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Payless ShoeSource

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Payless ShoeSource reviews

4.0

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,725 total reviews)

Paul Jones

87% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Payless ShoeSource has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,725 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Payless ShoeSource employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
May 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome coworkers, misery loves company...so you'll all end up one happy family. Customers can be nice. The 30% off employee discount is nice as well and can be used as often as you want.

Cons

Everything! Constant tagging, no employer appreciation. District managers treat managers like garbage. Conference calls that equal nothing positive, a horrifically negative company. If getting promoted - be ready to completely lose all self esteem. NEVER anything positive. It's mind numbing. Expectations are to get 60 hours of work done in about 25, and tripling the work load while halving the payroll. I am appreciative to have a job, but I am always looking for a way out.

3.0
May 1, 2015

My experience with Payless is ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team is nice. My manager is always there and helps you the best she can

Cons

The pay sucks compared to what you have to do. There's way to much accountability for things as well. You have to make sure all your numbers are good and if they are not you pretty much "get in trouble"

1.0
Apr 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people I worked with were awsome and became my best friends. But that doesn't mean every store worked well together

Cons

You are understaffed. The company and managers play dirty tricks. I've been working for payless a year now I've had 3 different managers already and been shared labor (work at many different store) so I've seen alot. Almost every manager will come in late.....even if it's a weekend when you have high traffic, and if you open you're by yourself till he or she gets there. BUT THEM SHOWING UP LATE WILL NOOOTTTT SHOW UP ON THERE TIMES SHEETS!!!! That's right they correct the time sheets so they are still getting paid the full shift....when they wernt there. But if you the employee is late you get written up. It's a mim. Wage job..... and it's hourly. But the company tries to run it likes it's commission. You have to make sales converon and upt every shift or hours will get cut. That is if you even can get hours. On avg at my store i have a girl who is lucky to get 7 hrs a week. Another gets 12.....WTF I get the most hours I was in the training process of being a full timer then asl but stopped because what they would do is train me in everything. Then not give me the promotion. But still expect me to everything a fuller timer does with min wage. The company lies and cheats money is always missing merchidise always Missing and when it's time to ask who did what the managers and district leaders point at the associates saying it's our fault........DO NOT WORK HERE

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