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The Container Store

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The Container Store Visual Sales - Part Time reviews

3.6

74% would recommend to a friend

(95 total reviews)

Joel Bines

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72% positive business outlook

Part Time Sales/Visual employees have rated The Container Store with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 95 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Part Time Sales/Visual professionals have a good working experience there. The Container Store is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Part Time Sales/Visual professionals compared to other employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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95 reviews
2.0
Jan 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

TCS has some great employees, so you're most likely going to be surrounded by people that you'll want to hang out with after work even after spending a whole shift together.

Cons

Hard work is not rewarded in the company. Recognition is given to the people who can effectively use their "vocabulary" rather than those that have proven themselves as strong leaders and faithful employees. Throw around phrases like 'gumby' and 'second pair of eyes' and you'll gain more praise than if you actually work hard. While there's a constant stream of communication; e-mails, voicemails, newsletters...actual feedback can be pretty passive. I'm not sure if it was only my store, but there seemed to be a managerial mentality to let someone else deal with it. Foundation training consists of a week long group training to instill the TCS mentality, and full-time opportunities are boasted as the incentives to being a strong employee, yet when a position for full-time opens, it is filled by an outside applicant, rather than through promotion. And unless you are full-time, your hours are not going to be consistent. In fact, during the holiday season TCS cut hours of part-timers while hiring new staff to cover for the holiday rush.

4.0
Dec 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The overall working environment is welcoming, positive, and energizing. The employees are indeed wonderful to work with and once you get the swing of things they are willing to help you in any way possible.

Cons

Because the employees are so tight-knit be aware that their behavior may seem cliquish at times. The manager's I dealt with talked about employees-personal problems, work shortfalls with me and others, and this made me wonder what they were saying about me behind my back. Other than this loved working for this company!

4.0
Dec 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The people are by far the best part of working in the stores followed by being surrounded by fun products. The day to day can be a variety of activities which is always nice- especially if you're on the visual merchandising side.

Cons

You have to have a strong management team in order to get the full TCS culture.

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