no longer worth putting in an application - Anonymous employee JCPenney Employee Review

2.0
Sep 18, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Discount (if you like the merchandise) -Used to be flexible with hours (school, 2 jobs, etc - before fair and square)

Cons

-New pricing and display program (and the thousands of layoffs that went with it) -Lower management there to "look pretty" and that's about it -No longer flexible with hours (after fair and square) - must have 100% availability and cannot move shifts around to attend college or a 2nd job

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