Does World Market pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, World Market employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at World Market. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at World Market?

56% of World Market employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated World Market 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at World Market?

Sales Associate (427) , Sales Associate/Cashier (111) , Stock Associate (74) , Supervisor (73) , Cashier (58) , Retail Sales Associate (52) , General Manager (47) , Assistant Manager (31) , Store Manager (30) , Department Head (28) , POS Coordinator (26) , Seasonal Sales Associate (26) , Associate (21) , Beverage Department Head (19) , Gourmet Department Head (18)

What are the pros of working at World Market according to real employee reviews?

"Great coworkers and most of the customers are very nice!" ((in 127 reviews)); "The people I worked with were great and the hours were consistent" ((in 112 reviews)); "Interesting inventory and flexible hours" ((in 86 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and time off" ((in 65 reviews)); "I enjoy spending time in our stores and the added incentive of receiving an employee discount on my purchases is a great benefit." ((in 39 reviews))

What are the cons of working at World Market according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and you have to sign people up for their coupons" ((in 191 reviews)); "Bad management and inconsistent scheduling" ((in 152 reviews)); "Certain managers will blame you for their own mistakes and you will get yelled at." ((in 59 reviews)); "No training for managers at all" ((in 49 reviews)); "Supervisors do secret evaluations of you at the register and when you're sales leading on the floor." ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about World Market layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about World Market layoffs and their outlook for job security at World Market in 2026.

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3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,969 total reviews)

Eric Hunter

59% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

World Market has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,969 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The World Market employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Mar 31, 2011

Unique

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

GM is great to work for, good discount

Cons

Scheduling is only done weekly making it difficult to have plans

3.0

Mar 31, 2011

Company has no concept of what it take to run its stores

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Product at Cost plus is great and Customers really like shopping there. You actually have genuinely nice customers

Cons

Cannot get the job done in the time allotted.

3.0

Mar 30, 2011

OK short term job but keep your expectations low

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

*Generous employee discount *Majority of coworkers are competent and friendly (right now they are vastly overqualified due to few jobs in the area) *Vast majority of shoppers love shopping here *Easy to get time off *If you know how to do your job you are left alone to do it - no micromanagement *Majority of work is not stressful *Get to sample food etc. from other countries

Cons

*Explorer rewards program and its importance to the company not mentioned in interview *Cant get a promotion unless Explorer enrollment is consistently above 25% *Your Explorer enrollment is valued above the quality of your other job duties *High turnover *Cant get a raise based on your individual merit - employees told that raises were frozen until stores numbers (items sold per transaction) were higher (How much control do I have over this?) *Hours per week and times vary when you are part time *Part-time associates not allowed to review supervisors, gm and co-workers *No communication from gm on how store/chain is doing financially *Training is non-existent *Too much is expected of gm yet has little real power to make decisions - must defer to district manager etc. *Cliques form with gm and supervisors that have been together too long resulting in some supervisors not doing their work and gm not disciplining them. *Lack of safety standards in warehouse * No opportunities to learn and grow as an employee

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