Von Maur reviews

2.8

36% would recommend to a friend

(1,455 total reviews)
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James D. von Maur

37% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Von Maur has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,455 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Von Maur employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 7, 2012
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Pros

Von Maur is a good place to work for college students who want to start out at $10 an hour and are interested in fashion. The company is relatively small so it is easy to move into buyer or manager positions. The job can be extremely boring though.

Cons

Von Maur expects you to make unreasonable quotas every night. Also, they expect women to wear dresses or skirts with tights/pantyhose, which I find sexist. The hours are also terrible and you often never get a weekend off.

2.0
Jan 21, 2012
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Pros

Store Hours Great Co-workers Time and a Half on Sundays Clean shopping environment Closed on Major Holidays Decent Compensation and Benefits

Cons

Incompetent Store Management!!!! Too Many Double Standards! Covering other Departments due to poor scheduling Department managers unable to actually manage their departments because of the weird management structure that this company has People getting promoted with little management experience instead of merit Management was NEVER satisfied!!! I consistently ran double digit increases over last year figures and it was never enough! It always seemed like management focused on the negative instead of the positive. Outdated technology A ridiculous and old fashioned dress code I could not believe that this company actually thinks that they are on the same level as Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus! They are not!!!!

5.0
Jan 21, 2012
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Pros

Hard work and positive attitude were recognized Great training from HR and DM when I start as a full time employee, I really learned how to sell and build relationships with customers. Great people work there and I made some friends for life! I really enjoyed going to work everyday, even if it was day 13 of a stretch and we worked 6 day weeks for 4 months straight. I was living in a new city by myself so maybe it helped to work so much, but I really loved being able to build relationships and learned a lot from many veteran associates who had been in the business far longer than myself and were extremely hard workers. It was rewarding to help train new hires and seeing them blossom in the their roles and get promoted. Customers are awesome and being able to get to know the 'regulars' was rewarding. Training where I started at in Omaha was very helpful, as well as from my store managers in Wichita and Dayton!

Cons

Not going to lie, wearing a skirt and panyhose everyday is NOT ideal, however, I understand why they do it. If they let everyone wear pants, it would create more dress code violations. I walked through a Dillards once and saw courdoroy pants, faded black jeans.. not very appealing when you are looking for help with an outfit. I may sound cheesy and like a fake person, but I really enjoyed my time at Von Maur at all levels, I know in retail it's hard on your body and being on the front line to angry customers isn't fun, but it really helped me grow as a person and I am sad to hear people aren't getting the experience I did. It's the business of helping people and if you don't love doing that, than maybe it's not the job for you.

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