I can tell you first-hand that it's happening with..er..I can't use the company's name without express written consent, so we'll refer to it as Wrong Aid. Stores have been closing down left & right for years, you can see in the sale papers that people now regularly have to buy $30+ worth of a single brand of merchandise just to get a $5 store credit coupon or something to that degree, when I first started working here they had just recently realized that there was no difference in responsibility between Asst. Manager & Shift Supervisor except $4+/hour, so they did away with that position & offered a poor severance package for those who wanted to leave because of it, & just cut the pay of those who couldn't afford to. The most thriving companies in the US seem to be the ones that pay & treat their employees with courtesy & respect (Costco, anyone?), & Wrong Aid dug themselves in a hole by trying to cut costs & close stores when the economy tanked, & now the majority of their employees resent the corporation. I mean hell, we have full time pharmacists that have been with the company 10+ years & still have 5 figure salaries!

Granted my only experience in the company is in my district/region, & we are the 3rd lowest district & the absolute lowest region in sales & customer service, so it could just be that the management here sucks.