Great place to shop, don't work there. - Anonymous employee Bath & Body Works Employee Review

1.0
5 Feb 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunity to connect with associates Discount on full price merch Holiday hours for some people Gratis and corporate associate appreciation Wonderful customers

Cons

Favoritism in stores, if your management team doesn't like you, you don't get hours, can't advance with the company, or get transferred to a less hostile store. You're expected to drop everything and come in, if you have to miss a shift due to unforeseen issues, the backlash is severe. Yearly reviews do not match an increase in cost of living. Associates aren't permitted to take breaks or leave the floor to go to the bathroom, while managers take up to two hours and won't cover the sales floor. Backlash from management on pursuing outside opportunities. Too many HR and Labor Board violations to list. If it weren't for several wonderful people I met, I wish I had never taken this job.

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1.0
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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