Zero work/life balance if you want to run a respectable store. Too many unattainable metrics that are dictated by “executives” who came from the outside and have never worked in a Burlington store. They can care less about you. All they want is a number which cannot be met with minimal payroll to execute their demands. They stress planning, planning, planning. We waste so much time talking about what we’re going to do that nothing gets done. If you have no payroll, then the manager has to do it. But then the Manager has to play MOD (no tasks) for 7-8 hours because some stores only have an opening and a closing manager so you work that length of time with no dedicated breaks or meals. It’s inhumane. They claim to be a caring company, but they are not. Giving money to LLS and coats to homeless shelters does not make Burlington caring. Those monies and coats are solicited from the customers. Not the company. District, Regional and Territory field executives are useless and out of touch with reality. They lack basic communication skills and empathy. Lying to Stores to get what they want is common. HR is a joke. Maybe it’s different in other parts of the country, but in California, this is reality. Stay away from this place. Far away.
