Not worth it! - Sales Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

2.0
Feb 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Large company with many jobs -Lots of free products and samples -Decent work environment for retail -Very structured business model

Cons

-Hardly any hours, usually 15 is considered good for a sales associate (at minimum wage, you'd better have another job or two!) -Major micro-managing by sales leads and store manager, often treated employees like children (this may have just been the manager I had, she was very hyperactive) -Floor sets are HORRIBLE!! We were never given enough time or employee hours for the complexity of the floorsets, often had to stay till 1AM or later for the big ones. Supplies were not adequate (things like fishing wire that had to be cut for hanging props instead of pre-set hangers) and we rarely were given all the product that was required in the model picture. -Pay is not great, but about average compared to similar jobs -The discount was 15% I think, which was pitiful since most of the sales we had worked out to be a better price than our discount!

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1.0
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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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