Store Manager - Anonymous employee Altar'd State Employee Review

1.0
Sep 1, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

In my time with the company I met some really great people. My team was a wonderful group of young ladies.

Cons

During the interview I was sold a dream. Beautiful new store, a chance to build my own team, and to advance quickly through the growing company. Everyone in the company I spoke too had such great things to say and everyone is new so it would be a great chance to grow and develop each other. The company is founded on Christian values and the work life balance is great. Lies. All lies. Everyone in the company is new because they treat their employees like garbage. Basically everyone is turn and burn. The store managers who moved up quickly stepped out or were demoted. There are always so many open positions because of how we are treated and not to mention paid. The payroll is slim to none. With a tiny payroll come barely any coverage and this opens the door to a lot of theft and an overwhelming workload on salaried employees. The expectations that are set by this company are for lack of a better word insane. Your work load never stops you will work like crazy for no reason. I never worked at Wal-Mart but I would imagine this is what it would be like. Typical week: Three pallets of shipment (allowed 10 payroll hours to complete) the shipment is not allowed to stay in the back and even if your floor is full you must find a spot. So this leads to you resetting your floor which is a never ending non stop job. Once you finally set your floor (which takes all your time and energy) here come the markdowns so guess what happens all over again. So when you speak out to your dm, there is no support no guidance just orders being barked at you. There is also some serious micromanaging. This was seriously the most backwards company I ever worked at. The company does not care about the store level they just care about growing way to quickly and making money. Do not fall for the values because they simply do not uphold them.

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Such a wonderful workplace to work

Cons

There is none at all

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Altar'd State Response
1mo
Thank you for your kind words! We're so glad to hear you have had a positive experience and we appreciate you for taking care of our guests. Don't hesitate to reach out to peopledevelopment@altardstate.com if there's anything we could do for you!
1.0
Feb 27, 2026
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Pros

Literally nothing, can’t think of one positive thing

Cons

I’ve been with the company for years and watching its continuous downfall has become almost comical. Two years ago we took major pay cuts (like 15%) because of the economy but this year they sent us to the Virgin Islands on this over the top meeting that must have cost a fortune. I’d rather have the money in my bank versus a trip I was forced to go on with senior leadership that are absolute horrific people in general and evil businesses people. It all felt like a big propaganda event with tons of videoing and picture taking so they could come home and post all over linked in and social media about how WONDERFUL it is to work there. Don’t even get me started on the new Little House on the Prairie denim dresses we have to wear because they hire managers that aren’t even strong enough to coach to a dress code. How can you run a store if you can’t even tell someone what they’re wearing inappropriate? Instead now we look like a bunch of little followers of the cult everyone already says it is. As long as we say we “stand out for good” at every opportunity it must mean it’s true right? To know who else brainwashed people into thinking bad things are good for them? CULT LEADERS.

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Altar'd State Response
4mo
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.
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