Bath & Body Works reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(11,172 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Bath & Body Works has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 11,172 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bath & Body Works employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Mar 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are someone who is motivated by praise and recognition, this is the place for you. As a Store Manager weekly conference calls are mandatory to allow for summary of previous weeks sales numbers and traffic conversion, "opportunites" with Brand, Talent, and Capabilities (which is there term for administrative focus on everything from merchandising to payroll. Sets the pace and goal for the upcoming week. They have "playbook" that if you follow, WORD fo WORD, will bring much success and a lot less grief for you as a manager within the Limited Brands World. It's basically "Retail Management for Dummies". Very structured company.

Cons

Because the company is Very structured, you will have very little opportunity to "think outside the box". Be VERY careful with alllllll of their policies in place. They do enforce them, even if you think they are the most minut and trival procedures. You will succeed if you give your life to them. This is a VERY hands on position. Work/Life balance may come after your first year once you have finally caught up with all there is to learn and establish your foundation. There is NO life in the months of NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY! (January is their Semi-Annual clearance event.) If you are not good at organization, and time management, this is NOT the place for you.

3.0
Mar 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

flexibility for a student, always smelling good, the gratis you get if you work at a flagship location.

Cons

management can be really anal, holidays are nuts, 3 hour shifts are not cool.

3.0
Dec 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is great and for the most part the employees are very nice. Bath and Body has a great product, and great customer service. Also the training the company gives is pretty well detailed.

Cons

They do not know the meaning of work life balance at Bath and body. For store management 50-60 hour weeks happen all the time. The company is pretty good about granting time off, but when your not on vacation you working 50 hours plus. Also the company insists on constanly making last minute changes. The company often has a hard time getting the product needed to the stores, and the worst part is they blame the store when its empty.

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