Might Want to Rethink that one - Anonymous employee Tillys Employee Review

1.0
Sep 13, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stores normally have pretty good hours what allows for flexibility in schedules. They supported creativity with merch set ups but that slowly stopped when the company began growing too quickly.

Cons

The employee discount was not that great. The owner and up management felt that they should walk on water and ensure that you had to treat them that way. Any time there was a corp visit talk about working to hard and redoing everything cuz they would never view it good enough. I worked in several stores with several different managers and DMs but it was always the same story. Raises and promotions were a joke. They hardly paid anything but they promote what ever employee they like that week. The company doesnt know what qualications are needed to run a store. If you like playing fake and acting immature its a great place for you!

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

- Enjoyed working with teens/young adults and building them up into the workforce/ teaching them responsibilities -Policies were awesome, but not always backed by upper management - Always pushing you to be better

Cons

- Upper management did not have equal expectations of stores/ lacked clear communication -PAY, they will pay someone who is hired external far more then they ever will an internal. Doesn’t matter how long you’re there. I was trained from a seasonal, all the way up and made far less than newer peers. They do not see as much value in internals which is so unfortunate for them. Did my 8 years and have a lot of resentment over this.

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