Bloomingdale's Reviews

Pros

1. Great Discount
2. Work environment. I'm always presented with new and exciting projects to work on and given freedom to pursue my own ideas, projects and research. In addition, I find that employees at central are generally responsive and enjoyable to work with.
3. Opportunity for growth. Although I agree with the general consensus that there is some level of cronyism within management, I strongly feel that it is proportional to the level of cronyism within other organizations. My personal experience has been generally positive and I have had advancement opportunities

Cons

1. Owned by Macy's. Thus many of the systems / equipment / policies/mentality and culture are antiquated and mandated by Macy's Inc. Bloomingdale's would be a far better luxury brand if allowed to operate as such. Today there is much focus on cost cutting or doing it the Macy's way.
2. Strong focus on Psychological Assessment. If you are an executive and fared poorly on the assessment, you have no chance for growth! The results of the psych test follow you everywhere within the company and are heavily utilized for determining promotions. On the flip side, if you score well (really well) have fun coasting to the top!
3. Excessive workload. In a given week, I put in 60+ hours, often work through lunch and rarely take breaks to surf the web or partake in water-cooler talk. However, expectations of my performance continue to grow.

Advice to Senior Management

1. Recognition for sales support is virtually non-existent
2. Do more to become less like Macy's.
3. Continue to find ways to become innovative and cutting edge

Pros

High Profile.
Great vacation and benefits
Challenging
Great people.
All about performance.

Cons

Its a big machine, tough to grow if you do not want to sacrifice.
All about performance.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Work hard to infuse tech into the work flow.

Pros

Makeup is always fun and plus you get lots of it for free.

Cons

I hated the hours and working on the weekends and holidays.

Pros

Flexible scheduling, good discounts, some vendor perks, can be a fun environment to work In. Great co-workers and the ability to network build relationships with customers.

Cons

Unfair treatment of employees, unrealistic goals, lack in pay, non recognition, no promotions from within. Long hours, corporate is tough to deal with. Don't promote experienced associates. Would prefer to hire outside unless you brown noise. Upper management speaks down no neutral human resources department.

Pros

Discount monthly double discount and very generous discount for black clothing and shoes which is the dress code that is mandatory

Cons

Very few promotions given they Mostly hire from outside. Management is rarely on the floor due to meetings all day

Advice to Senior Management

N/a

Pros

Great brand name for resume.

Cons

Very catty atmosphere with no promotionability.

Advice to Senior Management

Get new management

Pros

Coworkers were all around the same age and easy to get along with.
Good employee discounts.

Cons

Always customer returns that affected your sales which made it very hard to keep up with sales goals.
Unreasonable sales and credit card goals.
Very high turnover.

Pros

The employee discount is nice. The younger group of coworkers are great and fun to work with. We have summer half-day Fridays, which is a great perk.

Cons

Senior leadership does not lead well. There is no sense of "all hands on deck" within the marketing department. All work is left to the analysts with very little genuine recognition for a job well done. Managers have a tendency not to want to understand the details of the business, but instead simply want to be handed solutions.

Advice to Senior Management

Reevaluate leadership at Bloomingdale's and hire upper management that contributes to a positive work environment and a positive culture. Don't allow them to treat direct reports like personal assistants.

Pros

The pay is higher than Neiman Marcus or Macy's but not so much than Nordstrom. It's a well recognized company.

Cons

Although it is a reputable company, the sales management team is under educated and are not good communicators. I could not take the miscommunication between sales agents and managers.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure they are well educated and know the promotions before the team. They lack communication and are ignorant to their sales team.

Pros

schedule, people, co-workers, discount, time off personal days vacation

Cons

schedule on weekends, goals, stress to open new accounts