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My Pillow CEO to lay off 150 employees (Original Post) NewJeffCT May 2019 OP
I hate that cornball sleazoid pillow man. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #1
I have read that he has been talking up Trump on fox tv. I do not riversedge May 2019 #4
He should do an ad with Russian hookers peeing on his pillows. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #7
Perhaps word got out on what those pillow are made out of? TheBlackAdder May 2019 #25
I made my own "my pillow" at home at140 May 2019 #36
I am boycotting his product. lark May 2019 #40
In my area Ohiogal May 2019 #52
Yes, because some ectopic pregnancies have gone to term, said no one ever. Ridiculous. Cousin Dupree May 2019 #62
I fully expect to see this guy going to jail for being some sort of pervert in the future. Afromania May 2019 #2
He is pretty creepy... Wounded Bear May 2019 #14
That was this Dude's past. Wellstone ruled May 2019 #21
I wish Costco didn't carry this RWNJ's pillows. MontanaMama May 2019 #3
The pillows are no better than other cheap pillows lunatica May 2019 #13
I agree duforsure May 2019 #17
People are catching on that his pillows are a scam. Dave Starsky May 2019 #23
Kohl's has Columbia "high end pillows" that are almost always on sale ..... Botany May 2019 #31
Thanks Dave S and Botany...I've been looking at buying some new pillows but I didn't know ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #37
"Birds of a feather......." MyOwnPeace May 2019 #57
Oooh, good info! I just got my Kohl's 30% coupon for this weekend! MH1 May 2019 #47
Agreed. MontanaMama May 2019 #58
Consumer Reports article "Should My Pillow Become Your Pillow?" TheBlackAdder May 2019 #28
I love when Costco has the Panda Bamboo pillows... Dem_4_Life May 2019 #51
That's 150 lives that are upended. RandySF May 2019 #5
a con man who supported a con man. spanone May 2019 #6
Not to nitpick, but the people who are now out of work aren't LOLing. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2019 #8
+1 Docreed2003 May 2019 #15
I don't see the OP LOLing. geardaddy May 2019 #30
It was edited StarfishSaver May 2019 #63
Sleep Number is the answer....... ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #9
Do you really think snowybirdie May 2019 #10
But I'll bet they ALL voted for Trump, laughed at Hillary and think Trumpy is God! machoneman May 2019 #18
How do you know they're not all just like him and Trump supporters? llmart May 2019 #24
Not a LOL moment StarfishSaver May 2019 #11
You are so correct snowybirdie May 2019 #39
Well maybe durablend May 2019 #41
For more reasons than you think. I'm not sure anyone read the news FBaggins May 2019 #55
In his statement, he said he "anticipated" they'd start hiring when the new venture launches StarfishSaver May 2019 #64
True. Nt BootinUp May 2019 #60
Junk pillow!! I would never want one samplegirl May 2019 #12
There is a slight tell on each commercial. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #43
I thought each pillow was stuffed by the hand of Jesus? Blue Owl May 2019 #16
How is this not treason? gratuitous May 2019 #19
I guest Mike lives in that bubble . . Iliyah May 2019 #42
Winning dalton99a May 2019 #20
What a sleazeball picture! n/t Totally Tunsie May 2019 #32
Jebus...... SergeStorms May 2019 #48
It's a start. May he end up bankrupt. I am sorry for the employees, but they will get other jobs. Shrike47 May 2019 #22
Tucker! crazytown May 2019 #26
The Trump economy keithbvadu2 May 2019 #27
He's a creepy Trumper. geardaddy May 2019 #29
Translation: He's moving the factory to Mexico sandensea May 2019 #33
I will never buy a product from this idiot Gothmog May 2019 #34
150 Employees Fired Roy Rolling May 2019 #35
He might be in the queue NewJeffCT May 2019 #46
his used car type pillow ads should be a big red flag. nt yaesu May 2019 #38
We are going to win so much that we'll be sick of winning!!! Initech May 2019 #44
How many employees did he have before the layoffs? jmowreader May 2019 #45
according to Wikipedia NewJeffCT May 2019 #50
He has a bad product. It's just a lumpy foam pillow. SunSeeker May 2019 #49
Never do business with a Christian Rambling Man May 2019 #53
Being Christian NewJeffCT May 2019 #54
Another Evangelical charlatan. Dawson Leery May 2019 #56
Karma calling. Nt BootinUp May 2019 #59
Could be the shitty reviews of his pillows finally caught up with him. Vinca May 2019 #61

riversedge

(70,475 posts)
4. I have read that he has been talking up Trump on fox tv. I do not
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:20 AM
May 2019

subscribe to fox so have not seen him. But I do know--can recall he has been on the campaign trail for Trump awhile back.

at140

(6,110 posts)
36. I made my own "my pillow" at home
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:30 PM
May 2019

By taking 2 old pillows we were ready to discard,
Opening the seem with a razor blade, taking the foam material out, ripping it up in pieces 1" to 2" squares, stuffing them back and sowing up the seem.

lark

(23,203 posts)
40. I am boycotting his product.
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:33 PM
May 2019

I used to only use his "my pillow" it was good for my significant neck problems. Soon as he came out for drumpf, I threw the old pillow away and tried a different product, a Sobakawa pillow. I liked his a little better, it retained its' shape better, but Ive been using the other for several years now and it's perfectly fine.

Other places I won't shop/go or products we won't buy - -
Home Depot
Papoa Johns' pizza
Northern, Scott nor Brawny paper towels
Chic Filet
hobby Lobby

Unfortunately I will probably have to go to St. Vincent's for neck surgery since my Neurosurgeon is really good and only goes there. I hate that because of their anti-woman no tube tying, no abortion policies. If he practices at any other hospital, I will choose that one, even if it's further away.

Ohiogal

(32,210 posts)
52. In my area
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:33 PM
May 2019

We had two nice hospitals and the non religious one closed, so now our only choice is a Catholic hospital which of course has all those anti-woman policies and who refused to treat my best friend’s daughter’s ectopic pregnancy last year. They had to go to another town so she could get treatment. It’s infuriating.

Afromania

(2,771 posts)
2. I fully expect to see this guy going to jail for being some sort of pervert in the future.
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:19 AM
May 2019

He just seems like the type.

MontanaMama

(23,369 posts)
3. I wish Costco didn't carry this RWNJ's pillows.
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:20 AM
May 2019

They might be great pillows but I’d never buy one out of principle.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
13. The pillows are no better than other cheap pillows
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:35 AM
May 2019

I bought one years ago and it was a waste of money.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
23. People are catching on that his pillows are a scam.
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:41 AM
May 2019

You can get a REALLY comfortable pillow at Target for less than half the price.

Botany

(70,666 posts)
31. Kohl's has Columbia "high end pillows" that are almost always on sale .....
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:07 PM
May 2019

Last edited Fri May 10, 2019, 01:30 PM - Edit history (1)

... and they are cheaper and much better then the ones from that Trump lover.

BTW the reviews for "my pillow" are brutal.

SWBTATTReg

(22,226 posts)
37. Thanks Dave S and Botany...I've been looking at buying some new pillows but I didn't know ...
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:31 PM
May 2019

where to go to get some. I certainly wasn't going to get them from the my pillow guy. I can't stand him and I think he's mental somehow, looking at him and his ads on his pillows (how he hugs and grabs his pillows, it's sickening). Target and/or Kohl's, here I come!

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
51. I love when Costco has the Panda Bamboo pillows...
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:26 PM
May 2019

I love mine they are the absolute best pillows ever!!!

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,913 posts)
9. Sleep Number is the answer.......
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:30 AM
May 2019

Their pillows and bed systems are far superior and ALL components are made in the U.S.A.

snowybirdie

(5,252 posts)
10. Do you really think
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:31 AM
May 2019

it's funny that 150 people are out of a job? That's not being a good Democrat nor a compassionate person. Think what you will of the owner, these poor people now must try and find something else to feed their families. LOL and job loss don't go together.

llmart

(15,572 posts)
24. How do you know they're not all just like him and Trump supporters?
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:54 AM
May 2019

Any of them that are do not get my sympathy.

However, I'd never buy one of those overpriced lousy pillows anyway.

durablend

(7,469 posts)
41. Well maybe
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:33 PM
May 2019

Some of them should've have voted for Trump then?

(I can't claim all of them did, but surely at least a portion did)

FBaggins

(26,797 posts)
55. For more reasons than you think. I'm not sure anyone read the news
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:55 PM
May 2019

He isn't contracting his business and laying off workers... he's retooling that facility over the next couple months and expanding into a new line of business at that location. The people who are getting laid off have already been told that the company will be hiring again in 6-8 weeks.

IOW - this isn't all that different from the auto manufacturers when they have to retool a plant for a new model.

Yes... it would be nicer if he sucked it up and just paid people for a few weeks... but it isn't an example of his business collapsing right after he expected the economy to improve.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
64. In his statement, he said he "anticipated" they'd start hiring when the new venture launches
Sat May 11, 2019, 07:21 PM
May 2019

"Once MyStore is up and running, we anticipate we will be hiring.”

I don't think anyone's holding their breath waiting for that to happen or that if he DOES start hiring again, he'll hire back the 150 people he just let go from his factory to work for his online venture.

samplegirl

(11,530 posts)
12. Junk pillow!! I would never want one
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:33 AM
May 2019

How’s Trump working for this fool? Can’t believe how many people bu his junk pillows!

Delmette2.0

(4,178 posts)
43. There is a slight tell on each commercial.
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:34 PM
May 2019

At least 1/5- 1/4 of the pillow is always gathered up to make it look fuller and plumper.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
19. How is this not treason?
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:23 AM
May 2019

Doesn't Mike Lindell know that the economy is booming under Trump? Doesn't he know this makes Trump look bad and cause people to doubt the optics Trump is trying to create? Where's Bill Barr to charge this faithless American???

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
42. I guest Mike lives in that bubble . .
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:33 PM
May 2019

And I keep hearing on tv that the "economy is booming" yet my pockets tell me otherwise.

Again and again, the American public is being lied to.

SergeStorms

(19,208 posts)
48. Jebus......
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:16 PM
May 2019

a shit sandwich, made from three separate piles of shit, and no bread! The porn-star mustache is what attracted Trump. I wonder how much Mr. Pillow had to pay for that photo?

sandensea

(21,735 posts)
33. Translation: He's moving the factory to Mexico
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:15 PM
May 2019

Between NAFTA, the two Bushes and Cheeto, it's a wonder we're still standing.

Roy Rolling

(6,947 posts)
35. 150 Employees Fired
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:29 PM
May 2019

Sad for them, even sadder they attached their fortunes to a right-wing nutjob. When the MyPillow scam boat slows in the water, he throws employees over the side first.

I'm surprised he's not in the Trump cabinet.

jmowreader

(50,603 posts)
45. How many employees did he have before the layoffs?
Fri May 10, 2019, 12:56 PM
May 2019

Even if Lindell’s pillow wasn’t made by a Trumpist I wouldn’t buy one...because it comes in a box. Pillows should come in plastic bags so you can press on them to see how firm they are.

My interpretation of this news: everyone who wants Lindell’s pillow already has it.

SunSeeker

(51,821 posts)
49. He has a bad product. It's just a lumpy foam pillow.
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:22 PM
May 2019

My husband bought one. It looks and feels like it's full of chunks of foam. Such a piece of shit. My husband should have sent it back but just threw it in the closet because he didn't want the hassle of trying to return it. That's the scam, you see. Mike Lindell knows most people will not return it, even if they hate the pillow.

Rambling Man

(249 posts)
53. Never do business with a Christian
Fri May 10, 2019, 01:36 PM
May 2019

that uses their Christianity as a Unique Sales Proposition.

If they feel compelled to put Jesus fish on their business card, storefront, or signs, DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.

Crooked/scammy as fuck.

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