Hudson's Bay Reviews

Pros

Good environment and nice name to write on my resume

Cons

Low pay and less future training

Advice to Senior Management

Be more patient

Pros

-Good name on resume
-Love the employee discount
-Good people to work with
-Good location (Downtown)
-Decent work hours
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Cons

-Doesn't make money!
-Retail doesn't have a bright future
-Regular restructurings
-Lack of employee development
-Lack of employee training
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Pros

great flexibility in hours of work.. autonomy. friendly and supportive staff.

Cons

wide availability needed. this may limit your non-work activities.

Pros

Salary Work Life Balance leader ship

Cons

opportunity for advancement
Slow wage increase

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Lots of room fot later and uapward mobility. Ability tomanage your owntime. Great comaraderie

Cons

Glass ceiling for women of child bearing years

Advice to Senior Management

increase focus onwork/life balance

Pros

Relax, easy to interact with customers, have easy sales goals, they don't put pression on you for selling and always have promotions for the employees.

Cons

They force you to open credit card and they want you to have a good "blend" ( customer who uses the HBC credit card)

Advice to Senior Management

Love to service the customer, patient, organized, love to learn and love to interact with the customers. You have to like team work!

Pros

My co-workers are great people to work with. Everyone pulls together to get a project or job done. We all help each other and are good friends.

Cons

Unfortunately, the pay is low. Some people have worked here for many years as sales associates and are earning little above the minumum wage. It's a shame, considering how hard they work and how well they do their jobs.

Advice to Senior Management

Please consider what the experienced staff are worth as you decide how much their raises should be.

Pros

- great store level employees in stores with the right managers.
- good learning experience for those who can take initiative.
- good products and selection.
- good store locations.
- banner wide (HBC) 10% employee discount.

Cons

- lack of communication between corporate and stores.
- little to no formal training program.
- only one full time employee per store.
- no recognition given for good work.
- minimum wage/hr does not create engaged associates.
- no consideration given to those who want to move up in company.

Advice to Senior Management

- realize stores must be better staffed, expectations can not be met at current operating hours.
- provide training programs.
- fix supply problems.
- offer competitive salaries.
- promote from within company, talent is being overlooked.
- listen to advice from store level employees; we know our customers and their shopping habits.

Pros

Wide range of businesses so you learn a lot about almost every segment of retail management

Cons

No work life balance
Lots of scrambling and last minute deadlines
Lack of consistency in dealing with associates

Advice to Senior Management

The strategy is great - sometimes the actions to get there are not aligned with it

Pros

#1 - High-autonomy environment allows for enough freedom for self-management within certain restraints

#2 - Low-stressed objectives; the only quota is not very well enforced

Cons

#1 - Department management changes an average of every 3 months which creates a very apathetic atmosphere.

#2 - Expect minimum wage or somewhere close to it with no sign of a raise. Promotions are also virtually non-existant.

#3 - Workload may unexpectedly increase as store policies and management change.

Advice to Senior Management

The high-autonomy is a very good thing, your sales force doesn't feel at all constricted. However, pay for what you want your employees to do. If you pay minimum wage, expect minimum results and no loyalty.