When you get a job but never applied to it you have to take what is handed to you. When Levi acquisitioned 73 outlet stores it was supposed to be great needless to say this is what the new members of LS and CO were given.
-No job definitions and as of march 2011...still none.
-Hr department- you get to leave a message and possibly 2 days later they will give you an answer on how to handle a situation
-No training programs- including registers- management has a book extremely outdated with no training on how to do the reporting that is expected to be done monthly. Sales associates have a few pages to train from . No register training program either.
-No opportunity for advancement no matter how long you have been there. There is also no program saying this is what you need to get to the next position.
-Consistency in communication with upper management is faulty. EX: During the last store manager conference, you were trained to do one thing in one room and the next room the regional or vp told you to do something different.
-Proud of turnover- they were proud that they had hired 55 new store managers within 6 months
-Performance evaluations- you may be top talent in every category from people to organization but when your store doesnt make plan because they were down 30% traffic you are inconsistent.
-No regional distribution. Rather you are in the east or west you will be given the same clothes to sell to everyone. forget that fashion is not all about San Francisco.
-Culture
-Payroll- work alone...danger.. to make up for a large dollar mistake made by the company as a whole
Notice these comments have nothing to do with direct management and how they manage but company direction and where they are going.
