Good Starter Job - Store Associate TJ Maxx Employee Review

3.0
May 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Hours and easy to request time off. Good social atmosphere. Easy to work all areas of store. Can move up within store. Good starter job for highschooler.

Cons

- When moving up store and learning new skills there is no pay increase unless promoted to coordinator. - Low pay and low pay increases. About 25 cents a year. - A lot of responsibility for pay - Sometimes understaffed - Customer service rules are more like guidelines and cause confusion among customers and employees. - Store Rules in general are treated like guidelines and cause confusion among employees. - Management can be either really good or really bad depending on store. - Rules are not uniform among all stores including sister stores Marshalls and Homegoods.

Explore other reviews about TJ Maxx

5.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great energy, great management, value good workers

Cons

Lots of pressure on credit

3.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was easy to apply, Some of the workers were kind and helpful. Employee discount was okay.

Cons

Some parts of managment were harsh. They weren't approachable. Other were kind and wanted to help people grow. They pay wasn't great. Cut my hours during seasonal hiring months.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All