Unrealistic expectations - Store Manager Swarovski Employee Review

3.0
Jan 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great customers, great product, great discount. Global leadership, culture and values are great and industry leading, however global leadership values and North America leadership values do not align.

Cons

Upper Management has unrealistic goals based on the changing retail environment, traffic is down in malls and stores are expected to meet and reviewed on a goal of 20% over last year's transactions.

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Swarovski Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. At Swarovski, we truly value constructive employee and customer feedback, both positive and negative. Our hope is to make each individual employee, from our stores to our corporate offices, feel that they are valued. Of course, we are thrilled to read your list of Pros. However as for your “Cons” honestly, we are equally thrilled to read these comments as well, as only with constructive and honest feedback can we work together to improve our company and our work place and your feedback about "unrealistic goals based on the changing retail environment, traffic is down in malls and stores are expected to meet and reviewed on a goal of 20% over last year's transactions" will be shared with upper management and HR as we strive to set our employees up for success. We also want to make sure you are aware that at Swarovski we have an open-door policy and encourage our employees to reach out to a member of upper management or HR to make sure their concerns and ideas for the betterment of the company are addressed and handled strategically and effectively in a timely matter, as only with constructive feedback from our current and former employees as well as our customers can we improve and remain relevant in today’s everchanging world. Once again, we want to thank you for taking the time to leave a review and we want to wish you much success with your career at Swarovski.

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