If you care about work life balance, look elsewhere. - Buyer Ross Stores Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers, employee benefits, summer Fridays.

Cons

Flexibility and work life balance are a HUGE con at Ross. Mixed flexibility based on who you work for but only getting stricter across the board. Upper management promised to keep a hybrid schedule and after a year of not hitting financial targets and not paying bonuses they are blaming the merchant team and punishing us by now mandating all buyers to be in the office 4 days every single week. They lied to recent new hires about the hybrid model and now these associates are pissed because did not sign up for this. The company has showed us that they are complete liars. People have made life decisions about where to live and childcare based on being in the office 3 days a week at most. A lot of associates have lost complete trust in this company, me being one of them.. which is so sad because it used to be a great place to work. If they didn't lie to us and break our trust, I know a lot of employees wouldn't be seeking other opportunities. What's next? Fridays??? Company moral is at an all time low.. CEO uses her experience as a benchmark and a standard for all (ie long commute, no work like balance) but she needs to get a clue because through the past few years we have had a rude awaking of how much we are sacrificing for Ross and don't feel we are valued with the lack of flexibility. There is complete disregard to employees lives and what sacrifices we make for this company. The company is going to loose so much great talent.

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Pros

Great benefits once you're permanent

Cons

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3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Even though this is with my store specifically I got really lucky with my coworkers. Every season change there is 40% off for about a week other than that is 20%. They also have scholarship opportunities.

Cons

It’s a really physical job, sometimes it’s so busy that you can’t even take a break especially during Christmas season, you WILL debate working there during that time. The store hours are horrible and since most of the time were understaffed we won’t leave until almost midnight just cleaning up.

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