Jobseekers should avoid; current employees should leave ASAP - Anonymous employee Toys "R" Us Employee Review

1.0
Jul 19, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people at manager and below level have remained; feel good brand; very good work/life balance

Cons

1. Company is deteriorating and just reading all the signals, will be in bankruptcy sooner rather than later 2. Periodic rounds of layoffs in 2017 did the following: lowered morale, signalled to anyone remaining that you're expendable, increased the workload of those who remained, turned directors/VPs into ridiculous Lumbergesque bureaucrats whose survival depends upon their ability to squeeze as much out of the rank and file. 3. Even your colleagues who you trust and like -- particularly the competent and logical ones -- are all working on their resumes and interviewing, hoping to get out while they can. This has lately created an atmosphere of distrust and misery.

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5.0
Apr 21, 2026
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Pros

Best job ever, I was able to play with toys all the time. I usually stayed late to open boxes, and play, then I put them back in boxes like nothing happened and then go home, my wife always thought I was cheating because I was late, sometimes 3AM, but I just can't stop playing with toys, it was awesome.

Cons

My wife didn't like my job. She hated when I was late.

3.0
Jul 11, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It was an ok job for the time

Cons

the customers were very annoying and we were treated like babysitters

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