An easy job for college student with good discounts on clothes - Sales Associate J. Crew Employee Review

3.0
Sep 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Discounts on clothes, easy work, fun and friendly staff. The quality of the clothiers are great and you learn a lot about clothes, fit, and style while working there. New product comes in every two weeks, so there are new styles to choose from for your own personal benefit. My staff was very friendly and fun to work with.

Cons

On call shifts, late nights, limited opportunity for growth. Often times I was left with the close shift which was somewhat boring. Found myself either folding clothes or ringing up customers which became stale very quickly. Also have to work "rollouts" where you set up the store in between 10 pm and 4 am-- late nights. Limited opportunity to switch roles and days that they "hired you to work on." Management is not very transparent.

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Cons

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Pros

Good time-off package. Holiday week off for office employees. Historically respected work-life balance and flexible working. Good employee discount and maternity leave.

Cons

C-suite pushing a mandatory 3 days in-office after 5+ years of boasting flexibility as a cornerstone of their employee benefits package. Lack of clear and thoughtful communication of this new policy was frustrating and disheartening as an employee. Leadership, starting with the CEO, is at an all-time low of the last 6 years of working in their corporate office. Horrifying to see how poorly initiatives are getting rolled out, likely getting pushed down from board of directors. Would anticipate a rough transition into the company if you choose to take a role replacing the dozens of employees possibly being forced to leave the company due to RTO.

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