Good part-time job for weekends - Sales Associate World Market Employee Review

Fun atmosphere, chill coworkers, decent discount, I could come to work do my job & there was no drama. I worked there seasonally during Christmas and loved it, they didn’t keep me on after cause I was one of the last hires and they had to cut like 30% of the seasonal staff so I was bummed. The manager was nice, so were the assistant managers. Customers were chill, thanked us a lot for being there. Got some good stuff between sales and discount.

Not enough hours which I knew before I started, cash registers could use some updating

My location had a great staff, flexible work hours, and fun environment (until the investment company bought out the World Market company).

After the investment company bought out the World Market company everything changed. It steadily declined in all the ways that mattered... They just didn't understand how retail works. They would say the staff needed to be more present and make more sales, but then they would cut hours so much that there were not enough employees to do even the minimum required. Often there would be literally only 2 people working - one on the cash register and one to do literally everything else. Then corporate would get upset that customer satisfaction and sales went down. They just don't get how they were related. Pay was laughable, and after all the hours were cut it would be hard to get time off. Employee morale tanked and almost everyone I knew over the years I worked there has since quit. Now it is basically kids fresh out of high school that work and only stay for maybe a year.