Running in circles - Sales Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

2.0
Apr 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great and employee discount, free products and a friendly environment

Cons

Where do I begin: the hours are ridiculous, for the holidays they over work you with 10 hour work days no breaks while management makes sure they get their hour long break. Then during down time you barely get hours and they end up cutting the ones that you have. Management harasses you everyday about what you've learned from the chat in even though its the same message every single day. The pay is sad with no type of benefits yet be work full time hours at whenever they need us to. There is no break room we eat next to boxes. They expect us to make our part time job a full time commitment putting aside our lives for minimum wage. They expect us to make the customers day but the employees are overworked harassed by management and treated as inferiors. There is also no consistency when it comes to procedures and regulations, they ask for one thing of you one week and then they forget about it the next week. Employee of the week is unfair because half the employees don't work in a week and then someone can come in for one day and be employee of the week while someone hasbeen working there for the whole week and doesnt get recognized.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

I previously worked in the field (for a different brand) and we were always so weary of corporate teams coming into the stores. However, the corporate team at Bath & Body Works is absolutely incredible, supportive, and does everything they can to advocate for the stores. The entire Store Ops team is full of people who care deeply about the brand, the store associates, and the customer.

Cons

A lot of meetings. But being remote, it was nice to see faces throughout the day!

5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Great brand to work for! Corporate leaders are great at motivating team down to associate level. (Not sure about Daniel yet though, I’m mostly referring to the tentured leadership team) There’s access to tools that offer clear communication (almost too much communication sometimes). Development is the core of this brand and managers are trained to foster internal talent when it’s identified. The product sold here is cherished by a huge fanbase as well- customers feed off of the excitement the associates have around the product.

Cons

Operationally demanding and challenging; don’t underestimate how much labor and planning goes into selling candles and lotion.

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