Altar'd State reviews

There is no quality of life at Altar'd State. They firmly believe in working their salaried employees to death. Min hours a week is 45 but they normally work you 50 to 60. This is how they save on payroll. They have no coverage on the floor except for salaried managers so customers get very little attention while shopping and because there aren't enough employees working their theft rate is through the roof. Pay rate is not at all competitive it is very low especially for the hours you are working. If you have any sort of life you would like to maintain outside of work then this is not the job for you. When you work for Altar'd State you are Altar'd State it becomes your whole life, according to upper management it is more important then your health your family and God. As someone who took 3 years of design I can say without a doubt that the clothes are poorly made with some of the cheapest materials. Then they turn around and sell it for outrageous prices. It's no wonder they have a minimum of 30 returns a day. Training is a joke, during my interview I specifically asked about training and I was told they do extensive training. They gave me one day of training then reprimanded me for not knowing how to do tasks I was never trained for. They claim that their business is all about giving back, but they have barely donated any money, while they are getting rich off this concept. It is also rumored that the giving back is a scam, but I don't know this for sure. Upper management including direct reports to the CEO are very rude. They don't listen to your needs for your store. In a conversation I had with my direct report this person would not listen to anything I had to say about my concerns for the store. They actually spoke over me while i was talking in a disrespectful manner. I've never experience a conversation like that from someone in a position of upper management.

Upper management, hours,unrealistic expectations, flip-flopping policies and values, CEO, I began working here under the pretense that this was a outstanding company that really cared about giving back and had real Christian values. I quickly realized that this was simply not the case. I had hoped that the founders would be as genuine as their website bios made them out to be, but they turned out to be some of the worst and most greedy individuals I've ever come across. Money is the absolute bottom line here, everything else is just a tactic to drive sales. They wanted to find a niche of customers that would appreciate a unique retailer; a retailer that actually cared about good true values, wanted to give back to the community, and one that acknowledged a Christian atmosphere and the importance of a real relationship with our Lord and Savior. So they put all sorts of flashy messages and promoted "giveback" brands and played christian music in the stores to draw these folks in. They made sure to be closed on Sundays, for "a day of rest", claiming that this was a time to be with families and give folks the opportunity to go to church. But little by little, these values are disappearing from our stores. We are now open on Sundays, we are told to push sales to an uncomfortable extent, we receive countless emails from upper management belittling stores and employees, and we are worked to the bone for minimum wage. Employees are told that they need not wear altar'd state brand clothing, but are constantly pushed to buy and wear the brand. On at least a dozen occasions I have seen our identical articles of clothing being sold at other retailers for less than half of the ticket price that you will find at Altar'd State. Frankly, it's just embarrassing when a customer comes in to return over $200 of merchandise because they found the same things at TJMaxx... This company had the potential to be something truly extraordinary. It breaks my heart that the reality is nothing like the pretty picture they try to sell the general public. I wish the founders would take a good hard look in the mirror and evaluate where this company is now and where it is headed. If this is what you really had in mind, than by all means, return to your private jet, angry, greed driven ways. But if you actually wanted to set yourself apart from other retailers, it doesn't have to be too late to change your company's ways.