Started off great - Co-Manager Journeys Employee Review

1.0
Jul 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

When I first started off with journeys aside from the pay (measly 165 a week base pay and 4% commission of your own sales) the job was great, easy to get along with management, friendly people ect.

Cons

Constant shifting of staffing, terminations for not hitting Standards of Performance IE; 25% of shoes must be in multiple transations, a 1.00 hose ratio (1 pair of shoes - 1 pair of socks), and 10% of your sales MUST be accessories. I was literally terminated for not hitting that, was making my sales goals, but not enough socks... seriously... if you can AVOID JOB, started off with the company averaging 43 hours a week, ended averaging 54.. since you're "salary" its not like you're making more money.

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Pros

Really fun atmosphere and decent discount

Cons

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Pros

- Diversity & inclusion throughout employees - No dress code (other than inappropriate clothing obviously and occasional Journeys t-shirts during holidays) - Paid training - Flexible schedule (at least at my store)

Cons

- Horrible corporate mentality - Only the sales leads and above work on commission even though every employee has to HARD sell - Sales goals that are unrealistic and based off of the previous year's numbers - Little to no benefit for reaching or surpassing the ridiculous sales goals - District managers and corporate employees who say you're not good at your job unless you practically beg customers to buy socks and multiple pairs of shoes even if they came in knowing exactly what they want (to the point of annoying the customer) - Verbal, then write up, then immediate termination if you don't meet or surpass EVERY single category in your MPR (monthly progress report) - District managers who demote the best managers and transfer people to other stores with no say in the matter, as well as letting certain bad managers get away with things without reporting it - lowwwww pay for what is expected of the employee

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