QVC reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(1,938 total reviews)
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David Rawlinson II

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35% positive business outlook

QVC has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,938 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The QVC 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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3.0
Jun 13, 2014
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Pros

QVC pays maybe a tad below what you would expect from the larger companies in the area but still their pay is on par. QVC work day is 7.5 hour with a .5 lunch so it's much better than so other companies that will make you work 8 hours with a 1 hour lunch. (This is assuming you are not needed for overtime) Studio Park building is very nice though the parking is terrible. Good cafeteria

Cons

Overtime in IT is common and I have had to put in some grueling hours when needed IT is getting shuffled from the Studio Park building to the Founder Park location down the road. Founder Park location is a dump compared to Studio Park. The new management took away all of the previous Application Developer titles away and just made three levels in order to take away bargaining power of the employees. For example under the old system there were 5 levels which employees typically made the following salaries(give or take $5k); Application Developer 1 - $55,000k Application Developer 2 - $70,000k Application Developer 3 - $85,000k Application Developer 4 - $100,000k Application Developer 5 - $115,000k They now took all of this away and just made three levels all with giant ranges in salary. Associate Application Developer Application Developer Senior Application Developer Basically what this does is mask what anyone is making. Why is this bad? Simple....employees have no way to leverage their salary in the current system. For example in the current system there are multiple Associate Application Developers literally 1 year out of college who were promoted to Application Developer. Think about this. A 24 year old employee with 1 year in the company now has the same title as a 45 year employee with 20 years experience. Their pay is no where near each other but since the old levels were taken away, everyone basically ends up with the same title and no one really knows where the stand which means they could never negotiate for pay. Basically the easiest way to really move up in salary is to leave. That is the hard truth, the people who stay do so because of the comfort factor of a steady paycheck with a familiar building.

1.0
Jun 2, 2014
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Pros

The company pays really well. There are a very few people that are really nice and fun to work for/with. My first 2 supervisors were awesome. The HR team seemed sincere. It's fun to see celebrities walking around (if you are into that).

Cons

The corporate office is in the middle of nowhere. Most people have worked there all their professional lives. They are NOT open to new ideas and innovation, and are so insecure. Filled with so many unhappy and unpleasant people. Very political and full of fake people. Strategies changes so often, it is extremely hard to keep up. You get ahead if you are willing to step on people and throw them under the bus. For short, people without souls gets to stay. Eating the same, unhealthy cafeteria food everyday is awful. You would have to drive about 20 mins. to get to another restaurant to eat food other than what is offered in the cafeteria. There is no work-life balance.

2.0
Feb 8, 2014

Love/hate relationship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Positive and friendly work environment, great-coworkers, laid back and relatively stress free. Good holiday pay.

Cons

Chances are you will absolutely not be able to afford Chester County or anywhere near it with what you're making. Factor in commuting/car costs and you will not be reimbursed. If you are one of the many on-calls don't expect to ever be made full time or be given reliable hours. Factor in very long monotonous shifts with no windows. Factor in no advancement and very little communication about what is actually going on. A lot of changes constantly without being told anything at all. Factor in feeling under appreciated. Factor in everyone around you being equally as frustrated.

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