Stewart's Shops – “Working at Stewart's Shops gives the employee an inviting window into the local community.”

Pros

One of the major factors that sets Stewart's apart from other corporations is its employee profit-sharing program. Every year, one-third of the company's profits is distributed among those employees that have worked with Stewart's long enough to be considered vested partners. Every vested partner has a bank account with Stewart's own private credit union, and at the end of each year the company automatically deposits money into the account. Some employees are able to retire from Stewart's after a few decades with close to a million dollars saved in their accounts.

Cons

For someone like myself who isn't planning on working with the company for more than a year or so, the pay is a little low for the amount of work that I do. That being said, I'd certainly recommend a job with Stewart's to anyone who is looking for something more long-term. They have an accessible managerial track with excellent benefits. The downsides of working with Stewart's are more or less the downsides of working retail in general; you've got to put up with corporate bureaucracy and the occasional nasty customer, you'll work odd hours and probably won't feel as though your work is immediately paying off. If you're willing to stick with it, though, a career at Stewart's isn't bad.

Advice to Senior Management

I would recommend that the district management adopt a more understanding approach to its dealings with individual shops, given the fact that each Stewart's shop has its own character and a unique set of customer demands.