Altar'd State reviews

Where do I begin? The beginning of my work experience for this company started off great, I loved coming to work, and I loved the people i worked with. Shortly after a few months i slowly came to the realization as to just how corrupt this company truly is. They expect employees to work overtime during holiday hours just to change window displays, floor sets, and mark downs. All within the week of Christmas. For a Christmas company they sure do make their employees work a lot instead of getting time with their families. The company also claims to "give back" when really it is all a show to make people buy their overpriced clothing. Only one percent of only Alta'rd State brand items give back, so a $100 dress, one dollar goes back to the community from that… Not to mention how convent their mission mondays, which is where they donate 10% of net profit on mondays goes to a local charity, is on a monday..The slowest day of the week. This company needs a huge turn around if they want to succeed before everyone realizes just how corrupt they are.

This company preaches from the start about value and integrity. I unfortunately did not see that from the upper management. You are absolutely worked like a dog. Salary management worked 60 +hours every week with many late nights and early mornings. There is no room for anything else in your life but work, so if you are married or have children don't expect to see them. The CEO is very aware of the unrealistic expectations he has but does not show any urgency to make employees work load any better. The turn over rate is extremely high and you never receive any praise. The CEO is very unpleasant and his vision is not going in a positive direction. He founds a company on Christian values and then completely changes his direction and opens up on Sundays. It is the most unorganized company I have ever worked for. They have not provided stores with the proper resources to run it efficiently. Their markdown process is the most frustrating thing you will ever experience. Don't expect to get a list of items being marked down or have mark down guns for that matter. You have to bring one of every item in the store and scan it at the register. And you are praying the home office uploaded the markdowns correctly. The home office even told us the day after we were there all night that they lied about having markdowns the night before because they just wanted to make sure we didn't miss any prior markdowns. Mind you the average store has at least 15,000 items. Upper management was constantly doing things that caused an unnecessary use of payroll. But if you even briefly expressed any type of frustration , you were told you and anyone else were easily replaceable. Finally, the pay is just embarrassing. Associates work for minimum wage and managers are making that by the time they put in all the hours they do. It's honestly not worth the stress and energy , when you can go to any other retailer and they will value you.