Low Base Pay, Under Minimum Wage... - Sales Associate Journeys Employee Review

2.0
Nov 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

some decent co-workers. when its busy you can make some extra cash. slow, painfully easy job. 40 % discount up to about $200.

Cons

1. Most managers are horrible, they think they're great, loving, don't pick favourites, but its the complete opposite. I made 1 mistake in my first 2 weeks of working and my manager didn't give me shifts for 3.5 weeks, then no reason why. Petty people, cliquey, just the worst. 2. Base Pay + 4% commision... some days you're lucky to make it out of an 8-hour shift just at minimum wage. Most of the time you're paid under minimum wage. 3. In the slow season, you're lucky to get 1 shift every 2 weeks 4. Make you bring out 4 pairs of shoes, a pack of socks, and a protectant spray to a customer. It's truly embarrassing asking a mom of 5 to buy 5 pairs of socks for almost $20 and 4 pairs of shoes per kid.

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- 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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