Periodic corporate layoffs and unfair treatment of analysts make working here difficult. - Merchandise Planning and Allocation Business Analyst Toys "R" Us Employee Review

2.0
Sep 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Some friendly co-workers. -Scenic suburban campus. -Working for a toy company. -Training program. -Working with many national toy vendors.

Cons

-Several backstabbing employees and managers. -Gossiping and rumors going around daily, which can make work distracting. -Management promotes some questionable people who seem to have been favored from day one and lets go of some talented people for no good reason. -Store discount of only 10%. -Workload constantly increases and firedrills happen almost daily. -Analysts are forcefully encouraged to take on projects that add to the almost impossible workload, otherwise they are looked down upon or not considered for promotion.. -Some managers are extremely demanding and unreasonable and will throw you under the bus if they feel threatened by their analysts' performance. -Contradicting performance reviews. -Widespread layoffs after unfavorable annual results are reported. -Very high turnover rate for analysts, hence the training program twice a year with new hires.

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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.

5.0
Jul 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I loved the team I worked with

Cons

management was fair at times

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