fun job but poor management, poor work environment - Retail Associate HomeGoods Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

there's a variety of jobs to do it's easy to get paid and keep track of hours it's in a busy location - lots of stuff to do, and customers to attend to (never boring)

Cons

-management and organization of store is awful (Definitely doesn't comply with ADA standards at some points) -force you to work cash register and sell cards even if you didn't apply for that job -never any good job or thank you's for hard work -have to babysit the poorly managed 16 year olds so that they do work - the managers wont do anything -if you're busy, the managers will hide in the back (with the exception of one, who always came to help) -expected to train newbies, even if you're new yourself, with no compensation -no training at all

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5.0
Feb 1, 2026
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Pros

The people and the company respects diversity.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Decent coworkers, easy tasks, fine hours

Cons

Managers did not cooperate with me in terms of scheduling as a student (i was scheduled 30 hr weeks several weeks in a row despite communicating that I could not work that much because of school) and I felt like I was expected to bend over backwards for awful customers on a regular basis. Also, when district managers would come in for their yearly review the store managers would enact insane policies to make us look good to district that were never implemented otherwise (i.e. we weren't allowed to drink water on the store floor, even if you were on the register for an entire 8 hour shift.) I also did not like being told to continue aggressively pitching the company credit card to customers who had already told me several times that they were not interested, I feel this created a negative relationship between the customer and employees.

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