J. Crew reviews

- Too many "on call" shifts .... To be "on call" for three or four shifts a week, while at the same time being scheduled for only four actual hours of work, reflects an insidious lack of respect for employees. This alarming trend in retail – and particularly with J. Crew – is indicative of an economic volatility that has rendered jobs a scarce commodity. Employers now feel that they can treat employees as indentured slaves. - "Personal shoppers" are aloof, nasty, and uncommunicative. Most are poised at the fitting rooms to pounce on potential customers which in turn, creates a lot of tension on the sales floor among sales associates. - Stores have their own little clicks of workers - similar to a frat house mentality - if you don't immediately fit in, you never will. If these same people are in league with management, you may very well be doomed to "on call" shifts for perpetuity.

Unreliable hours and hard to get promoted or move to corporate