Underpaid store employees. Store manager, assistant manager and guest lead work insane hours without breaks because as of now our store is very understaffed. We’ve had MULTIPLE (4+) brand reps walk out within 2-3 weeks, a guest lead leaving, then on top of our store manager being transferred and also needing a new assistant operations manager. And the company doesn’t see that as a red flag? I love the people I work with so much, and the guests I get to help day to day and that makes such a difference in a work environment. But when you are asked SO much of, only to get very underpaid for what you are asked of.... I don’t know. Floorsets and markdowns are incredibly draining especially when you do not get any extra incentives for doing them, when they are 9pm to 4 or even 5am? And floorsets are often 3+ days, how can it possibly take that long? They are often unorganized and really just a waste of time, if you ask me. Of course our store looks beautiful but honestly if we truly took one night to do it all, i’m sure we would get the same results. I’m a full time college student and am expected to work if there is a floor set or markdown until 5 am when I have class the next morning or homework due! Even if you are just closing on a normal night you have a 2 hour closing time (meaning getting to leave work at 11pm) which is a little ridiculous considering it takes maybe an hour to do all closing duties. HIGH TURNOVER RATE!!!! Incase I didn’t emphasize that with how many employees have just recently left our team. Corporate requires store managers higher a certain amount of brand reps, which means low payroll hours for people like me who were told we would get 15-20+ hours a week. Sure it’s a lot for college students but I do have bills to pay and I can manage it between homework and class if I’m not working until 5 am. It’s also a little crazy that stores don’t have cameras? And we aren’t ever allowed to question if someone is stealing something, yet we get reprimanded when we aren’t continually lowering shrink rate. In a company where we strive to “Stand Out for Good”, maybe you should consider respecting employees a bit more, because at the end of the day, we work for you, and we are selling YOUR merchandise.
