Altar'd State reviews

2.7

30% would recommend to a friend

(1,651 total reviews)
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Aaron Walters

28% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Altar'd State has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,651 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Altar'd State employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jun 4, 2024

Honest Review

Recommend
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Pros

The store has nice music playing throughout the day, cute clothes, and good employee discount

Cons

Steep unrealistic sales goals with no commission and the customer has to remember your name for you to receive credit for the sale. The problem is if you have an immature coworker or manager, who can see that you've been working very hard with a customer and it's a big sale, if they are on the register they can just type their employee number and give themself credit for your sale. In the store I worked in we had one coworker who did this often. The big bummer with sales goals is that if a customer can't remember your name when asked "did anyone help you today?" The person usually types in their number or the manager's number. My advice in this case is when a customer you've been working with goes to the register to check out, try to be in a visible part of the sales floor so the customer can point to you if they don't remember your name. Unfortunatley even then you still might not get the credit for the sale because even if you helped the customer choose 7 of the items they're buying if your coworker at the register helped them chose one thing at the very end, they will likely give the credit to themself for the entire sale. The whole sales goal thing was the worst thing about working there and very mentally draining especially to not to even receive commission. Besides the fact that there is so much you have to do as a sales associate besides greeting, helping customers and organizing clothes. During the time I worked there I also cleaned mirrors, dusted, vacuumed the fitting rooms, mopped the entire sales floor, and cleaned the carpet cleaning machine all for minimum wage, so less than $11 an hour

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Altar'd State Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns. It's unfortunate to hear your experience related to sales goals and the lack of receiving credit for great selling behaviors. We will pass this feedback along to our team to provide clear direction and or coaching to avoid this from happening in the future. Stand Out For Good Inc. does not pay any of our associates at minimum wage. Our expectation is to be competitive in the market place for all roles whether they be part-time or full-time positions.
1.0
May 7, 2024

Save Your Mental

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

SOME of the coworkers were someone the best people ever and made the day to day a little easier

Cons

Review Store leader goes ice cold to you when you put your 2 weeks notice in. Doesn’t say another word to you, makes it a very hard last two weeks. You can call the anonymous hotline and STILL nothing gets done about the issues. Company is all about promotions and moving employees up the ladder, but will promote a BR over a GL. So desperate to fill roles they fill it with anyone who can talk, even if they’re probably not the fit for a high volume store. SL said it’s easy to get where you want in this company, all you have to do is be able to talk and lie really good with all upper management. So, does everyone in their position really belong there, or are they just a REALLY good liar and talker? SL told a BR that was interviewing to be a GL to lie in her interview about coaching someone, even if she hadn’t coached in a role before. (Company is huge on coaching) PTO requests will be denied, even if your schedule isn’t out yet. SL will make you feel bad about using company given Paid Wellness Time, if you’re sick or not feeling well. Leadership coverage is never done well enough, so you’re either standing in first impression all day, and you can hardly leave, or you’re in the back watching cashwrap and fitting rooms at once. Do not forget about our lovely VOG (secret shop). If you’re the BOD (butterfly on duty), and you’re watching the front, you BETTER be on your A Game otherwise if you fail first impressions, write up! Write up even if you’re the only person up front, 3 people need rooms started (cashwrap and fits girl is busy with a guest on cash wrap), someone needs something down, and you have to greet every new face you see within 30 seconds of them entering the store. The store isn’t set up to be able to see the door from the fitting rooms or cashwrap, but you are still expected to run around and do it all. Which *some* days, that isn’t an issue, but most days it is. And when you’re running your tail off and super busy, you aren’t allowed hardly a drink of water or a restroom break. SL should have the most BOD segments, but has the absolute least. Talking MAYBE 4-5. ASL’s would have anywhere between 6-12. 🙃She’s in the “office” two days out of the week, has 1-2 days off during the week and closes once a week while other managers close 2-3 times a week. With the recent pay cuts, everyone has left and they are having a hard time getting any employee of quality hired on at $12.50/hr. And if they do, they will be so burnt out and realize the weight of the job is seriously overloaded for the pay they are getting. Schedule is running on 1-2 part coverage due to not having enough staff, but don’t you dare forget about that potential secret shop ;) Everyone is so paranoid about a secret shop, they are always on edge. You literally can’t enjoy yourself or your job bc the second you do, you’ve already failed a secret shop. VOG and NPS are used to measure how the employees associate with guests and making sure they are doing what’s expected, where I do feel like these are good things to have to measure that, there is VERY little room for error. You have to be perfect all the time and if you’re not, write up or even termination. Store leader talks badly about other managers/brand reps. Said some leaders are “entitled little white girls” because they express concerns with other management, that she simply doesn’t want to handle, because she doesn’t want to fill another position. Nothing about this place stands out for good. Especially when the Store Leader makes it an incredibly toxic work environment

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Altar'd State Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns. We will share your feedback with the appropriate teams. If you would like to discuss in further detail, please reach out to peopledevelopment@altardstate.com.
1.0
Mar 28, 2024

Awful

Recommend
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Pros

The discount. That is genuinely it.

Cons

Quite literally everything. Management was horrible. Zero training, gossiping, and no support. Insanely high expectations in all areas- especially with secret shops. The only reason I continued to put up with working here was for the pay, which they cut company wide. Unless you want to be treated horribly, be micromanaged every shift, and experience extreme burnout all for (practically) minimum wage, do. not. work. here.

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Altar'd State Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We appreciate you and all you did for the internal and external guests while employed with us. We understand how our recent decision to implement pay adjustments may have affected you and all of our associates. We will share this feedback with our leadership team in an effort to align on specific and measurable goals. We wish you the best!
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