Already expected this to happen years ago. I worked for one for about a month then quit since I was moving. Their benefits sucked, as did the pay, work hours, lack of break times, ect. Overall they seemed to be a tad abusive to employees with the one sided "what can you do for us, because we are not doing shit for you?" attitude. I turned in notice that I was quitting, and notified them of my new address, and got jerked around about my last paycheck, with them at the store assuring me over and over again it was mailed out, only to find out they sent it back to corporate. I only found this out due to the fact I called their corporate location number. They themselves jerked me around for a week until I threatened to go to the labor board and file a claim for withheld wages. Then all the sudden they were all too eager to send my check express mail. Heard from a friend they did this to her boyfriend also in a similar situation. About a week after I got my check they made some national announcement they were going to be letting people go in masse in a effort to try to keep stores open in a restructuring action, in hopes this would build up stock and investor confidence. Some corporate guy stated in a interview something along the lines of "people are more then welcome to reapply for their old position, or a new one, at a lower pay rate if they are rehired".
