Pros
I have nothing nice to say about the company. However, the people I directly worked with at my store are awesome, hard working people who deserve to work for a company that will actually appreciate them, and I hope they find that.
Cons
You will come to work stressed and you will leave even more stressed. Don't let them fool you into thinking they're a good Christian, or excuse me, "faith-based" company that cares about your well being. This place not only drained me of all my energy, but it dampened my spirits about the way Christians portray themselves today. I was raised Christian and this company made me want nothing to do with it. 1) The clothes are very cheaply made and marked up to ridiculous prices. They fall apart in the store, rip easily, zippers are impossible to zip, clothes shrink, buttons fall off, etc. Daily. 2) Floorsets are exhausting, never end when they're supposed to, and happen too frequently. You'll spend hours and hours making the store look beautiful for it all to be torn down and changed 2 weeks later. You never have enough people, and it's never good enough. 3) Markdowns are the same if not worse. You have no idea what you're even supposed to be marking down until the day of. Even if it's over 2,000 items, they won't send the report until a few hours before close. 4) Even if you're scheduled specifically to work markdowns, more often than not you also have to close the store before you can even start on markdowns/floorset. Which means piles and piles of go-backs on top of the 2,000 items you have to find and scan with only 2 other people working with you. They expect you to stay until everything is done, even if it takes all night. And since it's just you and those 2 other lucky gals, it does take all night. But everyone gets the next day off right? Nope, lie. There were 0 floorsets I worked that I got the next day off, and I wasn't the only one. 5) The pay is ridiculous for the amount of work you're expected to do. They say you get a raise every six months. Lie. People in my store had worked there for multiple years and have never gotten a raise. And when they ask, they are yelled at or just straight up ignored. 6) This company claims that the schedule comes out sometimes weeks in advance. Nope. There were many times I didn't get my schedule until the day before. 7) The assistant managers are extremely under appreciated, I watched them work well over the "40-43" hrs per week Altar'd State claims all their managers work, with barely even a thank you. No bonus, no promotion, and no rush to hire more managers when they are desperately needed. 8) No matter how many hours you work, amount of money you make for the company, how long you're with the company, or how much you deserve it, you won't get promoted. This review was not made out of hatred, this is just everything I saw first hand and my honest opinion of the company. I would only (barely) recommend this job to someone who wants to work 10 hours a week or less. Not worth investing a lot of time into.
