Is See's Candies a good company to work for?

See's Candies has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 630 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 53% of employees would recommend working at See's Candies to a friend and 43% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about See's Candies have been left by employees working as Sales Associate/Cashier , Seasonal Sales Associate and Retail Sales Associate .

Does See's Candies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, See's Candies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at See's Candies. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at See's Candies?

53% of See's Candies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated See's Candies 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at See's Candies?

Sales Associate (142) , Seasonal Sales Associate (46) , Assistant Manager (16) , Retail Sales Associate (15) , Manager (13) , Customer Service Representative (12) , Cashier (10) , Sales Associate/Cashier (10) , Store Manager (9) , Seasonal Sales Clerk (8) , Shop Manager (7) , Lead Clerk (6) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (5) , Associate (4) , District Manager (4)

What are the pros of working at See's Candies according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work for" ((in 34 reviews)); "Management is great" ((in 25 reviews)); "very fun and coworkers are nice" ((in 24 reviews)); "Great benefits and just an overall great atmosphere to be in." ((in 22 reviews)); "Schedules always out on time, good work environment, always got my breaks on time." ((in 17 reviews))

What are the cons of working at See's Candies according to real employee reviews?

"hours are long at times" ((in 21 reviews)); "Then they have the nerve to call HR to complain that the managers are bad." ((in 16 reviews)); "Very busy during the holidays" ((in 15 reviews)); "Upper Management doesn't know what they are doing none of them have worked in one of the stores do not promote from within" ((in 11 reviews)); "They don’t care about the employees" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the top reviewed See's Candies locations?

San Francisco , Los Angeles , Carson , South San Francisco , San Diego , Sacramento , San Jose , Sherman Oaks , Daly City , Seattle , Glendora , Thousand Oaks , Escondido , Las Vegas , Portland , Austin , Costa Mesa , Irvine , Long Beach , Mission Viejo , Northridge , Orange , Victorville , Petaluma , Ogden , New York , Chandler , Mesa , Phoenix , Dallas

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See's Candies

See's Candies reviews

3.6

53% would recommend to a friend

(573 total reviews)

Pat Egan

59% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

See's Candies has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 573 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The See's Candies 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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Reviews by job title

573 reviews

4.0

Jun 5, 2010

Delicious

Seasonal sales clerk

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All the free See's chocolate you can eat while you're working. Employee discount. Fun atmosphere working with other chocolate people.

Cons

Too much chocolate... The management was interesting. Working there seasonally meant no real benefits. Almost all sales clerks at that store are young teenage girls... kind of weird.

2.0

Mar 29, 2010

See Sucks

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

repeat customers store hours medical and salary

Cons

Upper Management doesn't know what they are doing none of them have worked in one of the stores do not promote from within

4.0

Sep 24, 2009

If you're going to work retail, this is a good place.

Sales--retail shop

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You're selling a happy product that people really like and customers have a lot of nostalgia and fondness for See's (in areas where they have a strong presence, like CA). In the non-holiday periods, you have a lot of regular customers that you get to know. See's also empowers employees to help any way possible to give great customer service. Shops tend to have small staffs (about 5 or 6 regulars) so you get to know the people you work with. In CA they are union, so it's a pretty good pay scale with excellent benefits--I don't know what it's like in other states.

Cons

Like most retail, the holidays suck, and after being there 3 years, it pretty much ruined X-mas for me. Not crazy about the uniforms. If you start in a shop, manager seems to be as high as you can go--there's an unspoken policy of not promoting beyond that--managers don't become division managers, etc. And oddly, some of the division managers aren't very well trained, but you only see them 5 or 6 times a year anyway.

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