Nice people, but hours sucked and they hired too many people. - Sales Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

2.0
Apr 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-management/coworkers were very nice -employee discount off any store in company network (Bath and Body Work, Victoria's Secret, Limited Too, etc) -Simple interview process, paid training

Cons

-hours were horrible, even for part time. The interviewer said that the position was for 20 hrs/week but that it was common during the slow times to average 10 hrs/week. The most I got was 6 hours in a week, and that was during the semi-annual sale -like so many have already said, call-in shifts were dumb. You have to make yourself available but they almost never need you -They had way too many people working during any one shift. The store was too small to need 7-9 girls working the floor plus the 3 managers. Which is whatever, but they want you to stay busy, which is hard because there really wasn't enough work to be divvied up between 9 girls. -I only worked there for 3 weeks. And in that After I called in to see if I was needed for my call-in shift and they said no, I was not scheduled for anymore shifts, nor was I ever contacted about a termination. I thought that maybe I had done something wrong, but then I ran into a girl that worked with me there a few months later, and she said that they had done the same thing to her.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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