Build-A-Bear reviews

Can be stressful, especially at Christmas etc as it is very fast paced. Often not enough hours offered to staff. there is not much opportunity to move up in the company

a lot of the times, it is pretty dead. also, the selling strategy is shitty. you're selling to the kids who is not in charge of the money and the parents look like the bad guy because they are the ones that have to say yes or no. no room for advancement. management is a hit or miss...you get some good or bad depending on the store. fact is though that you don't need a degree to be in management here so their management skills comes down from past management which, again, could be bad (and I have seen bad). Hours will be cut during dead times and it is more often than not. Since mostly women work here, the environment is extremely catty at times.