JoS. A. Bank reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,199 total reviews)
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John Tighe

100% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

JoS. A. Bank has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The JoS. A. Bank 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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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 15, 2015

Mules pulling the wagon...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good relationships with colleagues. Enjoyed most customer situations.

Cons

Local management is feckless. Will not listen to employees. Haphazard direction. Training is what you learn on your own. The current iteration is Mens Warehouse 2.0 No true marketing strategy. BOGO, BOGO, BOGO...

2.0
Aug 6, 2015

Assistant Manager

Recommend
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Pros

It's a job and it pays the bills.

Cons

It's retail so work weekend's, Work/Life balance sucks, Never is good enough no matter how much you sell.

2.0
Jul 23, 2015

They can't be serious

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Pros

The only employee that can survive and make a living there is the store manager. the assistant managers make 10 per hour and everyone else will make about 7.25-9 per hour. That's on par with Macdonalds! People are not going to work for less than 10 an hr and actually care about the job, lets be honest. So apply to be a store manager so you can have a living wage. The employee discount wasn't bad either. it was cool that Sam Stogner came by some stores, but he embraces the chaos. Based on the store you work you may be fortunate enough to have great co workers.

Cons

Lets see... unorganized chain of command, pos systems are seriously outdated (no touchscreens in 2015, really) huge lack of communication from field managers down to store level, the product is outdated so the only way to actually sell the stuff is with their ridiculous marketing (Buy 1 Get 3 every other week, really?) Tremendous pressure on the tailors not to go overtime even though they are the backbone of the stores. The customers are so used to the marketing you'll never make any money unless there is a crazy sale, but even then the product is so dated that you'll have customers tell you they have everything in the store. The employee turnover is too high (22 employees in less than 2 years is crazy!) Theres more but too much to write!

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