Borders Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Borders full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – books music books music books

Cons – went out of business in 2011

Former Employee – worked at Borders part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very understanding group of likeminded individuals

Cons – The company no longer exists.

Former Employee – worked at Borders

Pros – Very easy going, nice atmosphere. But I did enjoy the good discounts and opportunities to meet new and interesting people such as the writers.

Cons – No prospects for people wanting to move up. Management was quite stale. There could have been more training.

Advice to Senior Management – Move on and give others a chance

Former Employee – worked at Borders full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great coworkers and a fun environment

Cons – Company failed financially under poor leadership

Advice to Senior Management – The company should have joined the ereader/ebook game earlier without teaming up with Amazon

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Borders part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great coworkers, lots of interesting and educated customers. New conversation every day. A great environment for bibliophiles. Good job for college kids or retirees.

Cons – Too much corporate control of things that could have been handled at a store level. Too slow to adapt to the internet.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Borders

Pros – You could see the end coming.

Cons – the employee experience varied wildly by store.

Advice to Senior Management – Next time employees make suggestions on how to improve your technology and compete, listening would be a good first step.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Borders part-time for more than a year

Pros – Discounts on books, music, DVDs, etc. Generally good about working with you if need be. It was a fairly standard retail job. It was good for me because I love books, but seeing as they seem to be going the way of the e-book and Amazon, the company is no more.

Cons – At time it felt like there were too many bosses present all the same time.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Borders part-time for more than a year

Pros – Making coffee was so much fun, and the regulars are amazing!

Cons – I was promised a raise and never received one. Barely survived on this income. Borders rewards sign up percentages.

Advice to Senior Management – The management expected us to pull the same Borders rewards signup percentages as the cashiers selling books and miscellaneous items. People come to the coffee shop for coffee---not to be hounded about signing up for some card they have to pay for every year.

Former Employee – worked at Borders full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – great people, good coffee and books!

Cons – Hired all non-industry people for upper management

Advice to Senior Management – Books are not groceries

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Borders full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of great, smart, well read people

Cons – Over priced store real estate and a hyper competitive market.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company