Consider this - Store Manager Bath & Body Works Employee Review

3.0
Feb 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Inclusive where everyone belongs. Great bonus potential when sales plan achievable. Advancement opportunities (from store to store) Provides great tools to be able to do your job. Smells good daily. Benefits including associates emergency funds. accepts feedback and sometimes uses it. Always updating themes to keep it fun.

Cons

It is a favoritism game. It whoever is making them look good at that moment. They will use your goal/dream to get what they want from you. However if you run into a rough patch they kind of just abandon you and move to the next person. You make more money in a lower volume store than I high volume store even though your salary is higher. Bonus is almost nonexistent. Stress is really high during peak times and work life is almost nonexistent. As a Store manager you must work 40 hours completely gravy and normal but…. You spend majority of your day there. You don’t get to open and you must close 2 nights a week. 1 weekend off a month and weekend days you’re there 11:30-8 which is your entire day and no time with the family or activities after work. DM and higher get to enjoy the holidays, weekend and evenings off that offers a great work life balance. But will push SM’s to pretty much spend 11:30-8 at their stores. Those hours stink: If you work over 40 you make no extra (standard for salary) but if you work less than 38 you get penalized and they take money from your pay? You must use your PTO if you are sick and if you have to miss a weekend day because you’re sick that is considered your weekend off for that month.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

I previously worked in the field (for a different brand) and we were always so weary of corporate teams coming into the stores. However, the corporate team at Bath & Body Works is absolutely incredible, supportive, and does everything they can to advocate for the stores. The entire Store Ops team is full of people who care deeply about the brand, the store associates, and the customer.

Cons

A lot of meetings. But being remote, it was nice to see faces throughout the day!

1.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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