Associate Manager - Associate Manager Build-A-Bear Employee Review

3.0
Sep 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Great relationships with coworkers, like one big family -Fun work environment -Company focuses on having fun with customers while working "play with a purpose"

Cons

-Extreme focus on upselling, can come off as pushy -Company doesn't really care about your ideas or inputs, "you're there to execute decisions not think" - quote from district manager -Pay is extremely low and not realistic in today's economy - manager makes $1.30 more than minimum wage

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