High expectations lowpay rude managers - Sales Associate TJ Maxx Employee Review

1.0
Oct 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Nice coworkers & cute clothes...... that’s about it.

Cons

10% discount, 20% rarely Pay is too low for work asked to do. Scheduling is trash, always understaffed so everyone is always running around in a frenzy doing other people’s jobs. A monkey could run this store better. Managers are rude for no reason and never fail to give attitude. They want you to give them a 2 week-month notice for a vacation day off but they will still schedule you. Training is poor. They don’t train you properly then get mad at you when you don’t know. They will make you sign a book for every error you make even though they failed to even fully train you. The communication in the store is pathetic, frequently changing everything and failing to notify employees. Communication is done through a headset but when you talk and need help everyone ignores you. You will get talked to for every little thing you do multiple times a day. Even the best worker. It gets busy and they will leave you as a cashier alone and then get mad when you didn’t have time to put all your returned clothes away after each transaction. Oh give me a break. Humans are not robots. Schedule more people or stop being so unrealistic. Don’t get me started on the pressure to get people to sign up for credit card....

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4.0
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Pros

-flexible and accomodating hours - good partime job for college student - very neutral experience, but the fact that it wasn't terrible makes it a pro -10% employee discount

Cons

-lower pay than other retail places ($12 when I was there) - general cons that just come with retail (rude customers, boring tasks, etc.) - store is constantly being rearranged, and is also disorganized on purpose so customers have to search through/look at more things to find what they are looking for -CONSTANTLY having to push the TJ Maxx credit card and having managers literally walk by to make sure you are - can't wear t-shirts or any graphic tees including ones in the store (which always bothered me because if they can sell it I should be able to wear it)

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