The Buckle reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,291 total reviews)
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Dennis H. Nelson

80% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

The Buckle has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,291 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Buckle employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Nov 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount flexible schedule creative environment Cute and sassy clothing possible advancement opportunities

Cons

Poor management shark like atmosphere among other sales associates pushy sales techniques very disorganized dirty store pass the buck duties, I didn't do it freight room and shoe area are disorganized

2.0
Sep 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The clothes are amazing! Most of the associates are really fun people to be around

Cons

Complete lack of training. Management is so busy micromanaging the sales team to properly train new hires. Asking questions seems to annoy management. You are expected to check out guests with no training on the cash register in front of the guests. You are also expected to show product to customers before even taking a tour of the store. Management asks too much from employees considering the base pay of $6 an hour. Commission is only good when it's a busy season, so plan on making $7-8 an hour most of the time and still be expected to perform the work of 5 people. While assisting multiple guests, associates are required to log how many items were shown to each guest and make a check list to account for time with guests. This not only looks tacky on the sales floor, but it is insulting to ask for such detailed accounting of our time. Associates are asked to be way too pushy to guests and The Buckle is getting a bad rep because of it. I have talked to lots of people who say they won't even step in the door because they feel they have entered a used car lot full of greedy salespeople. The team is not greedy, but just pushed too hard by management to sell and are underpaid for their effort.

3.0
Sep 23, 2009

The Buckle

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

40% discount on premium denim.

Cons

Management micromanages the sales associates and watched their daily actions like a hawk.

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