laid off due to request of better training - Co-Manager Journeys Employee Review

1.0
Jun 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I met and worked with a few people who were great. Some customers were great. They recently approved my unpaid hours when I made it clear I was going to report them to the state. It was an easy enough job.

Cons

I worked and was laid off because I requested to train at a store that was not "on the verge of being shut down." As I was told upon my hiring. It was so ill-managed that the shoes in the back storage were not even in the correct areas. The entire store was a disaster. I made sales I couldn't account for every day I was there because I was not given any log-in or clock-in information. I am almost 30 and looked forward to working with Journeys and help encourage some younger individuals to be confident and learn, I was met with disrespect by the DMIT (who is a complete jerk to say the least and talked badly about multiple young adults/teens and he is a grown man with kids) I was told day one that others also did not think he was a good person. (update: they heard me say I was going to take further action and approved my unpaid hours and overnighted my check. Still no care or question in regards to being "let go" because I asked to be trained better in a thriving store and was willing to travel; I was already driving an hour to the store mentioned above.).

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Journeys Response
1y
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Cons

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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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Journeys Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. If there's anything you would like to share or discuss further, feel free to email us at journeyssocial@journeys.com.
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