Von Maur reviews

If your manager likes you, you’re the golden child. If your manager doesn’t like you, then good luck to you! They’ll make mountains out of mohills. One typo and you’ll be threatened with termination, because typos are “embarrassing” to the brand. They truly want robots working at Von Maur — hence the “Kiva” order fulfillment system. From the moment my manager found out I was expecting, I became the enemy. I could do no right. I went from being an excellent employee to number one on her hit list. I was denied a private room to pump in during my first week back from my FMLA maternity leave. I felt targeted and bullied. No one in HR cared. The open door policy and anti-retaliation “polices” they have in place were clearly no existent. During this time, I always found out managers can decide not to give your yearly raise without any reasoning. 98% of managers are promoted above their capacity. It's truly because they do not value the competent members of their management. Ask one question about a directive and you've shown you're not loyal to the Von Maur way! Like I said, only robots are wanted here. If someone has been at this company, in an Executive role, for more than 5 years you can bet they are a personal favorite of Jim von Maur, Melody Wright, Amy Rotert or Joy Place. Once they’re considered a personal favorite, they really can do no wrong. No matter how high that manager’s turnover rates, how many mistakes, or how clearly incompetent they are. They will continue to promote them into a position where they have no day-to-day responsibilities, giving them fewer chances to show their incompetencies. Honestly, being forced to wear a skirt/dress and hosiery every day and not being allowed water or personal items (phone, earbuds, family picture, etc.) at your desk or in your office should have been a red flag for me. These rules are clearly outdated and show, overall, Von Maur is stuck in the past and will never make enough changes to truly become a leading department store. Hourly employees in the E-Commerce building are forced to keep their belongings in a locker and they may only access them during a break. It is terrible for morale, making the employees feel as though they are back in grade school.

Fact: Not EEO, they only meet the minimum requirements to be compliant. If you are over 45, especially a woman you will not be respected, not promoted and not employed for long if you complain to the HR department. Fact: Management is trained not to concern themselves with the personal and professional welfare of their employees. Fact: Employees are treated, by managers, as if they are guilty until proven otherwise. If you have any problems with they way you are treated, forget it your will be fired,even for false reasons. Fact: This used to be a "Family Business", years ago. It has slowly grown into a business with a 90% employee turnover rate and the owner's don't have a clue. Fact: There is very little to no corporate responsibility to the community. Sure they have employees run marathons and give to United Way, but most employees are paid such low wages that they would qualify for United Way Assistance. Fact: The company promotes itself as a "High Class" store. When 98% of their products are purchased from China. You do the math, the markups are incredible. Fact: In my case management made several mistakes, showed poor leadership, blamed their errors on me and you can figure out the rest.