Two hundred employees at the distribution center owned by Hastings Entertainment are saying their goodbyes this week. Tuesday was the last day for Hastings’ warehouse and customer service workers, reports Amarillo.com.
Earlier this week, 150 employees of the soon-to-close entertainment chain gathered for a job fair at Sunset Center in Amarillo. Businesses like Suddenlink and the Salvation Army were there to take employee applications.
One Hastings employee at the job fair had a good attitude about his fortunes. “Life happens, jobs come and go,” he said.
Before filing for bankruptcy this year, Hastings employed almost 4,000 people. Many of those jobs were in rural towns across the High Plains. The company was founded by Sam Marmaduke in Amarillo in 1968.