Assistant Manager - Assistant Manager DSW Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People, Discount but now as the years as past we don’t get a discount on clearance like we use too. Desperate much?

Cons

I’ve been with this company for 10 years and as I keep working here I see it go down hill. I work at the number one store in the district which has been cut 80 hours of payroll. I don’t understand. We are working our tails off staying until MIDNIGHT some nights at close and still get belittled by upper management asking why things don’t get done. Hello we don’t have enough staff. You all don’t value your employees. Your more about trying new advertising or switching up the “vip” program. Obviously it’s clear that DSW is trying to save every penny they can get to make us work like crazy. Only one day off sometimes and no thank you. I process freight and it’s a nightmare. No organization. No space is made. This job is horrible and I don’t get paid enough to do it.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

30% Employee Discount, sometimes around the holidays they'll have an additional for employees. Sometimes you'll get along with other associates.

Cons

- Poor hours, which goes both ways, you could either get not enough or too many hours. I was pulling around 30hrs a week for the first few months when I first got hired. - No appreciation or acknowledgment if you're actually doing the work and not just focusing on looking good for the customers. - Poor management. No communication in between the superiors, none of the updates they get (as far as procedures and what not) get passed down to the employees that actually need to use that information. - You won't be able to do anything about thieves, other than make them known to managers, and attempt to watch them while juggling a thousand other things. - No room for growth unless you've gotten hired through nepotism or you're willing to lose your soul for that job. - No adequate raises. I started at 15.50$ and ended at 17.70$ and I worked there for nearly 4 years (2 months shy) putting in a ton of effort.

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