Frustrating - Bra Specialist Victoria's Secret Employee Review

1.0
Jun 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The discount was nice, considering that VS always sells way overpriced bras. The pay was all right for what it was.

Cons

Unrealistic goals. I was a bra-fitting specialist and was expected to "Sell" 4 credit cards in every shift I worked. Imagine someone knocking on your fitting room door; you're topless, trying to fit into a bra that costs too much money, and they're asking if you have an Angel card. Yeah, that was me. Hated it. Also had to wear headsets and got in trouble for taking them off, but it was impossible to help customers when someone is shouting in your ear every hour that we need $700 more and 3 more credit card sales to make our hourly goal. Add to all of that the fact that I would be scheduled to work until 10pm and would never get out until 11:30 because we had to fold all of the panties every night. And the only reason I managed to leave by 11:30 was because I had to catch the last metro train or be stuck in DC.

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