Soul-sucking and shady business - Sales Associate Gracious Home Employee Review

1.0
25 Oct 2016
Recommend
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Pros

This job has a convenient location, and gives off the illusion of a quality store with high-end merchandise.

Cons

In the first year I worked for the company, I counted over 30 layoffs and firings--not including staff that had quit/resigned. After that, I stopped counting because I couldn't keep up a mental tally. The store was indebted to its vendors and went into credit hold. This was troubling news for customers who had placed special orders--some paid hundreds, while others paid thousands of dollars for merchandise that was not available to them for several months. During this time, the corporate office decided to strip employees of their store discount. My first and only raise was .25¢. There were more than 3 changes in store managers during my tenure. My manager would never post a weekly schedule, and the hours were always inconsistent. He would send me my hours at the last minute, before the start of the new week, and then get offended if I made other plans.

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5.0
29 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great discount and great product knowledge and best co-workers

Cons

sad to say the store closed

3.0
14 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The overall experience was helpful, as this was for my Senior Co-Op in my last semester of college. Everyone was nice and welcoming but the environment was a little stuffy and I felt as though I could have been more appreciated for the amount of work I covered for multiple buyers. The workload was decent and they were lenient when it came to supervision. No one was standing over my shoulder at all times of the day. I got to sit in on vendor and buyer meetings and handled a lot of purchase orders, while also attending in store meetings to discuss placement and progress weekly.

Cons

During my internship, they hired an outside person for an entry level position instead of offering me the job or even making me aware that they were looking. I found this upsetting because I got great reviews on my progress during and after my internship so don't think I just wasn't fit, I feel it was there way of using me while having another employee for as long as they could. Basically they maximized on the free work I was doing for them instead of hiring me. It was dissapointing but it wasn't a bad experience.

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