Barnes & Noble Education Reviews
Updated Jul 5, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "My coworkers were great and I received awesome discounts on textbooks and clothes." (in 57 reviews)
- "Poor management from lead manager, no incentives to move up the ranks, pushing memberships constantly" (in 70 reviews)
- "I literally had to stand and guard a door for two hours every night because the manager was crazy about shoplifters." (in 54 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very flexible and considerate to those who are still in college.
Cons
Scheduling can be hectic at times and can be better.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I'm a socially anxious person, but everyone I worked with was kind enough and approachable. The scheduling is very flexible. There's an app we use, whentowork, and from there we can request a day off, mark days as unavailable, mark daily preferred times and availabilities, message managers, and more at the touch of a couple of buttons. Mega discounts (from my fallible memory): 35% off merch, 20% off books, 35% off of stuff at the attached Starbucks, free cap & gown when graduating, and more.
Cons
Not allowed to read books during non busy times at the cash register. Sometimes it feels like there's so much to do and check and sometimes it seems like there's nothing to do. Most of the time, it's the latter.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Can be fun depending on the school your working at
Cons
Pay is low. But good benefits
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I enjoyed my coworkers, and the work was manageable as a student! My managers were also very understanding and easy to work with.
Cons
They did make a significant change in their system right before the spring semester of 2022, and it messed up a lot of orders in our store.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
often easy job to do
Cons
the pay is low for amount of work
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Good benefits, good internal work culture
Cons
Home office was out of touch and the pay is bad.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The staff is very friendly and does there job well.
Cons
mangement is rude and gossip behind peoples back as if we are still in high school
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
If you are looking for somewhat of a quiet place to work barnes and noble don't sound bad and it's really basic. so you won't be confused.
Cons
It all depends on what customer that walks in the door. that can either ruin it or make it a great day.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexible work hours and worked around exams
Cons
Rather dull, no opportunities for advancement, minimum wage
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
The pros of working here are the coworkers you have, following a school schedule (many weekends off if your store is not 7 days a week) and holidays off unlike regular retail
Cons
Pay has not adapted to growing inflation, some managers have only received a 3% raise in the past 3 years, despicable. The company expected us to come back to our campuses during the pandemic without barely uttering a thank you. Outdated systems, disconnect from the home office to the store level. It seems like the company doesn’t have a clue whats going on. And it shows with how many managers are leaving. Growth is non-existent and not worth the extra responsibilities because you won’t get your worth in a pay increase, they low ball you at any chance they get. Newly partnered Fanatics also does not have a clue what the customers want and after a year of taking over still can’t seem to get it. Stores are out of basic college merch around key events like graduation. It’s embarrassing.
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Barnes & Noble Education has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,352 reviews left anonymously by employees. 69% of employees would recommend working at Barnes & Noble Education to a friend and 45% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.
69% of Barnes & Noble Education employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Barnes & Noble Education 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Barnes & Noble Education to be work life balance, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be culture, career development, management.
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