Assistant Buyer (5 years with the company) - would not recommend - Assistant Buyer II Ross Stores Employee Review

2.0
Jan 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary and bonus structure are competitive. The on-boarding process is very thorough, you learn a lot. The education I received at Ross has carried through my career.

Cons

When it came down to it, I left because I was treated like trash - I went from a team that respected/valued me, but which I had been a part of for years. I was moved to a different area (I asked to) to diversify my experiences at the company. My Buyer, VP and GVP in my last six months were cliquey, gossipy, disrespectful, condescending and more focused on identifying the reasons why I couldn’t succeed (yawned too often, was expressive, had a different way of getting from point A to point B than they had), than on developing me as an assistant. It came down to them having a personality issue me; entirely unrelated to my talents and accomplishments at Ross. I’m lucky to have gotten out when I did, and am extremely happy at my new company. As Ross has grown, upper management has seemed to lose interest in the most important asset - the people. They’ll continue to have high turnover if they cannot figure this out.

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5.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

All of my coworkers were wonderful. No high school drama. Boss was flexible and understanding, although he always liked it if you said you could work more hours. The employee discount is pretty awesome. The work wasn't bad and rude customers were rare.

Cons

There was pressure to come in even when you were sick. Pay wasn't the greatest; it usually stayed ahead of minimum wage, but by no means kept up with inflation. Visits from corporate often meant a new change in procedures that had been working and demands that were somewhat unreasonable given the constraints of the layout or number of employees available.

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Even though this is with my store specifically I got really lucky with my coworkers. Every season change there is 40% off for about a week other than that is 20%. They also have scholarship opportunities.

Cons

It’s a really physical job, sometimes it’s so busy that you can’t even take a break especially during Christmas season, you WILL debate working there during that time. The store hours are horrible and since most of the time were understaffed we won’t leave until almost midnight just cleaning up.

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