Bed Bath & Beyond Reviews

Pros

Pay checks were deposited consistently.

Cons

Salaried employees were required to work 50hrs per week.
No time off consideration for family (mother=stroke) illness.
Regardless of how good your performance review, you will receive 2.5% merit increases.

Advice to Senior Management

Corporate managers were fine. Middle management (area & district mgrs) left much to be desired. Self centered, non-communicative, and simply unskilled.

Pros

The people are a great assest to the organization

Cons

Lack of career path or promoting from within

Pros

Fun employees
Communication is decent- daily meetings
Goes by quickly
Classes to educate employees about the merchandise
Discount
Exciting new merchandise

Cons

Bad pay and little incentives
Company gives customers same discount through coupons as employees get
Raises are given yearly
Raises are minimal and do not reflect what associates deserve
Heavy lifting
Not enough teamwork/employees working
Constanlty up and down ladders
Not enough cashiers
Sales floor associates constanlty interupted to go to and from their department to cover for cashiers

Advice to Senior Management

Offer more incentives to employees and actually give 90 day reviews. Stay on the sales floor to help so employees can accomplish tasks given and customers aren't waiting for the associate to get done helping another customer. Give better pay to those who deserve it. Better training for employees. Praise good employees by making then trainers and other postions for advancement and better pay.

Pros

Lots of merchandise to work with and some opportunities to display how you want.
Match 401k and decent benefits program.

Cons

Too much micromanagement.
Negative feel in stores stemming from upper management.
Workload too big with the amount of hours/people in the store.
Too much focus on the customer but not the employee.

Advice to Senior Management

The potential for this company is huge but the higher ups are only concerned with the bottom line. Also the treatment of employees does not match the expectation of quality customer service that is the bbby mantra. Once you realize that quality backing and higher morale is important the stores would skyrocket in service standards.

Pros

Great insight into product knowledge
Very aggressive about employee development
Empowering community with a strong customer focus
Open communications both up and down the chain

Cons

Little defined expectations of their employees
Open atmosphere was intimidating for some
No real opportunities for growth of part-time employees
Very little variation in positions
Potential technologic challenges for some

Advice to Senior Management

As a minimum, I would suggest that management open up to the idea of long-term part-time employees. All part-time employees are treated exactly the same, and there is no opportunity for professional growth awarded to employees. There needs to be more chance for employee buy-in and a greater degree of responsibility placed on employees.

Compensation should be evaluated much more aggressively.

Pros

-Coworkers
-Managers who respect me
-Satisfied helping customers get registered
-Great customers
-Good quality products so I feel like I am helping people and not tricking them when they leave
-Monthly employee incentive prices at base (though not usually anything you want when it is available)

Cons

-Super out dated computer system
-Want you to get a lot of Sale Orders and number of items on bridal registries yet no incentive to do so
-Pushing items at the register
-Lots of duties (sales, stocking, ringing, bridal consulting,merchandising)
-Working on unusual holidays like Easter and 4th of July when stores like Target are closed
-No such thing as holiday pay

Advice to Senior Management

Be more visible regarding advancement opportunities and be sure to recognize good performance. Also it would be nice to get something for doing well in sale orders (bonus or commission perhaps). 20% discount sounds nice until you realize almost every customer uses a 20% off coupon, a 25% discount would be a nice gesture. Still I enjoy working there.

Pros

Bed Bath and Beyond offers flexible schedules for hourly employees. Versitility in job assignments provides opportunities for learning and growth.

Cons

Shortened work weeks for hourly employees during the slow season results in loss of good employees who may need a more stable income, but is good for seasonal workers.

Pros

there is a friendly enviornment, great team work, and help is always availible when needed. great policies for customers that are shopping. most often what is said to be done is usually accopmlished to make your job eaier.

Cons

at times there are things that get in the way from accomplishing a task which makes it more difficult to accomplish, along with; at times, dissatisfied customers. if workng a closing shift you may not be informed of all the daily imformation that is discussed during the morning huddles.

Advice to Senior Management

when looking out for a monthly shop be sure to inform EVERY employee of the monthly senerios, both night crew and morning crew.

Pros

great working environment, employees get along and usually are not micro-managed

Cons

managers give you the run around when it comes to promotions. there is a lot of miss-communication between management.

Advice to Senior Management

make sure that you get a high pay at the beginning and that you are on the fast track if not it will take long for you to move up within the company.

Pros

Pay is great, hours are not too bad, benefits are above average, stock options are nice, average vacation time is givren

Cons

not a lot of direction, payroll slashed, do same things multiple times, too many priorities and not enough time or people to execute