Old Navy, A Place to Work if Desperate - Sales Associate Old Navy Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They started me out 8 dollars an hour, which is a quarter more than the minimum wage here in Oklahoma. Other sales associates were nice and general manager was good. Operations manager was ok. They hired a another operations manager. He didn't like giving people their 15 minute breaks, and would often act like a prick. Plain and simple. They also hired a trainee manager who didn't have a high school diploma and acted horrible to people, but I talked to the general manager and she talked to the trainee about her attitude, so things did improve there. They would require me to do things outside of the job description a lot, not really complaining, just saying when they hire you, should tell you that you are basically going to be doing everything, not just a certain amount of stuff. Overall, corporate sees their employees as "I don't care about you, there is somebody else out there who can do your job". Which is why Old Navy has a high turnover rate. And what's the deal with trying to make people get a Old Navy Credit card in a shitty economy? As I was leaving, they were requiring that you have to have at least 3 ONC's before your shift was up or you'd be written up.

Cons

-They should take more value in their employees and their talents. -Need to better screen people for management positions. -Stop with the Old Navy Credit Cards -Advancement only happens if you are friends with management, doesn't matter how hard you work.

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