store manager position - Retail Store Manager Chico's FAS Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonable discount. Clothes are good quality and designers are talented.

Cons

Company lacks integrity. Treats core staff like seasonal workers - more so than other retailers. Bonus program encourages infighting among staff members and makes it difficult to create a team atmosphere. After almost a year with the business I was unable to obtain information regarding details of Management bonus program - one fellow manager actually told me she thinks it's intentional so that they can change the program based on store results and not commit. Even my district manager has been unable to tell me what it is. Catalog returns have to come out of store sales results and average in the tens of thousands of dollars monthly, reducing the amount of management bonus the company has to pay management staff when they make plan. Business is very cyclical, requiring core staff to go from working more than they want, to almost nothing repeatedly throughout the year. The company has an objective to retain talent beginning this year but refuses to implement the changes necessary to make the company a good place to work.

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5.0
Aug 12, 2025
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Pros

Good start working in retail clothing industry

Cons

Mainly socialize with only women throughout shift, even fellow employees were women

1.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun at times with conversations amongst employees

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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