Gap reviews

Working in retail pretty much speaks for itself. Once you start in management it has a tendency to take over your life, especially in the months of November and December. Once you go exempt, it becomes very hard to not put in somewhat excessive hours. It really does teach you how to manage through your team though because its the best way to keep your workload within reason. District and Regional Management was somewhat out of touch with store management, and left much to be desired when it came to earning the respect of the store-level management and the sales associates.

As a manager you have to be the Manager and the worker. You must complete multiple tasks during the day while helping customers and selling. The time that is allotted for tasking is done in a closed off set with no interruptions then you are given that time to complete the work. The problem becomes that when you have customer phone calls or are helping customers it cuts into the tasking time which no one seems to notice. It makes the job very stressful because you get very little payroll and many times you cannot provide the level of service the customers deserve!