JoS. A. Bank Reviews

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank full-time

Pros – Continually expanding into different markets. They promote from within. They are aggressive in the market place. They have great merchandise at affordable pricing. Always looking to expand their product line. Extensive inventory.Room for advancement.

Cons – Lack of training. Initial pay low. Benefits are expensive

Advice to Senior Management – Increase the compensation & give better training to the Regional level & Store Manager level to increase the potential of all employees.

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

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank part-time for less than a year

Pros – The option of commission is nice when it's the busy season.

Cons – Commission doesn't come very often, and minimum wage is not enough for the amount of work you have to do. (cleaning, unpacking freight, setting up displays, etc)

Advice to Senior Management – Higher pay for the amount of work we have to do, as well as the quality of clothes we have to wear. Not even the Assistant managers get payed enough. Starting employees get payed higher at some places than your assistant managers do.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at JoS. A. Bank part-time for more than a year

Pros – Discounts on clothes, experience working with people

Cons – Dealing with unpleasant customers, sometimes business was slow

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank full-time for less than a year

Pros – awesome discount, fun laid back environment, excellent career opportunities to advance

Cons – low pay, hard to get comission

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at JoS. A. Bank part-time for more than a year

Pros – Base Pay + Commission is a good perk. The people I worked with at multiple locations were very helpful and had an overall pretty good attitude about working there and working together.

Cons – It is still retail so sometimes the hours can be a little gruesome, but that's to be expected. Christmas time, Black Friday, Special promotions etc. Take that with a grain of salt though, because I was a student when I worked there.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work and continue to develop your sales personel. Continue to keep employees abreast of upward movement opportunities within the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people, the culture is changing for the better.
Great product.
Room to grow.
If you want to learn, and ask for help, people WILL make time for you.

Cons – Finding staff willing to work. There are some who feel it should be easy rather than earned.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to make changes.
Develop better training for new associates

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

Former Employee – worked at JoS. A. Bank full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Some of the people you get to work with and some of the customers.

Cons – Abusive, dishonest, out of touch with what really goes on in the stores. Do not care what the employees think about anything. You must "drink the kool aid" to survive in this place. Don't expect to recognize yourself after working for them for a few years!

Advice to Senior Management – Stop threatening your employees at every turn. It is you, in your ivory tower, that is the problem. Treat people with a little respect, pay them what they are worth and encourage a work life balance. Stop with the ridiculous sales that are making you look like a discount house instead of a fine clothier and also get back to making quality clothing (half your product is junk,but hey what do I know).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – If there is no employment available at McD. this is a good place to work.

Cons – The pay is what you might expect working part-time as a high school student.

Advice to Senior Management – You have employees working at Jos Bank for 20+ years still earning the same hourly rate they did when they first started. Managements retort, "sell more earn more" doesn't hold any water when the company is giving away free merchandise, then expects you to increase your dollars per transaction. What a joke!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at JoS. A. Bank full-time for more than a year

Pros – none that i can think of

Cons – cheapest, most clueless corporate idiots who have no concern for employees who are making minimum wage barely

Advice to Senior Management – great idea - cut the tailors hours so that we can get even more customer complaints. way to go.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at JoS. A. Bank full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very few PROS. Most employees do not enjoy their job so there is a team spirit for workers to bond together due to their similer circumstances.

Cons – minimum wage, zero or very low chance for comission. hight pressure to met unrealistic sales goals. high turnover. low tech POS system. poor employee discount. CEO makes over 5 million a year.

Advice to Senior Management – no use cause they will not listen.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend