A bittersweet growing experience with a overly "budget oriented" company. - Assistant Store Manager TJ Maxx Employee Review

2.0
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You have the opportunity to learn all areas of management. The positions are all interchangeable. You will learn operations even while being a merchandising manager. They strongly believe in promoting within. Their benefits are strong and their bonus plan is fair.

Cons

The company applies a tremendous amount of stress and work on the management team without providing them with the proper resources to effectively tackle these tasks within the given amount of time and payroll. The amount of product we receive (this is aside from any other operational tasks or merchandising such as audits, conference calls, department moves, seasonal projects) is not feasible when you take a look at the grand scheme of any tj maxx building. The management teams are understaffed, the employees are overworked, and the pressure gets applied from the top down which just causes very fragile and stressed work environments. They do not believe in quality of your personal life.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, good management, variety of work to keep you from being bored

Cons

Communication between management and associates is sometimes insufficient

4.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-flexible and accomodating hours - good partime job for college student - very neutral experience, but the fact that it wasn't terrible makes it a pro -10% employee discount

Cons

-lower pay than other retail places ($12 when I was there) - general cons that just come with retail (rude customers, boring tasks, etc.) - store is constantly being rearranged, and is also disorganized on purpose so customers have to search through/look at more things to find what they are looking for -CONSTANTLY having to push the TJ Maxx credit card and having managers literally walk by to make sure you are - can't wear t-shirts or any graphic tees including ones in the store (which always bothered me because if they can sell it I should be able to wear it)

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