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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
3.0
Apr 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employee discounts, fun enjoyable staff to work with. Nice store and location to work in and very bright. Fun times with employees and customers.

Cons

were do i starts, I guess the double standards are the worst. I am not with payless any longer and for the reason that I was terminated was a joke. The reason I feel it was a joke is that the reason i was let go was for allowing another associate to know my reg number. But here is the thing I know for a fact that this went on a long time before I started with the company at other stores but now all of a sudden they are terminating me over the same rule that has been violated over and over again by senior management wow. So that is the double standard part and for a fact I know that it still goes on to this day but hey things happen for a reason and I am in a better place now. This company defiantly doesn't care about its employees, they only care about themselves and the dollar signs that all of us bust our asses to get them. At this job I put in 50 plus hours a week at my new job it is mandatory to work 40 and that's it. I used to like working for this company until this crap happened, and because I was never written up the two plus years I was there and I ran a good store which produced fantastic numbers. There is also to much focus on CSAT as associates and management are losing their jobs over this, come on payless you know that the only time a customer calls in is if they are in a bad mood or have a bad exp. but it doesn't matter to you I am guessing. As for the good number that CSATs result, these are called in by your hourly and management staff because they don't wanna loose their jobs. Maybe you Matt R. should go undercover and do the jobs you ask us to do and see what you need to do to FIX your failures. These employees do amazing jobs but yet get no recognition for it and if you think bonus bucks do it, that is a joke. But anyway thank you for giving me time to really get to know how this company operates as I will pass the word to as many people as I can. Oh and thank you for the termination I am in a much better place now.

4.0
Apr 14, 2010

A good company to work for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Communication and clear expectations on a consistent basis. Every department focused on achieving the mission statement and consistent review of how each area was doing toward that goal.

Cons

Struggle to balance multiple priorities with less resources but this is happening in all retail companies given the current economic climate.

2.0
Apr 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

only positive thing about payless is the benefits, vacation and personal time.

Cons

Payless used to be a nice place to work until matt rubell took over, it all went down hill. too much focus on csats, crm, labor scheduling and talent central. managers dont have time to sit in the back room to do all of it.what happened to having fun,now they want you up the customers ass to sell them anything and everything.the quality of merchandise is poor and the prices have gone up. even the customers that come in have noticed its not the same payless, but is anyone listening....mr. rubel this is not saks fith avenue...hello PAY-LESS not PAY-MORE. too many tasks that have scores related to it, you cant relax its always a negative conference call getting beat up for things you have no control over,,enough already...selling plastic shoes to a bunch of low lifes should not be that difficult......IM FREE AT LAST....

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