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1.0
May 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

6% match for 401k. Paid vacation based on amount of hours worked.

Cons

Extreme favoritism. Payscale is horrible. Employee turnover is ridiculously high (117%). Forget about having a work-life balance. Promotions are not based on your work performance, they are based on who you "know" (a.k.a the store director). Management structure is a joke (useless senior team lead position). No sense of reward for your hard work (incentive cards? ugh. gift cards to fast food places. disgusting.). Thankless job. There is no accountability for managers, they just push the accountability on their team leads and get off the hook. Managers are 95% of the time hiding in the backrooms texting on their cell phones or surfing the internet (especially on friday, saturday, and sunday). Reviews are disgusting. They do not even keep records of the great work you did throughout the year such as more option sales, customer compliments, etc. They just scramble a bunch of junk on to your review.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The easiest thing about job is the work itself.

Cons

The upper management is horrible on every level. They don’t care enough to even give job interviews, so you don’t know what to expect on your first day. Expect someone to not train you, but aggressively micromanage you and let you know what you do is wrong but not show how to do anything correctly. I’ve never seen a retail place operate so “by the books” but will make up rules on the spot when it’s most convenient for them. There is a severe lack of communication and care all around, partly from a lot of the managers being on different parts of the spectrum. The senior employees will also take out their home life problems out on you bc they’re jealous you got more credit card applications than them. Don’t work here unless you enjoy high school petty drama from ladies that have worked 30+ years in retail.

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