Precious manager and area manager
Pros
Great when the company started out At first ability to move up was there Great discount Ok benefits but could be better They finally are getting better with their buying strategy and turn around based on trend.
Cons
There is seriously no reason why anyone who actually would like to progress in their retail career should work for this company The new process of NOT internally promoting their staff is simply because they fired all their training and educational employees at home office because they were cutting expenses. They just went thought a huge DEMOTION of all upper management this past few months which means they can't afford to pay all these people. Money pit. They will not invest their time in you anymore A district visit consists of your district manager, who is clueless because they were not trained properly, stopping by for an hour or two and doing your shipment. Great thanks for being my overpaid stock room associate. No sick days for manager No PTO for full time assistants PTO restrictions are silly They decide the week of what seasonal visuals should be arranged and due. No hours allocated for this. They over stock/under stock your store based on selling which makes sense when you think about it but get upset when you can't place your product in their 1000 sq ft store because you have NO room. So many issues and I can only hope that the company that I fell in love with in 2010 comes back because this company has taken a huge turn down a long long road for recovery. My advise to anyone who wants a part time job with some serious freedom and they don't mind that inconsistencies then take a low paying job here as an associate (Ps you can make way more else where), but if you want to do this for a career then don't bother. You will never gain the necessary experience to move on to a better paying and high level position.
