Bath & Body Works reviews

I understand spah and the reason for it but it's still hard to always keep positive when leaders have to "lead the way" in sales and do everything else. SM are responsible for a lot but not given hours off the floor to handle the schedule, updated onboarding procedures, ONLINE HIRING, interviews. All of these activities take time. Not five minutes but collectively, hours. There are no more store specific slt meetings, if you need to have one to get your team aligned, you have to carve it out of the hours they don't actually give you. Plans are bigger, with less hours given year after year.

The recent restructure to essentially the entire company has taken its toll on business. SPAH tracking has really hurt many stores in our district and I believe that as we move forward into holiday season, it will only create more problems within the stores because so many associates will be pressured to make sales and it will create an unnecessary competitive and dishonest environment. Upper management is stressing sales and SPAH, and while they embellish it with "having fun with customers" and creating "a great experience for everyone", the focus is purely on making numbers and it puts a damper on the sales team. Do not work here if you dislike a fast-paced environment that measures your individual success based on just dollars that you can persuade someone to spend.