-- - Anonymous employee The Buckle Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Discount! (40 percent) - Sales experience and training! - Outgoing and fun team! - It was fun to work for Buckle because I got to learn a lot about selling and styling — although everything I learned I learned by watching other team mates, as my manager never spent one-on-one time with me to train.

Cons

- Buckle as a company has terrible values — leaders are trained to "talk their employees off the team" by cutting their hours and setting them up to fail so they hopefully leave by their own accord. - Managers do not train you properly, and then scold and punish you for under performing. - Managers will lie about your sales (or at least mine did). - Managers and company expect you to sell, sell, sell and do not care about volume or conversion. Even ADS and UPT are looked over when you do not have a staggering high net selling. (And even if you do, it will probably be dismissed). - Company will black list you if one big name does not like you. - Promises are not kept or followed up on regarding moving up in the company, raises, or (and especially!) hours. (A coworker of mine constantly had to fight for her 40 hours that was written in her contract). - Pay is bad. - The buying team does not understand the brands they are trying to sell or the demographic.

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The Buckle Response
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Thank you very much for your review. It is very important for us to get feedback from our valued Teammates. Our goal is to provide a working environment for our Teammates they can enjoy in the same way we for our Guests shopping experience. We are disappointed to hear about your experience and this information is being passed on to our Buckle Team. We would love to connect with you to learn more. You can reach out to us at bucklerecruiting@buckle.com. Again, I want to thank you for your review. We greatly appreciate the feedback you have given us and we look forward to the chance to connect with you.

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