Big Lots CSS reviews

3.9

91% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

Bruce Thorn

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12 reviews
5.0
Aug 25, 2012
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Pros

No high pressure selling just plain ole' great customer service. Getting to know the customers that come in almost every other day to see what's new.

Cons

Not much room for advancement. Very slow to progress beyond Assistant Manager. Very tight on payroll hours, and won't budge from min. wage to bring on better quality associates.

1.0
Jul 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The pros are very few, but they include: -Nice 20% discount. -Enjoyable Co-workers. -Do not accept food stamps (I'm not a fan of social programs.) -Helps motivate me to graduate college (because it is such a horrible, thankless place to work. It helps me to see how important it is that I graduate and no longer allow a pathetic company to waste or devalue my talents.)

Cons

The cons, there are alot, but as a long-term employee, I can't stress enough how true they are, no matter how unbelievably. -Treated like you're worthless. -Always being talked down to by the district manager, who by the way, can't write a coherent sentence to save his life. -Given no positive reinforcement whatsoever. -Extremely POOR communication between management and employees. -I was told by management that hardly anyone would get a raise this year, per corporate headquarters. -No room for advancement unless you are buddies with the district manager or store manager. -They discriminate based on your race, gender and if they "like" you, (referring to management, upper management.) -District managers have no empathy or the intelligence to see things through the eyes of their store employees. We ARE the reason you get a paycheck.

1.0
Dec 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

you don't need to know much of anything to get a job here.

Cons

power trips by management and other CSS employees, that means you will be talked down to by people that have no education, real customer service skills, etc. management expects you to do 100 million things at once.

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