The Buckle reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,289 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 2,289 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
2.0
May 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The company is pretty cool but it honestly depends on which location you are applying to work at!! I cant stress that enough, one location does not represent the company as a whole, unfortunately I was working at a location with an insufferable store manager. I was an assistant manager at Hollister and if you are too or A&F...STAY THERE!! I applied online, took a personality test and went in to interview for a position in the Management Development Program. I went in, interviewed and was called back that evening to interview with the Area Manager the next morning. I interviewed and they offered me the position about 2 hours later. I took it because I thought it was going to be a fun and great company to work for.

Cons

In about two months, I sold over a hundred thousand dollars personally! Over thirty thousand dollars more than any other associate there. Even the other MT in front of me had no chance to catch me in sales. Cons: You are NOT an MT or manager!! My entire time there I never even had a key to the store. I had sales associates telling me what to do, yet I was suppose to be a manager?? Haha give me a break. You are EXPECTED to work at least 50 hrs a week because on your days off, you are EXPECTED to come in and work on your zone or department. On some SUNDAYS, you are scheduled to work from 8am (4 hrs prior to mall opening) until 11pm and sometimes even Midnight...on SUNDAY?? The mall closes at 6pm dude This store manager gets upset over the pettiest things and he turns red in the face. If you take an hour long break (in which you are entitled to by LAW) he gets on your case about it. Who does that? You get NO recognition for your performance AND if you do too well, the other teammates get upset at you because you are supposedly taking all the guests that walk in and STEALING them. Needless to say, I left the company in three months because if I worked there just another minute, I was going to blow my brains out.

1.0
Nov 26, 2023

Horrible job

Recommend
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Pros

Discount 40 percent that's literally it

Cons

High pressure car sales tactics. Literally you can not complain. Every single second of your day is micro managed, it's almost cult like!!They talk about being thankful and having gratitude, but really its all about drinking their Kool Aid and not saying anything negative about your day. If you are not taking care of a customer you better be folding clothes, cleaning etc. No standing around for a second or talking. Almost military like!! In fact my son-in-law says these are some of the same tactics used in the military!! Have you use a SPG is what they call it for writing down who all your customers are and you have to check in with the manager for every customer to see if they can impact your sale and make sure that you're following all their guidelines for showing denim tops shoes accessories outerwear youth it's so manipulative. I don't know how much longer I can take it but I'm trying to stick through till I get another job ,this is hell, Oh I also can barely get in a glass of water during the day so I'm always dehydrated and one break is ridiculous

1.0
Apr 20, 2020

Toxiv

Recommend
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Pros

Clothing discount but only 40%(still makes it hard to buy clothes considering the original cost)

Cons

Toxic environment. Very poor management. Unrealistic time expectations that severely impacts the quality of work which is apparently the "Buckle" standard.

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