Belk reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(3,872 total reviews)

Don Hendricks

45% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Belk has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,872 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Belk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jan 27, 2019

RUN AWAY FAST!

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Pros

It's a job if you have to have money quick.

Cons

No future without giving up your family life . Terrible point attendance system that works for some and not others if you know what I mean. They will use it to get rid of people quickly so they can try out others that will be submissive to their unreasonable request. I wish their was a Doc attachment so I could share some photos of the horrible nasty unsafe conditions you have to work in. Just trust me on this one.

3.0
Oct 17, 2018

Hmm what to say

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It’s never boring.. nothing much else to say..

Cons

Working at Belk I make 11$ it’s still under paid. When you have over 200$ coming out for heath benefits you still sit with less the 600$ to make bills with. Hours are always less then 40. They work you like your a Horse. The never Appreciate what you do do for the store or better yet get you to work harder. You always feel as if you can never move up and your stuck. They Acknowledge the ones who’s bring down the store more then taking care of the prob all because they are Senior employees almost like they are afraid of them. Associates Are cleaning and putting Fright out. That is what house keeping and the receiving team is for hire more if needed. Family emergency doesn’t matter to them. They seem to think that belk comes before life.

1.0
Aug 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great PTO, but you’ll need it to recover from living the job. Good discount. Typical health and dental plans, but not good ones.

Cons

Training is “on the fly.” You’re lucky to have a mentor assigned to answer questions. You’re expected to perform the job and get results out of the gate, with no clue to what you’re supposed to be doing. Operations and sales team are constantly pointing fingers. Operations doesn’t get enough hours to put out all of the merchandise to each area’s standard, and set sales, and complete price changes, and process damages. You’re treated like a slave and expected to work miracles, meanwhile the sales associates stand around on their cell phones. Operations was on a M-F schedule and things were almost able to be completed. Now Belk starts operations every Sunday with price changes during you could work up to the following Saturday. Executive leaders sit in their offices all day, and when they do come out, they criticize without training or coaching to actually make positive change. They are out of touch. In a nutshell: only work here until you find better or a miracle happens. Zero work life balance,, even for operations associates. Management makes scheduling additions and cuts without communication. Part time hours fluctuate from zero to 29, with no consistency. You won’t have the resources to do your job.

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