Linens 'n Things Reviews

Pros

The fellow associates were great and made the experience of working there fun and upbeat. It also was never boring or stressful. Thank goodness!

Cons

There were not enough hours given out voluntarily. But I'm sure if you needed them you could ask for more.

Advice to Senior Management

My management at my facility was great. I can honestly say that the management at my local store needed no improvement.

Pros

good working depending on store manager
solid pay
able to work around schedules
really good discounts, able to get sale price plus discount
very customer oriented

Cons

really only liked to higher managers from the outside
spent so much time on coming up with ideas to make customers happy became hard to get htings done

Advice to Senior Management

listen to to the employees they know what is going on
take up for your emplyees
coupons should be banned from everywhere

Pros

you can easily move from a cashier to a lead of the department with a small amount of effort and drive on your part.

Cons

If you have a bad store manager, the team suffers. with active management and a more positive outlook, retail store jobs could be much better.

Advice to Senior Management

If you have a bad store manager, the team suffers. with active management and a more positive outlook, retail store jobs could be much better.

Pros

Solid job, good pay, good conditions

Cons

Long hours, run around, low payroll

Advice to Senior Management

get cashiers to run the registers instead of maangers all day so they can get work doen and go home

Pros

great company to work for.
flexible hours
ok pay per hour
management treated hourly employees fairly
great training methods
challenging and fun

Cons

having to work holidays
hard to get a raise
boss was incompetent
long hours when resetting floor or completing inventory

Advice to Senior Management

hire competent store managers that will hire competent employees
extra pay on holidays would be nice!
quarterly evaluations for a possible raise?

Pros

nice variety of products and ok benefits, not the normal big box stressful 4th quarters, salary was above standard, employee discount worth having

Cons

redundancies in management staff, product line geared to much to higher end products, exiting stratgey in discontinued products non existent, to many competiors that can do it cheaper and better

Advice to Senior Management

GM reports to severly hamper some decisions in implementing new products, employee relations can be improved through more diversity and elminating non productive sku

Pros

The company provided good training, opportunities for advancement, treated employees fairly, and lots of autonomy and freedom in the job.

Cons

Linens N Things was bought out by a private investment firm which greatly changed the work environment. Payroll was greatly cut.

Advice to Senior Management

I enjoyed my time with the company during its days as a publicly traded organization. Linens N Things had a performance based culture and rewarded performance.

Pros

customer relationships formed between clients and employees. genuine love for products we sold. nice friendly working relationship. flexible hours. high quality products. room for advancement.

Cons

not enough vacation time. some employees lacked motivation. constant recyling of lower level associates. long working hours. no weekend time off

Advice to Senior Management

it would help to be flexible. also have genuine interest in learning about the products with attention to detail and merchandising. establishing good relationship with customer and always strive to ensure customer service is guaranteed.

Pros

Ever chaning enviornment and keeps you moving

Cons

drama and need to better communicate with all levels

Advice to Senior Management

Most do well, but need more support from above

Pros

They were definitely one of the best places I have worked. They were one of the few companies that actually cared for its employees and showed it. They expected a lot in return but it was well worth it. the pay was great and i have yet to see another company offer 95 hours of sick pay a year. if they opened there doors again i would definitely apply :)

Cons

There are only a few things I would say that were bad about working there. one is the way they ordered there stock didn't work. we always ran out of things during an ad or just in general. the clearance sales should of stopped and they should of went back to "everyday low prices"

Advice to Senior Management

They could of kept things they way they were before Apallo bought them out. they should of kept the emphases on guest service and ordering directly from the vendors and i think the company would still be here today