Only work here if you want to be exhausted all the time and have your hard work overlooked. - Cashier Forever 21 Employee Review

2.0
May 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Cheap clothes; if you like something, you can usually snag it before it goes out on the floor. - SOME co-workers can be a lot of fun to work with - Store and co-manager are usually pretty good at working around your schedule

Cons

- Pay is HORRIBLE. - No benefits or direct deposit - Inconsistent schedule; some weeks you work 30+ hours, with multiple 8-hour shifts, other weeks you work 20 hours, only working 5-6 hours a day - If you call out sick, they get mad and expect you to bring a doctors note. But if you come to work sick, they complain about how you're getting everyone else sick. Yeah, pay for the doctor's visit and I'll go, thanks. - Hard work is overlooked and management has no problems stringing you along about a promotion you'll never get. - If you're friends with management, you can sit around and talk your entire shift - Management and some associates alike are nice to your face and talk behind your back. It's like working in a high school. - If you bring a problem to management, they will tell you what you want to hear and then toss the issue aside. When you bring the problem to them again and ask why nothing was done, they will play dumb and claim you never said anything to them until now. - Customers can be VERY rude, disrespectful, and are always messy. Overall, just not worth working here unless you absolutely need a job.

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