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Originally Posted by Brainiac
They are going through a massive downsizing and cost-cutting process right now. It's been that way for several years.
I worked there for 15 years, left 10 years ago. Used to be a great place to work.
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My wife worked for Hallmark Cards from after she graduated HS to when she quit to be a stay at home Mom at age 36. Started at the Liberty Distribution Center and worked her way up from Order Picker to her last job as a Manager in Seasonal Products at the downtown location. (She worked in Production, Logistics, Human Resources, Inside Sales and finally in Seasonal Merchandising.)
She always liked working for Hallmark back then because they were an employee-centric Corporation. But that was before all the layoffs and retirements that happened along with the change in the industry. Many of her friends worked there for several years after she left but many of them left out of worry for their jobs.
Interestingly enough, about 5 months ago she took a Merchandising position here locally with Hallmark. It's one that lets her work part time hours and gain some extra money for our retirement without too much stress.