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      Does Hot Topic offer employee discounts?

      Hot Topic reviews

      Poor upper management

      Assistant manager
      Former employee
      Chattanooga, TN
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      40% employee discount and cool stuff

      Cons

      Upper management, pay, breaks, benefits sucked

      Sale Associate

      Sale associate
      Current employee
      Albany, NY
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Good team to work with - Regulars are very nice and awesome to talk to - 40% off employee discount [on everything]

      Cons

      - No bonuses for the associates - It is hard to work with customer service - Management can be very fickle and rude to their employees

      N/A

      Retail sales associate
      Former employee
      New York, NY
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Interacting with customers, employee discount

      Cons

      Sexual Harassment from management and HR did nothing

      Employee for life

      Store manager
      Current employee
      Flagstaff, AZ
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great environment, good discount and benefits, positive company association. Feels good perpetuating a positive reputation for such a pop culture giant

      Cons

      Long hours, unpredictable hurdles (usually during the holidays when it is the most stressful and harder to manage). Compensation could be more for the performance expectation.

      Its Aight

      Assistant manager
      Current employee
      Amherst, NY
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Amazing coworkers, cool merch, amazing employee discount of 40%

      Cons

      My store shut down a while ago (my last year working for HT was 2020), and we were severely overworked, with my DM more worried about staying within payroll then ensuring the comfort of employees. I was often alone in the store for hours, and was forced to do bank runs by myself. If you’re a sales associate, except maybe only 4-8 hours a week at minimum wage. Management is not paid much above minimum, and requests for raises are often rejected.

      it’s eh

      Salss associate
      Former employee
      Brooklyn, NY
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      employee discount, (sometimes) fun coworkers

      Cons

      higher management dont really know their customers compared to the employees

      Friends Forever

      Part time keyholder
      Former employee
      Sioux Falls, SD
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Making friends, great employee discount

      Cons

      Very low pay, angry customers