Bed Bath & Beyond Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – nice people overall, got along with most.Good pay and flexible hours.

Cons – Upper management treated customers better than employees.A lot of stress to get work done with unrealistic goals.

Advice to Senior Management – Company is sound but must treat your people better.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for less than a year

Pros – I was offered $10 an hour because I asked for it with no work experience whatsoever. People are all really nice and you get a lot of experience in retail from working here because they are big on customer service at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Cons – Long hours, rude customers, and not very thorough training made starting there become a huge difficulty for me but once you get used to it, it's not so bad.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more employees especially cashiers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time

Pros – Fun co-workers, fast paced, never a dull moment. Flexible scheduling helps out alot if you're in college. Learn a lot of useful info.

Cons – The managers that are hired can be pretty questionable; some don't deserve to be handed power over more competent floor people, but that's indicative of how things are run for the company. Also, the customer base depends largely on the demographics so be aware of the neighborhood you're in before you choose to work there.

Advice to Senior Management – Train and treat your managers well so they won't keep leaving for other companies!

Current Employee – been working at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for more than a year

Pros – I work with very nice people. The customers are generally pleasant (there's a few crankies). It's a pretty easy job once you learn it.

Cons – You do get some pretty cranky customers once in awhile. It's a little bit annoying when customers expect you to know absolutely everything...from directions to what other stores are around to where every single product is located.

Advice to Senior Management – We (the cashiers) have off days sometimes too. It'd be nice if you weren't so hard on us sometimes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for more than a year

Pros – The work was pretty easy. When I first started working for the company, employees didnt receive any benefits so the main benefit was being able to request days off as long as you did it early enough.

Cons – The company has started to care less about the customers. The customers started changing the rules on how they could accept coupons just to be more frugal.

Advice to Senior Management – I would return to your previous commitment to customer service.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for less than a year

Pros – On good days BBB has a relaxed atmosphere, most tasks are pretty easy depending on what section of the store you're working, and pay is quite decent. BBB has great team building exercises that help break ice with fellow co-workers and teaches the value of "team work".

Cons – Can be extremely draining if its really busy, but what can you expect when working in retail?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for more than a year

Pros – Teach you a lot with university classes. I learned great customer service skills. The people I work with are great, and everyone helps each other out with things. Management helps you learn products throughout the store to make is easier for you assist customers. Very relaxed most of the time, it does it busy but everyone helps. All around a fun and great place to work but the cons outweigh the pros.

Cons – Erratic hours, varies every week. Recently they told part timers we are not allowed to work more than 27 hours a week. Management tends to give you the run around on raises and reviews. Part timers don't get any benefits. They tend to run late on your yearly reviews which can cause you money loss if you get a raise. They expect you to do the work of three people but never treat everyone the same. One person is expected to have tasks done correctly and on time whereas they don't care if other workers don't, they expect and accept it. Which is a bit unfair to the workers who bust their butt off completing things. Ladders can be a pain, I've developed lower back problems since working there but I don't say anything because they wont schedule much. Also as a bridal consultant they require you to register couples with a certain amount of items. If you don't get what they require they get upset with you, but If you create a great registry and do what they require you still aren't given any credit. Very little room to promote since they only have little full time positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the employees who don't work as hard, we get upset when you already know some employees don't work as hard and are okay with it. It makes us harder workers start to not care about our job since they are paid exactly the same. Also, hire people full time instead of a bunch of part timers. Maybe then you wouldn't have such a high turn over rate. I have been here almost a year and although I like the job, I need somewhere with better hours and benefits.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bed Bath & Beyond full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Salary and benefits are good. Willing to do anything to care of customers.

Cons – Terrible bonus structure. Not enough people on the floor. Unrealistc expectations.

Advice to Senior Management – View employees and managers as assests and not liabilities.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bed Bath & Beyond full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Most coworkers are great to work with. Employee incentives are great.

Cons – PAY INCREASES STINK. 1-2% which could end up being 8-12 cents. Long hours if you close. Brakes are nonexsiting unless you are scheduled over 6 hours. District staff only shows up to tell you what you are doing wrong. In my 5+ years only a very few part-timers went to full time. No one ever promoted with in the store.

Advice to Senior Management – Show your employees that you appreciate them by giving better pay increases.

Former Employee – worked at Bed Bath & Beyond part-time for more than a year

Pros – You learn a lot of product knowledge in time in which will help you throughout you life.

Cons – Management could have approached the associates more professionally instead of in a rude manner

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend