Great Place to Work, Horrible Pay - Department Manager JoS. A. Bank Employee Review

The pay is the biggest con of all. At the store that I work at, you only make commission maybe twice a year. The rest of the time, you're making hourly. When you don't make commission, they put you on an "unearned" list, which over time takes away your commission percentage until it hits rock bottom. The only way to continually make commission is to work in a high-volume store(2mil+). Also, they expect you to make big sales, but it's impossible when they're offering a Buy One, Get Two Free deal. I have worked for the company twice now, once in the past and currently. Before, they ran sales maybe 2-3 times a year -- now they're running 2 or 3 sales at one time. Sometimes it's quite hard to really know what's on sale. They have really devalued the product with the sales in the past year. For example, before if I sold 3 Signature suits, that would have totaled out to be $2400. Now, with these sales, most of the time I'm selling 3 Signature suits for the price of one. I will never be able to sale a Signature suit at it's regularly price ever again, the customers have come to expect really great deals, which the company can do because they manufacture all their own products. Joseph A. Bank is no longer a Fine Men's Clothier, but a Fine Discount Clothier.