no ones there

[@willmurjen6600]

With 20 years in, I'd at least have a few people in there.

[@jomartin9345]

@@willmurjen6600yes, yes. Better yet Saturday at around 5pm should do it.

[@Mydnyte]

The retail prayer ... God grant me the patience to get out of bed ... the courage not to either throw back attitude that is given to me by management that cares about budget and upt and get it done with 2 staff and to also hold back from giving attitude back that the customer gives me cause everything is my fault we dont have an item the wisdom to realize that I am just another verbal punching bag to the public and keep calm and not to commit a murder and the faith that one day you'll burn the building to the ground into nothing but a pile of ashes

[@nickhoffman9256]

I’ll only shop at Home Depot after seeing this. Nice job, Marvin.

[@734gman-vs5uf]

Theyre following home depot... I recommend menards

[@tae7965]

Marvin almost killed HD but they got rid of him before he could...

[@markcregger5878]

HD is no better their all crooks living off the sweat of the employees 😠😠😠

[@goopah]

Marvin! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIWYq5ajgcqFgtE [smashes one fist into palm of other hand] I should have known!

[@821lancevance]

Go to menards

[@rosenbellion1537]

Marvin used to for Home Depot and got passed for the ceo position there so he’s turning lowes in to the job he didn’t get lol.

[@Arkonu]

He's also showing them why it was a good idea to pass on him. Vindication.

[@jimkeeling]

Lowe's is unfair to its employees .

[@Jackspugoasters]

"people don't like change" No. People don't like being fired and having their money taken from them.

[@jennamontgomery5000]

Not to mention add to their responsibilities by having 1 person for every 3 departments

[@robertpeet3781]

I worked at lowes and you are so right everything you said , i am 59 and never worked in a place that was ran the way lowes ran . They would fire people for no reason they wouldnt take care of problems that came up and it would take for ever . And the way they taught their works was bad . I couldnt wait to get out of there i have friends that still work there that cant believe whats going on .

[@28_babyshark]

Does he realize how much money he will not make if no employee shows up to the store to work. Now just times that by how many stores they have state wide.

[@dab1748]

Thanks for posting these I will never step foot in a Lowe’s ever again! It’s crazy that they are so transparent about their arrogance and selfish mode of operation. How do selfish guys like Marvin ever get to become CEO. Such Greed on the backs on hard working folk and so out of touch with the rest of us. The shame is if he gets fired he’ll walk with millions in severance and stock 🤮

[@damonnomad3422]

Keep going Lowe's. You'll follow gamestop to the grave.

[@jb14375]

I used to work at Lowe's until they decided Supporting Nascar and Jimmie Johnson was more important than pay raises and bonuses for the employees! I think that sponsorship is worth around 30+ million dollars.

[@corymhulsey1]

I think the long term highly skilled employees left my local Lowe's years ago!

[@cozcalconcozcalcon7802]

The CEO was the JCPenney CEO until June of 2018. He started doing the same thing to JCPenney as he is doing to Lowe's. During his time at JCPenney the stock dropped down about half the value it was when he started there. He was also in charge of the United States home depot stores. But if you ask him he will tell you he was the CEO. He was not the CEO he worked under the CEO. He has been heard telling people that he wants to make Lowe's just like home depot. But people have noticed that the changes he is making is not for the better. He has actually done things in the reverse. It said that he still has a large amount of stock in home depot. Employees feel that he is trying to destroy Lowe's home improvement stores. Employees of Lowe's are in fear that one day they will go to work and the stores will be closed. A lot of the share holders for Lowe's are Lowe's employees. Like you said he is only out for himself not the employees and not the customers.

[@chente-ov2rn]

Good thing I'm suing lowes for an incident I had couple days ago

[@randelroberts6112]

They dropped lost prevention and now thieves just come in pick up high dollar items and run out the door and nothing is done the employees are not allowed to stop them

[@nobodyfromnowhere6381]

By the ime he left J.C. pennys it was a penny stock or dam near close.

[@billman424]

i finally left lowes 2 months ago should have did it years ago.

[@jamesroop8485]

People just need to organize a walkout.

[@majestichotwings6974]

Man that reminds me of when I was first starting at Lowe’s, we had a training segment on why unionizing was a bad thing, literally spreading some BS propaganda, glad I got out when I did

[@mattmartin2205]

I went to "lunch" on Wednesday @Lowes @IndoorLumberYard @10am I hit end shift went to the break room grabbed the lock off the locker three the red vest on a table and left for good! So much happier now!

[@7xchad]

If all associates walk out and leave the doors unlocked during business hours, things go back to normal in 1-2 weeks.

[@ryanmcmichael6463]

So Marvin used to be at Home Depot. He left for Lowe’s. At Home Depot the “impact hours” used to be called “power hours” at Home Depot. Thank god he left The Depot... he almost tanked us. “Power hours” aren’t a thing anymore. Instead we are now focused on staying in stock and my store is actually in a hiring boom.

[@joshuahellfire3287]

Honestly everything you've said so far that I've watched in the video about Lowe's has been completely true. Up until 5 to 6 months ago I used to work at the Lowe's in Katy Texas and the major problems that we had were horrible bosses who at the end of the day most employees wanted to go home and drink or cry. We were overworked and under paid. Asked to come in on our off days. Had to bend to the customers will even if it put our health at risk. A customer came in and wanted us to hand load a pallet of concrete, (that is 48 bags of 80 lb concrete) I refused but my boss came and still made my co-workers do what she wanted us to. My boss's boss continuously harassed my direct boss whether it was because she's a female or whatever I don't know but there was one point a few months in a row I guess some weeks that she had 80 hours a week because he would keep on calling her in and threatening her job if she didn't come in. And we had these things called Power hours which is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays and the full day on weekends. Whenever we complied with that the store would look unfilled like garbage and we would get in trouble every time we would try to fix it or straighten things up. Nothing we did was ever good enough, there were even days where we would work from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. only to have my boss's boss come in and tell us that we had to work overnight as well in order to get a project or some major thing done before the next work day. It came to a point where everyday we came in stressed out and every day we would get annoyed at the littlest things whether it be an irate customer or just hearing some minor bad news. The reason they fired me was poor job performance I think but I know for a fact that I was one of the only three people maybe that worked hard up there. The others seemed to just be there to talk to customers or talk to each other. So, long story short. Fuck Lowe's, fuck the management team and fuck the corporate team for screwing me and thousands of others over.

[@Ghost-sn5vc]

worked at my local lowes and can confirm this, i just push carts and they had me doing like 4 jobs

[@guardianbb3]

So he's cutting pay because of stock price. The thing is the guy who invented stocks said it was a horrible way to compare economics.

[@scottjackson5422]

Marvin Ellison is a CEO who is a total failure at every place he's been CEO at.

[@EggheadJr1]

This guy sounds a lot like Al Dunlap. He was a CEO rainmaker, that ended up self destructing.

[@markmyjak7739]

Sears did that. They replaced salesmen with high school kids. We all know that ended.

[@beng9411]

“No its only profitable for YOU!” And that sums it up. Im done with lowes.

[@andrewmaw3345]

You do realize the closed 90% of stores here in canada this past month right. Gave all the associates 30-60 days notice. Offered some of the staff jobs at other locations BUT...BUT that person if they decided to move to stay WITH the company. That associate has to pay for his own move. Tell me thats not BS

[@glassvial]

Same thing Circuit City did back in the day, and we all know how that turned out.

[@seanmonaghan9413]

What does Marvin Ellison, Paul Raines, and George Sherman all have in common? All worked as officers at Home Depot together. They have no clue how to make a company profitable. Only after they left Home Depot the company started doing better. What a shock! If I were a lesser man I could make a crack about the Reaper getting one you and it will be fun to see who’s next. But I won’t.

[@calvincoolidge7421]

This man needs more subs. He’s got such a great personality

[@yaz2928]

He gives a voice to the voiceless. A lot of people can'r speak up out of fear of losing their jobs so he does it for them.

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

I thought you were "Silent Cal." Lol

[@cherylnixon7800]

They haven't changed crap, I recently quit over the same things and it's February 2023.

[@FireRising86]

These businesses never change, they’re nickel licking morons bailed out by an even more corrupt government. We lose

[@starsprinter6992]

According to my buddy Marvin came from home depot

[@misterriv3]

worked as a supervisor there for 7 years in that time frame he did work for Home Depot. He left and made some farewell video. I think Home Depot secretly didn’t want him up there and he saw it coming.

[@starsprinter6992]

@@misterriv3 you'd think if you had experienced something similar you would put your experience to good use.. not....this.

[@brandonpaget3270]

He came from JC penny

[@matttheman3923]

Brandon Paget he came from both

[@divingadventures121]

I’ve been at Home Depot for years. Marvin is doing exactly what nardelli did when he came in about 8-9years ago. About ruined Home Depot. Good luck Marvin, keep up the good work there at Lowe’s, my stock thanks you for it !

[@cqchammer]

I’m a self employed tradesperson who designs and renovates home interiors. I’ve use Lowe’s as a quick go to for lumber and small fixture parts for 30 years. It’s always been just a warehouse of what I need and my interactions with associates is limited to friendly conversation at checkout. I know what I want and were it is so we get it and get out. But I’ve made friends with associates. They know me and we talk, joke and share stories about our day and work. The culture there was at one point cool enough to make me wonder if I could work there when I’m too old too work on job sites. I thought I’d be a valuable asset and could have some fun helping customers. But it is now so horrible that I don’t want to even shop there. People who I knew could help me just find something are gone. I won’t ask for help because it’s a time suck due to a lack of product knowledge. There’s still some great people there but it’s not what it was from just last year. We’ve shifted all our large appliance purchases to Ferguson for better pricing and service. Lumber quality at Lowe’s is minimal so it’s us just picking up a last minute 2x4. The paint is worthless along with poorly stocked shelves due to that being contracted out. Lowe’s Blows. I don’t blame the associates one bit either. They really just want to do a good job, get paid what they deserve and have their old schedule back. That new CEO has in a matter of months crashed it into the ground and all that’s left is for it to burn as he floats down with his “golden parachute.”

[@sketchasaurrex4087]

It's almost like investing in your employees makes the business better

[@llongdong]

Thank you for posting this! To me, the key here is that the guy NEVER mentions Lowes' customers or employees welfare. All he cares about is the top shareholders, of which he is one. Typical short term Management tactics which ALWAYS lead to massive failure. Home Depot works on investing long term in both their customers and their employees.

[@nobodynobody1574]

These front line associates should legally have more of a say in how they are treated. This is why many companies had unions. This is probably what everyone across the board needs.

[@Thagesthoughts]

Shit like this is why unions are starting to regain public favor and growing in power again. With big corporations losing their stranglehold on the flow of information thanks to the internet, people are realizing there's more of us than there are of them and the decades of television broadcasts vilifying unions were horseshit. I guarandamntee you in the next 5-10 years almost every industry is going to be unionized as the workers rally to protect themselves from corporate sociopaths and "Right to work" (what a fucking punchline) legislation. Either that, or the economy's going to bottom out and Rome's going to burn. The current model is completely unsustainable.

[@nobodynobody1574]

@Logan Waltz screwing your associates over regardless of how it effects business is not acceptable. Should every company make this standard procedure because people like you dont give a damn about workers. Let's all just under compensate everyone except those at the corporate level . Then we'll cut hours and Benefits to the point were it's no longer worth having a job. Hell then well just be unemployed because it'll be basically the same. You have no clue to the long term picture these kinds of business practices bring about.

[@horacecomegna335]

I can take one look at Marvin and tell you why he drove Lowe’s into the ground! 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertpittman3299]

I will no longer shop at Lowes these CEOS must go back under the rock they came from.

[@picklerick4944]

I'll bet Marvin isn't Starvin

[@meligoth]

Home Depot will send Marvin a thank you card for the influx of highly experienced in hardware retail employees real soon.

[@Tony-bp1nr]

How do the shareholders/ceo think the company is going to grow when they cut payroll like that? When you have less employees and lower paying employees the overall store performance will drop tremendously. So the company may save a few bucks in the short run. But in the long run, there will be a little to no growth in the stock price. Why? The CUSTOMER. Customers will go to Home Depot, Ace, and those Mom&Pop hardware/construction stores. Business 101: If you want to make money, you have to spend money.

[@Theis_P]

If I was a stock owner in Lows and this happen, I would sell all my stock because it's looks like the thing to happen before a chapter 11 bankruptcy

[@mphangar6965]

Buffet sold all his Lowe’s stock a long time ago

[@davejuergens294]

When Covid came up I left my position in the garden center of 2 years.... such a horrible management situation top to bottom.

[@surfinguitarist]

Sooo glad I got out when I did. Fear for my friends that are still there.

[@rickheiser5457]

Same here. I quit a month ago but still have friends there..........

[@leethefixitman7530]

BUYBACKS should be ILLEGAL! CEO compensation should be based on LONG term profitability not get rich quick schemes and golden parachutes. As a past employee who owned stock in the company we never were complaining about stock prices but understood it takes time and hardwork to grow.