Work/Life balance is non-existent and a completely chaotic work environment - Associate Manager Buffalo Exchange Employee Review

2.0
Jul 12, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great clothing, fun co-workers, never a dull moment, cool CEO, the company is really good at pretending to care for its employees, if you are interested in making Buffalo Exchange your entire life you can move up relatively quickly.

Cons

Every single person who works for this company is overworked and underpaid (Except maybe upper- upper management). I worked at three different locations and all were completely chaotic because management could not live up to the incredibly high expectations/overwhelming workload. Unless you want to live and breathe Buffalo Exchange I would not recommend working here. As an Associate Manager I did not enjoy constantly having to write up and give negative feedback to incredibly overworked and underpaid buyers. If you are going to pay someone only 10 dollars an hour you can't expect them to hand their soul over to your company.

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5.0
Jan 19, 2026
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Pros

awesome training, amazing staff! lots of opportunities to grow and learn from helpful and informative staff

Cons

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1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

you learn a lot about clothes

Cons

literally the worst job i can possibly imagine. you’re expected to be on top of register, buying in clothes, customers stealing, dressing room, talking to the customers on the floor, counting in and out the money, etc 100% all of the time. they expect you to overextend yourself the entire shift. i have never had to be on top of so many things in my life. i have more responsibilities than the MANAGERS at my last job do for far less pay. and we are in downtown portland so we get a lot of theft and have to deescalate mental health crises constantly. every employee i’ve talked to has agreed with me that they’ve never felt like a bad employee before working here. i pride myself on being smart and helpful and quickly learning the rules of any environment im in but i’ve never felt more stupid in my life. there is literally no time to take a breath in the entire 8hr shift

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