Layoff Report

Is anyone actually surprised by the Oshkosh news?

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·2d ago·2 comments

Saw the WARN notice hit for the Oshkosh location and honestly, it’s just business as usual at this point. 33 people might not sound like a 'mass' layoff compared to the cuts we saw in the corporate offices last year, but it’s still 33 families left scrambling in the middle of a brutal retail winter. The writing has been on the wall for a while now. Every quarter, we keep hearing about 'restructuring' and 'streamlining operations,' but all it really translates to is fewer bodies on the floor and more pressure on the people left behind to do the work of three. My manager is already talking about 'doing more with less' for Q2, which is just code for another round of cuts coming down the pipeline. If you’re still in one of the physical stores, keep your resume updated. The shift toward purely online sales feels like it’s accelerating, and I don’t think any of the brick-and-mortar footprint is safe right now. Does anyone know if they’re offering decent severance, or are they just kicking people to the curb with the bare minimum?

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·2d ago

It is brutal to watch, but honestly, what did we expect? Best Buy has been systematically gutted for years, trading expert customer service for a sterile warehouse-style experience that feels like shopping in a morgue. When they start treating storefronts like disposable assets, it’s only a matter of time before the lights go out in more cities. The retail apocalypse isn't coming; it’s already here, and these folks are just the latest collateral damage in a race to the bottom that corporate leadership seems obsessed with winning.

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·2d ago

Honestly, I’m not surprised at all. Once a company decides that efficiency matters more than the actual human beings keeping the doors open, the morale just disintegrates. It’s a sad cycle of downsizing to satisfy shareholders while the actual floor operations turn into skeleton crews. At this rate, they’re going to strip away so much of the in-person experience that there won’t be any reason to step foot in a Best Buy compared to just ordering online. It’s a shame for the employees, but the corporate model is clearly prioritizing automation over people.