Macy's Central Reviews in Atlanta, GA Area

Pros

Very thorough training program and provided a great foundation to start any career in retail.
Gave you tough skin and taught you how to handle a competitive, cut throat environment.
A reputable company that looks great on any resume.

Cons

At any time there were hundreds of people in line to take your job, and you were treated as if you were dispensable.
There was a lack of respect in communication from the top down throughout a multitude of departments and levels.

Pros

People were great to work with

Cons

Consolidation happened Spring 2005 and laid off

Advice to Senior Management

No advice

Pros

The employee discount given on Macy's merchandise was cool. Thats about the only thing I can think of. Or if you like to be around clothes, or have a "thing" for stocking. I'm sure if you talked to other Macy's employees (well sales associates maybe) they would say thats pretty much the only perk.

Cons

The Macy's I worked at was very disorganized. When I came in to work the first couple days, it was never clear what I was supposed to do. The supervisors always had to scramble to assign me my daily task. Or at least where I was supposed to be. This job was seasonal so it was obvious to me they just needed some last minute people to do random things.

Advice to Senior Management

Seasonal employees should be offered long term employment opportunities based on performance during work period.

Pros

Plenty of opportunities for continued growth and development.

Cons

Long Hours, especially during peak seasons.

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Nice atmosphere, work life balance

Cons

Systems are outdated for the most part, not much week to date information available until the week was complete so you could really not make good decisions on things until the next week.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend some capital on updating systems

Pros

Very good Sales Management Internship program that puts students into real work situations where they are responsible for a real multimillion dollar business and its employees.

Cons

You don't know what area you will be placed in when hired so depending on your experience you may have a great deal of work or a small amount to familiarize yourself with your area.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

If you complete your task to an ee standard (exceed expectations), you can go far within the company. I was 16 when I started with macys and by the time I reached 18 I was sales manager handeling over 10 million dollars.

Cons

Micromanagment isnt to efficent in sales.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work!

Pros

As a merchander I am able to come in early in the morning while my children are at school and be home when they get home from school. I don't have to work on weekends. The store discount comes in great. Promoting within the company is always a good reason to work for a company. They also work around my schedule.

Cons

Not enought hours to get your work load done. Right now they are downsizing the company . A number of people that you no longer has jobs. It's tough seeing people you learn to know now do have a job.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your associates concerns. If you have good employees let them know that they are doing a good job. We all can learn from each other.

Pros

There is a great company atmosphere. Initiative and creativity is encourage. Exceptional performance is rewarded. The Work - Life balance is encouraged. Management is knowledgable and invovled. Great professional development and training classes.

Cons

The big downside is that they are down sizing. The office is going away late April.

Advice to Senior Management

Good luck in future endeavors.

Pros

Macy's Central was a very exciting place to work. Being that we acquired the May Company in 2005, lots of buyers, planners, and support managers came from all over the country. Within a division, there was always an expert on a particular market or a particular way of analyzing the business. Obviously, the main goal was always driving sales and profitablity, but there was work life balance with half day Fridays in the summer, divisional parties during the holidays, etc. Top management weren't too visible to the the buyers and planners, but their direction always trickled down through the VPs and divisionals. On the fly strategies were always supported if it would result in sales and profitably, management were accessable if you reached out, and the people at Macy's Centrl know how to run a business! We did some incredible things, turning around businesses and regions that were low performers until they were merged into our organization.

Cons

The transition from regionalized buying into MyMacy's. We spent an enormous amount of time with mymacys, systems updates and classes, meetings and analysis that related to mymacys and not driving near term sales. It can be pretty tough to really focus on the business because of distractions. Also, the systems support and planning support teams were subpar in comparison to other companies. Our systems were dated and often we would waste time pulling and gathering information from so many places. The best companies have fantastic systems and make data easily accessible.

Advice to Senior Management

More emphasize on driving sales, less fire drills, challenge Macy's Systems and Technology to create faster and more user friendly systems. Reach out and take care of younger executives, more emphasis on developing talent and leadership.