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

48% 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
Oct 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great discount -Potential to move up -Time goes by quickly -(mostly) Fun co-workers

Cons

Terrible management. I've gone through three managers who never communicated to me what was expected of me or how I was doing. Management will not confront you if they have a problem with something you are doing/not doing, they'll talk to everyone else about you and you'll hear it through the grapevine, it created a great deal of hostility among each other. Extremely high turnover rate. There's a new team about every 3 months. I've asked for help on a project I've never done and wasn't in my job description simply to be told, "Figure it out yourself." Managers and co-workers have come in drunk/high and most are having inappropriate relationships. I've never seen one employee kept on the schedule after they put in their two weeks, the manager will reprint next weeks schedule without that person on it, whether they were a great employee or not. I put in my two weeks when I got a good opportunity somewhere else and was told not to come back! You'll work harder than you can imagine, just for a high five at the end of the day. I worked 8 am to 10pm for inventory and wasn't even given an hour break. Favoritism. I've seen countless great sales people get promoted very quickly and knocked off the pedestal even faster when they did something the upper management didn't like.If you're a leader and your personal life begins getting in the way, you're gone.

2.0
Oct 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount, partly commission-based so you really make bank in the holiday and back to school season.

Cons

Everyone acts like they are 13 and in middle school. There is no professionalism and you get treated pretty poorly.

3.0
Oct 9, 2013

Eh at best

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay, decent benefits, room for promotion, good training program. Detail oriented, strong value in the bottom level employee, management protective of floor level employee.

Cons

Stressful commission based sales environment, mangers are told that they need to manage more than sell when sales make up a large portion of paychecks. Management takes the word of bottom level employee over shift leaders on a consistant basis. Management sets unrealistic goals for employee sales.

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