Belk reviews

Mediocre pay, mediocre benefits, no advancement, not enough hours, terrible schedule (mandatory 7 day availability, day or night, never 2 days off together) micromanaging and nitpicking management (never arrive 6 minutes late or leave 6 minutes early for ANY reason ever!). They graciously allow employees to sip water during the day, but all else ist verboten!! "Please sir, might I have a sip of tea? I'm feeling awfully poorly." :-( I have more than 20 years retail and customer service experience and am treated like an imbecile. Retail sales in not rocket science but they make it much more difficult than it needs to be. There are monthly, daily, and sometimes hourly "reminders" to hock Belk credit cards. i.e. They care more about opening credit than they care about ANYTHING. (I can't stress that enough!) Maybe sales are down because customers shop where they aren't hounded to open a credit card? If you meet the unrealistic sales and credit goals, you are rewarded with NOTHING (but they MIGHT not slash your pay.) Employees are completely disposable, but I assume loyalty and decent staff are not "cost effective".

During the holidays salaried mgt works 6 days straight from Nov-Jan, no work/life balance during this time. No real training, you sort of learn while working, which may be difficult for some. You either sink or swim here.