Working here makes you HATE retail! - Sales Specialist Victoria's Secret Employee Review

2.0
May 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing product, loved my discount, and they train employees well.

Cons

Management plays favorites. It's become harder to get off when you need to and managers threaten write ups. One of the girls was in the ER and when she tried to call off our manager threatened her with a write up. The company has taken a new direction. I was there for 4 years and last year they started sale tracking. Not only can employees lose their job for not selling a certain amount per month, but you're basically forced to shove customer service down each customers throats, and some employees are even stealing sales from one another to keep their sales numbers up. The atmosphere is no longer about the customer and THEIR needs. It's about the company making more money to recover the money they lose from internal and external theft! Oh and you can get fired for trying to stop thieves now.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Hours fluctuate way too much, and repetitive, brainless type of calls. You're walked all over, and have to play stupid with customers because of their "assume good intent" policy, but WOW the amount of people who take advantage of this wild. You will see hundreds of dollars refunded on numerous back-to-back orders of the same person claiming they didn't get their package, or coupons and gift cards, nonstop, with customers always complaining. The complaints from customers still in store on their treatment from store managers and supervisors are shocking, I've had calls hearing those workers yellling at customers. The type of work and level of needing to play stupid is just not for me. I also didnt care for never getting a straight answer from managers, trainers, higher-ups. Everything is always beating around the bush. One time hours were cut back a lot, and they blamed the tariffs that the president imposed, which made no sense. Come to find out from a long-term employee that it was just the usual slow time. It's a weird work environment that you just can't take seriously. If you want remote work, take it for the experience on your resume, but move on.

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