Worst Job Ever. - Jewelers Apprentice Signet Jewelers Employee Review

1.0
Aug 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are no pros to this awful job. Sure the benefits are good, if they keep you around long enough.

Cons

• You will be let go for mistakes even though you shouldn’t have been left un-monitored when working in a role that LITERALLY IMPLIES you don’t know what you are doing. • On your feet or hunched over a desk all day long. • Clerical work is 100% more pushed on feminine presenting people. • Short lunches. • Hours are ridiculous. • May be pressured to stay late to “help out” even though you aren’t scheduled to work past certain hours. • Your manager may use the “straightforward values” as an excuse to be cruel. • Management will act as if any explicit instruction is unnecessary and then blame you for “not asking enough questions” when things go wrong. • Disrespectful towards minorities in general even though the company claims to be inclusive • Impatient with learning disabilities. • Inappropriate political, religious, and otherwise personal conversations during working hours between coworkers and management. • There is not nearly enough work to go around for the amount of apprentices in the shop, and you are looked down on when you ask for instruction or guidance if regular duties are already being done by others. • Manager will take an extra long break for a haircut, but exceptions can’t be made for traffic incidents. • Incredibly disorganized and disgusting workplace, never clean. • Starting pay is way too low for the amount of manual labor you do throughout the day. • Loud and offensive music is played often.

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Signet Jewelers Response
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Thank you for taking the time to post your review. We are disappointed to read that your experience didn't match the high expectations that we set for ourselves in providing every one of our team members the tools, resources and leadership support they need for success. We believe we can continually improve, and your review will help make our company better. If you would like to discuss specifics, we would appreciate your willingness to provide candid input – please contact employeeexperience@signetjewelers.com to arrange a convenient time.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Great place to learn how to become a better jeweler and grow your skills, if you are in an environment that takes full advantage of what the company provides. The benefits are also extremely generous with PTO and depending on the work environment, your schedule can be very flexible. Also being a jeweler means you are in a separate department from the sales side of the company and they have no authority over you, and your job as a jeweler isn't impacted by the sales side, you could be working inside a Jared, but it doesn't matter if the salesperson couldn't make the sale, and the money charged between the Service Center and the store is all just a number for tracking margin, so it's really nice being a jeweler that doesn't need to worry about sales or have a salesperson lord over you. It's very different than a mom and pop jeweler job.

Cons

Depending on the shop/manager your growth can be stagnanted. The company pushes for number of units and that's created a mentality of a focus for lesser quality workmanship to pass through QC. The store side salespeople don't get trained well on their side and will lean on the service center side to do the technical things for them. The sales staff knowledge on jewelry can be next to nothing because it's not a requirement for them, so that adds a lot of friction between jeweler and sales staff.

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay Earned Trips Lots of training

Cons

No work life balance Quality of jewelry declining Lots of KPIs to focus on, BIG push to get loans and credit cards. Growth opportunities if you are will to take on more for no extra pay. Standards aren't expected of everyone, especially if your now a "favorite ".

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