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Strand Book Store

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Low pay, Low (or no) reward - Bookseller Strand Book Store Employee Review

2.0
Sep 17, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

It’s exciting to work in such an iconic book store in NYC and the majority of the coworkers are a blast to work with.

Cons

The pay is a joke. Your told you can attend and work events and then never get to. They try to throw extra responsibilities on you (working in Central Park, the upper west side store, holiday kiosks, extra OS knowledge, etc) with no incentive of extra pay. There’s a Union yet the pay rate is still minimum wage. Time off system makes absolutely no sense. The store manager never introduced himself to me after three months of working full time. The store owner is a money hungry millionaire who doesn’t care about anything but how many tote bags she can sell.

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5.0
Apr 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

this was a fun job

Cons

at times thougfh it was not fun

3.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great atmosphere, great coworkers, great to work in a historic NYC institution.

Cons

Upper management do not care about you a single iota. With rare exceptions, most are bad at their jobs. They make poor financial decisions in an attempt to expand the company which only result in negative effects downstream.

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