Federated/May-Robinson's merger

[ForeverRoses]

My Mom took a part-time job at Lazarus (she was bored with retirement) and has been there for about 6 years now. She started at Lazarus then went to Lazarus-Macys and is now at Macys. The biggest changes she has noticed is that the Macys sale prices are much higher than the sale prices when it was Lazarus (so for example, an item that Lazarus would have on sale for $30 is now $40 as Macys). The regular prices didn't change much, but they don't mark things down as much as they used to.

The one thing she hates is that all Macys employees have to wear all black (before they had to dress nicely but could wear whatever color they wanted). And black washes my Mom out completely. She did joke that she now has plenty of black clothes for funerals!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

The one thing she hates is that all Macys employees have to wear all black (before they had to dress nicely but could wear whatever color they wanted). And black washes my Mom out completely. She did joke that she now has plenty of black clothes for funerals!

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. They hated it here so much, the union filed a grievance:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07200/802832-28.stm

I don't really blame them, because if you're one of the Kaufmann's workers that's been there since around the Hoover administration, black is not going to look that great on you. It reminds me of the 55+ year old woman who worked at the Lancome counter who had to wear the "rock star" black t-shirt when that was their color story - just awful.

[ForeverRoses]

^^^
Yeah, my Mom is 70 years old. While I still think she looks wonderful, trendy and fashonable are not exactly words I would use to describe her!

I didn't realize that Kaufmans was union- the old Lazarus was not, so they didn't really have a choice. I think giving everyone a jacket or smock in a certain color to wear over thier clothing would have worked better than having everyone in black.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I don't think the Macy's employees in Washington are made to wear black, but I've never noticed before so now I'm going to have to look the next time I'm in.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I don't think the Macy's employees in Washington are made to wear black, but I've never noticed before so now I'm going to have to look the next time I'm in.

They haven't been wearing all black in Idaho, but I haven't been in there for a week or two.

[catiebug]

They have to wear black in Connecticut.

[AGDee]

We had Hudson's which became Dayton Hudson's which became Marshall Field's which became Macy's. I still call the store Hudson's. I'm old, I don't like change. I don't go in there. I figure it's still the same products that other stores sell but with 30% more markup. I could be wrong, but I don't think so (especially home/kitchen stuff). I remember when my friends and I were all in the "getting married" phase, everybody registered at Hudson's because they took returns so easily. But, people took those registries and bought the products at Service Merchandise because they were the same exact things at less cost. Then, you'd take back all your returns to Hudson's, get the cash, and go BACK to Service Merchandise to buy the stuff you hadn't received but still needed/wanted. It was a good deal.