This company just doesn't get it... - Supervisor World Market Employee Review

1.0
May 31, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits and paid time off - IF you are a FT Supervisor. If you're not, then you can just bank on getting a nice discount which is good if you like to shop here.

Cons

People are grossly underpaid (except the general manager) and overworked. This company has a nasty habit of throwing as much work as physically and mentally possible and not giving you the resources to do it. Simply saying "you'll just have to make it work". The HR dept at the corporate office supports disciplining and berating employees who call the HR hotline because it made the GMs life inconvenient to have to deal with an issue. The review process is unfair and weighted so that everyone scores as a "Needs Improvement" which prevents anyone from getting a raise. No one can meet this companies unbelievably high and unreasonable expectations and every is punished because of it. This place seriously made me hate working in retail. I will never make that mistake again.

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5.0
Mar 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fun atmosphere, chill coworkers, decent discount, I could come to work do my job & there was no drama. I worked there seasonally during Christmas and loved it, they didn’t keep me on after cause I was one of the last hires and they had to cut like 30% of the seasonal staff so I was bummed. The manager was nice, so were the assistant managers. Customers were chill, thanked us a lot for being there. Got some good stuff between sales and discount.

Cons

Not enough hours which I knew before I started, cash registers could use some updating

3.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

being the cashier during the holidays was super fun. it was busy but in a way where the time goes by fast.

Cons

the manager micromanages and sits in the back watching the cameras the whole time. she then tells the supervisor on the walkie talkie that she's watching you. everybody talks about how they hate her even the assistant managers.

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