Terrible company to work for - Sales Leader Bath & Body Works Employee Review

1.0
Jun 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Incentives, gratis, team work mentality, fun product to work with, always something new coming out every month so customers never get bored

Cons

I couldn't wait to be able to leave this company. Never was my quality of life so poor as when I worked here. I worked in management and their compensation was weak for what the job entailed. This company caters great to its customers but works their employees to the bone. Retail is usually a challenging business but with this company nothing was ever good enough and there was never enough recognition for the employees. It always seemed like they just kept pushing for more. Late night floor sets run into the early morning hours till everyone is exhausted and barely able to function. Then some employees are expected to work the day after floor set off of what little sleep you were able to get. They want you to strive for unreachable numbers and set unrealistic expectations.

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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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