Best Buy Canada / Future Shop to layoff 950 employees.

[biscuitnoir]

Looks like Best Buy Canada/Future Shop will be laying off 950 employees.

According to the source, the online sales went up 50% thus requiring less employees in the brick and mortar stores.

No stores closures tho.

Read more: here

 

[tridon]

There's hardly enough people working in their stores as is. Why would people buy off their online stores when the packaging is absolutely horrendous? This is absurd.

 

[JunZzi]

Wow.. When i go to futureshop im always looking for someone to give me a hand.. Interesting call my them

 

[stinkofdefeat]

There's hardly enough people working in their stores as is. Why would people buy off their online stores when the packaging is absolutely horrendous? This is absurd.

Ever since they have been "re-organizing" and "downsizing" their movie section I have had to shop more on the website than physically in store. They just don't have the selection physically in stores anymore.

 

[apsmith21]

Ever since they have been "re-organizing" and "downsizing" their movie section I have had to shop more on the website than physically in store. They just don't have the selection physically in stores anymore.

Same thing happened with my small town USA Best Buy. There was potential of an impulse buy for me previously, but now with the combined dvd and blu-ray aisle, there aren't any non-mainstream titles...

 

[digitalbabe]

That's sad Thread moved.

 

[ash333]

maka, if you want to spam threads at least have a heart. Don't post "Very good" in a thread about people losing their jobs. Your posts are deleted.

 

[BluRayJunkie]

At my FS, the checkouts are often closed. You have to pay at customer service. Thats a pain if a few people are returning items.

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[denizen]

Lay offs are bad. My hat off to those who lost their jobs. Hope they have had some luck in finding employment elsewhere.

 

[kingpatrick7]

The nearest futureshop location to me actually closed down. In Newmarket, ON. Luckily there is still a best buy nearby, but was surprised to see the FS go.