JCPenney reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(13,523 total reviews)
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Marc Rosen

63% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

JCPenney has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 13,523 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The JCPenney employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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14K reviews
3.0
Feb 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The best reasons to work at j.c. penny is the minimum wage salary and the awesome discounts that you get for working there.

Cons

The downsides are when i had to work the overnight shifts and price check every item in the store.

2.0
Feb 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the people I work with are okay. The scheduling is pretty flexible in the store I work in. The employee discount is pretty good

Cons

There are too many bosses to answer to. You never know if you may be pleasing one boss, but pissing the other ones off. There has been a pay freeze, so you don't feel compensated for the work you do, so sometimes you wonder why should I worry about giving 100%. There are too many silly little contest that goes on, It makes you feel like your in grade school, and sometimes you're even treated like that. The constant pushing of charge applications on customers becomes daunting.

3.0
Feb 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

learned what it takes to be a part of team. getting to work with others was really great. very good job

Cons

weird hours, days. low pay. some of the people that shopped there were rude and most of the time mean.

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