Horrible - Sales Associate JCPenney Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Associate Discount Coworkers are great to get along with

Cons

Minimum wage. they expect you to do the most with the very little they give you. Management doesn't care about your wellbeing. Some night you close at 11pm and are there until after 2am. Breaks are short and if you have less than 30 mins you cannot leave the store for lunch. They threaten you a lot with being let go if you dont get enough credit card applications if a customer yells at you dont expect back up. i got yelled at by a customer who proceeded to wreck a shelf because her coupon didn't work for her purchase which was big name brand and the managers just stood around and made us clean it instead of asking her to leave. they don't care if the customers yell at you or basically treat you like trash lol they have you on your feet all day they dont pay you more for speaking diff languages they leave you unscheduled for weeks without explaination you also have no place to move up in the company and better yourself just another dead end job

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Pros

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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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