Planning Manager - Planning Manager JCPenney Employee Review

3.0
Apr 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary, benefits, people, talent, diversity, amenities on campus. Broad base of options in private brand, ecommerce, marketing. Large organization that carries clout in the vendor market.

Cons

After the experiment, the company is apprehensive to pursue sales opportunities. Planning jobs are not about driving sales, instead it involves filling out recaps. Forecasts are projections of what management wants to hear, not what will happen. Inventory is too lean to drive sales and prices are too low to achieve top line $ sales.

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5.0
Jan 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back work, nice people to work with.

Cons

Sales driven. There doesn't seem to be much training on how they want the cashiers to do their job.

3.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

easy job, slow most of the time, need to be able to find things to do to keep busy

Cons

when its slow you are barely scheduled for hours, need to get credit card applications

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