Overworked and Underpayed - Co Manager Journeys Employee Review

2.0
Aug 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The employee discount is very good at 40% off anything. The dress code is pretty layed back... don't have to hide your tattoos or piercings!

Cons

I was a co-manager and all management gets a small base pay plus 4% commission on personal sales. I would work over 50 hours every week and not have much to show for it (I was top seller). The amount of work we had to do did not match the pay, either. Another con - no manager it allowed a Friday or Saturday off. Part-timers get minimum wage... would be fine but they also only get 5-15 hours per week. Don't get me started on the "6 Selling Steps"... they are ridiculous, don't work, make more work to do after the customer leaves, and is embarrassing most of the time.

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- Diversity & inclusion throughout employees - No dress code (other than inappropriate clothing obviously and occasional Journeys t-shirts during holidays) - Paid training - Flexible schedule (at least at my store)

Cons

- Horrible corporate mentality - Only the sales leads and above work on commission even though every employee has to HARD sell - Sales goals that are unrealistic and based off of the previous year's numbers - Little to no benefit for reaching or surpassing the ridiculous sales goals - District managers and corporate employees who say you're not good at your job unless you practically beg customers to buy socks and multiple pairs of shoes even if they came in knowing exactly what they want (to the point of annoying the customer) - Verbal, then write up, then immediate termination if you don't meet or surpass EVERY single category in your MPR (monthly progress report) - District managers who demote the best managers and transfer people to other stores with no say in the matter, as well as letting certain bad managers get away with things without reporting it - lowwwww pay for what is expected of the employee

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