Office Politics Made a Great Company Just Okay - Anonymous employee JCPenney Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pension (for those hired before December 31, 2006), 401k, associate discount, flexibility with scheduling

Cons

You can only get the full 25% associate discount when you use preferred methods of payment; management will have pets, making their opinions very biased. Pay is not fair at all; you need to be friends with the management when you get hired on to get a higher pay scale. Working holidays like Thanksgiving and around Christmas are horrible. I was never able to travel out of state around the holidays to visit family (and of course that was the ONLY time that all of my relatives would get together--we live all over).

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Cons

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Pros

If you like working early morning hours and getting off early in the afternoon (which I do) this is a great part-time job. I was a college student when I worked here so it worked perfectly with my schedule. The pay is pretty decent and the people you work with are friendly.

Cons

Only real downside is that it's retail. You're going to run into some rude customers from time to time. There's always work to do and not enough time given to do it sometimes. But as long as you work hard and managers see that you're trying your best there isn't too much pressure put on you.

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