Mervyns Reviews

Pros

Decent salary
Very flexible hours and accommodating vacation requests
Fairly good working environment
Managers actually aren't clueless
Discount on items

Cons

Annoying customers
having to work Late hours, early mornings and weekends
Dated technology and computers
Already went out of business

Advice to Senior Management

Work smarter not harder
update ancient computer technology
do more to keep employees satisfied
Try to keep your business afloat

Pros

Co-workers were all friendly and helpful to newbies. Managers not pushy about my not being able to have customers open up store credit.

Cons

Customers tried on a billion things and left them everywhere so doing all the store clean-up was a pain.

Advice to Senior Management

Too bad the store closed down. Leadership personnel were all very nice to their subordinates, and made working there a good learning experience.

Pros

Opening credit accounts is an issue when you work here, but managers weren't *too* upset if it was one of those days where you just couldn't open any accounts on a certain day.

Cons

Very hectic work environment depending on your department. I worked shoes, and there was always a mess to clean up by mid-day.

Advice to Senior Management

Be friendlier to employees, and stop being so quick to throw your fellow co-workers under the bus in order to save your own self.

Pros

Large headquarters, coworkers were easy to get along with, management was willing to answer questions and conerns

Cons

The Company implemented unsuccessful rules and programs which lead to its ultimate demise. Some management were unwilling to shift from the "old way" of doing things.

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

You get to work with a Fun team
your Employee discount is 15%
Knowledgeable associates

Cons

Hours
Schedule
Shifts
Worked every holiday
No life outside of work if u want to move up

Advice to Senior Management

Give clear n concise direction
Be kind and considerate of your team
People have lives and families

Pros

Store discounts, senior staff didn't know who was who in employment.

Cons

When Mervyn's decided to file a chapter 11 in the state of Oregon. They store management team stopped looking employees in the eye at work.

Advice to Senior Management

None they are gone now.

Pros

Flexible scheduling, very accommodating as long as you give notice.
Management was competent and helpful.
Hires good employees, for the most part.

Cons

The flexible scheduling made some days difficult when not enough people came in.
Hours could be very tight, some people only got to work 10 a week.

Advice to Senior Management

Excellent communication between managers and employees.
The Mervyn's card might have been pushed a little too much, could irritate many customers from time to time and the reward was not great.

Pros

There were discount incentives and gift card raffles to various eateries for opening new credit card accounts. Very flexible schedules (allowed me to work the early shift 5am-9am).

Cons

There were just too many clothes/items that they were constantly thrown or tossed on the ground by customers during the big sales, that it was almost impossible to keep up with the merchandising tasks. I would fold clothes nice and neatly in one section, then 5 minutes later would turn around to see a huge mess. It was crazy.

Advice to Senior Management

He was very nice and helpful as always. He was energetic and enthusiastic each day he came in to work.

Pros

Great opportunities for growth
Great people

Cons

Management did not control costs pre- sale of the company.
Management after the sale was terribly ill equipped to understand the problems the company was facing. The new management was very poor and did not communicate well.

Advice to Senior Management

I would never work with any of the management team that "managed" Mervyn's during it's private equity days. They ran the company into the ground.

Pros

the store had nice clothes and targeted the average persons budget which allowed the every day family to purchase there ...helped the community

Cons

Required long hours and sometimes not flexibles scheduling for employees

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employees as part of the team and try to find a niche for the company