Men's Wearhouse Reviews

Pros

Discount of 50% on merchandise which was good for me as I needed to buy clothes for my post graduate career.
Very good at scheduling (At least in the store I was located).
Every day was different.
Opportunity to deal with many different people.

Cons

It would have been nice to make some commission on the sales I made, but as a part time worker I understand why they don't do it.
Tuxedo rentals are a pain, mainly there are problems that occur to other people's negligence and you have to deal with it. It was aggravating because it made everyone look bad when some mistake was made miles away in the hub that disperses the rentals, or if another store messed up and then the customer was in our store to pick up their rental and we had to deal with an angry bride or something.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up with the innovations I heard so much about, especially the in store kiosks for ordering from the online location. Do not be so quick to pull merchandise from one store; our location barely had any sportswear because apparently we did not sell enough. However, this creates a snowballing effect in that if most of the merchandise selling well in other stores is taken and moved out of our store we will never get our numbers up. Give your smaller stores a chance.

Pros

discount that was offered was great.

Cons

bonus structure was terrible for newly aquired company (AfterHours).

Advice to Senior Management

Forget about the aquisition and treat each employee like they are part of the Men's Wearhouse family and not like the adopted step-child.

Pros

Holiday parties were very nice, depending on management it can be a pretty easy job. Benefits are fair without charging you too much per month.

Cons

After spending 4 years in the company I received no raises or promotions. It did take 3 1/2 years to receive full time benefits. I n order to receive full time I had to go beyond my manager, regional manager and straight to my district manager. Each opportunity was turned down. My store was notified my store would close and all employees would be laid off we were told we had a whole month left, but that turned into 2 weeks. Too much drama between most locations. It seemed only sucking up to regional managers got you somewhere. During our busy season which was prom season we worked sometimes 12 hours with no breaks. This company promotes education, but management doesn't agree to work with them during busy seasons. Overall it is a very unfair workplace which makes working in the company very stressful.

Advice to Senior Management

To treat all employees with the same treatment and acknowledge each employee as a person, not just another worker for the company.

Pros

I have loved this job. It is great to be able to gain customer's trust and help them look good for events in their lives. It is possible to gain a clientele that trusts you and appreciates your input on their looks. I have worked with Men's Wearhouse for a total of 3 years, and I have been mostly happy with the STORE managers themselves. They work with school schedules well and the benefits are incredible.

Cons

It is upsetting that store management works so hard but is not compensated for the work they put in. The so called "operations managers" are paid a very low rate for the amount of customer services issues they have to deal with. Drama within stores is ridiculous at times, and it just could be a lot better.

Advice to Senior Management

I know you work for a corporation, but I think if you would actually spend time in the stores, you would know what your employees need most. Actually spend time with them. You guys are getting paid a lot, so do your job to help your employees be as happy as you claim to be.

Pros

There is always potential to work with interesting and fun people that can make this job very worthwhile, (still friends with a couple past team mates). And every day is a different experience (that can be good and bad of course). Also, huge potential to meet very worthwhile customers (I was offered many good jobs while working at TMW).

Cons

Management plays head games with employees and each other. You won't know if you've been fired because they won't tell you, your hours will just be reduced to nothing or your name will be of the schedule.

Lack of accountability.

Poor compensation in relation to how much is expected of you.

If you have a family the hours are very incompatible.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat all employees equally. No one is more important than someone else just because they're a manager or they've been there longer. All it takes is a little extra care to make your employees happy.

Incentivize your employees that make less to work harder by building in a commission structure for rentals. It's the bulk of your business and for some reason they get paid like slaves.

Don't play games with employees when they have a complaint about management. Listening will solve all your problems.

Pros

Great Discount!
STORE manager is a good one

Cons

Fickle Management
Favoritism
Underqualified Managers
Too Many "Clicks"
Unprofessional atmosphere

Advice to Senior Management

Actually Watch your Employees. You should not promote based strictly on performance. If someone doesnt have leadership abilities they should not be in a leadership role. A professional atmosphere needs to be set. When the store manager isnt there, EVERYONE is unprofessional. I dont want to hear about the assistant or operations manager's weekend.

Pros

good values, great merchandise, loved the job

Cons

no posibility of advancing in the job field

Pros

Decent hours
great managers
great employee benefits

Cons

Minimum wage
Not much room for advancement

Pros

Benfeits are decent, P.T.O. and what not is actually pretty good plus paid holidays are nice, usually great staff and fun work environment

Cons

Upper management is a joke, everyone micro manages, promotions given to wrong people, other people don't get recognition deserved, the only way for a bad employee to get fired is just not coming to work

Advice to Senior Management

Grow some balls

Pros

They really make you feel like a valued member of the company. They have an open door policy and listen to your ideas.

Cons

You have to work a lot of 6 day work weeks through the year. Instead of hiring seasonal consultants during the holidays they have the existing employees work 6 days.