Would not recommend. - Sales Consultant Swarovski Employee Review

2.0
May 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively good pay, allotment for jewelry twice per year and pretty product.

Cons

Leadership is weak from top down, inventory will ALWAYS be off so don't expect shrink to be good, district managers do not know how to manage their stores, store managers and assistant manages are both expected to make 20% of store sales. They outsource IT and I've even had a worker answer the phone from a nap and only spoke to me in Chinese for the first couple minutes even though I was part of Swarovski North America and only speak English. They cut hours a bunch so do not expect to work more than two days, but you're availability needs to have weekends and at least two weekdays with open availability. There is a HUGE disconnect between headquarters and stores and the district managers are failing to show the leadership to implement the needed actions to bring Swarovski from premium to luxury.

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Swarovski Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We always aim to deliver a great experience, and we are disappointed when we don’t meet expectations. As for your concerns, we want to ensure you your review will be shared with upper management, as this kind of feedback is crucial to the improvement of the company. Building a culture of teamwork and collaboration is important to us at Swarovski. Equally important to us, is to make each individual employee, from our stores to our corporate offices, feel that they belong. We’re sorry you did not experience that.

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