Savers reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(2,799 total reviews)

Mark Walsh

41% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Savers has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,799 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Savers 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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3K reviews
2.0
Jan 9, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great if you love thrift stores, Awesome employee discount, Paid holidays and birthday, Paid sick days, Paid vacation after 1 year

Cons

Low pay, Dirty hazardous work, Unrealistic expectations: Their style of motivation is to assign goals and tasks that are impossible to accomplish as a way to get employees to work faster. However, it causes great stress, anxiety, and frustration. The great bonuses, medical and dental benefits, and 401k they hype about during your interview and orientation are only available to full time employees SCHEDULED TO WORK at least 32 hrs per week. After completing your first 30 day probationary period, your hours scheduled are cut to 30 or 31 hrs. However, they will ask you to work on days off and to work late - you may work 40 hrs per week, but since you are only scheduled for less than 32, you are classified as a Part Time employee and therefore aren't eligible for any of the benefits and only get 50% of any cash bonuses paid. Raises are given every 6 months during your employee evaluation. The amount of your raise is determined by a worksheet that is filled out by your supervisor. If you meet all expectations satisfactorily, you get a ten cent raise. If you exceed ALL expectations (nobody does), you get a 20 cent raise.

3.0
Nov 6, 2010

Not the best

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-You can feel good about helping a non-profit agency -You get a seriously great discount on items in the store

Cons

-Very low pay -Due to the nature of the store, there are a lot of attempts by customers to switch price tags and steal things -Unfortunately, a lot of the other regular employees are resentful of anyone who works there that is going to school, since they feel that means you are stuck-up and think you're better than them. In the two years I worked as a cashier, despite the high turnover in the Production department, there was always an undertone of hostility towards me for being middle-class and getting educated.

1.0
Oct 28, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-discounts -flexible schedule -make friends easily

Cons

-this job attracts mostly people that dont have a high work ethic that is needed -recyclers are informed that this is a high stress job and of their duties but sometime more than others u are asked to go above those duties for the same pay. Examples: 1. down stacking multiple carts (7-8) to unload the same amount off a truck with no space available. 2. also recyclers have such a high turnover rate that is hard to keep a full recycling staff which adds more stress on the recycler. 3. extremely dirty workplace. often times trailers full off houseware, glassware, and other miscellaneous items are delivered to stores and the recyclers are in charge of unloading them. these trailers are usually packed and, when inspected on the inside, resembles nothing more than a trash trailer with broken glass covering the floor 4. often times recyclers are required to unload trucks with "product" that is wet due to rain showers and/ or pissed on by cats, dogs, homeless people, etc.

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