slave labor - Store Manager Journeys Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Able to sell and build relationships with customers. Great discount. Built some great relationships with other Journeys employees. Christmas time and other peak seasons were very profitable.

Cons

Work life balance was terrible. Working 60 hours a week with at least 1 12 hr shift per week. Was not allowed breaks to leave the store on 12 hour days. When my co-manager went on vacation I had to work every day all day (7 days 12hrs/day). I left because my supervisor promoted someone who had only been there for a year vs. someone who had been there for 7 yrs and was expected by the other mangers to have the promotion. The payroll management was off for he Kidz store.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

The Discount was very good

Cons

Pay was not very good

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Journeys Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing your review! We truly appreciate your feedback!
2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- 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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Journeys Response
1w
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