Truly a waste of a year of my life - Store Manager Chico's FAS Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2012
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Pros

Good store manager bonus system great merchandise discount

Cons

Where shall I start? The bonus system is very generous....however, no store can maintain a constant growth in sales, month after month, year after year. The district manager has the most unrealistic performance expectations I've ever seen. If you don't make your sales numbers, you're humiliated in front of every other store manager in the district. I was late one morning because I'd broken my hand, and was at the hospital and got written up for it. I eventually walked out. They expect you to wear Chico's clothing, and ONLY Chico's clothing, even it the pants are too short for you, the fit is awful, etc. Don't try to wear another brand, even if there's no identifiable branding on what you're wearing: automatic write-up. The discount is very generous, but when it's weight agains the ungodly high prices, you end up spending SO much money just for clothing for work that you don't have much left for your actual EXPENSES.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Cons

The pettiness The bad mouthing of current employees or past employees, if the manager was talking about them I am sure she was talking about me Manager gave out her phone number to all employees to contact by text or calls, when I had to text her , her reply back was condescending and not to pleasant. I got an apology the next day. She knew she was wrong She got a bad review because she did not present herself in a positve way when helping a customer, she talked about the previous management I had an upcoming date that I needed off and she knew but she scheduled me for that day anyway I was told there was a review about me apologizing to much? That was a lie, I looked at all the reviews none about me but she had a negative one about her I only apologized to my customers if we did not have a product or we did not fit their expectations Yes I did apologize to some employees, I was in training and learning. Im sure it was the fellow coworkers that complained I do have problems with my right foot and at the moment my nice pair of nikes was providing more comfort to my feet, and was told I needed a drs note? But another employee who his younger was wearing very dirty tennis shoes, not a good look if they a noticably dirty Not good training, barely had any

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