So far my experience is fine. - Sales Associate Tillys Employee Review

3.0
Jul 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The people I work with are nice. Retail unless it's on a major corporation level is not a career choice for me though. I feel sad for the people who are in their 20's & 30's who work at retail stores making 30,000-40,000k a year. I don't see them as friends like they see each other as too. I think that ties up to what I just said before. I'm grateful for this job/money now but I'm going into my senior year this 2014/15 school year and my 2 shift experience so far has me VERY VERY FOCUSED on my grades this year.

Cons

Before I began I thought the shifts where too short, which they are 4.0-4.5 hour shifts and you get 2 a week. But standing for 4 hours just kills your feet. The first 2 hours are pretty much fine then around your 10 minute break your feet & especially your back begin to ache. This pain last for the last 2 hours of your shift and for a couple hours after work. Shoes without an arch are terrible for your feet/back and I'm tired of dealing with this pain. Good thing I'm just a temporary sales associate for the back to school season. I'm doing well so they might try to keep me so I think I'm going to quit and work at Dks Sporting Goods right next door when I turn 18 this October. I'm going to buy a pair of Dr. Scholl's when I get my first check or whatever in the meantime.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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