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Approve of CEO
James Daunt
54 Ratings
Pros
"Everyone here is really nice and you get a lot of employee discount" (in 373 reviews)
"Great company culture, exciting work environment" (in 171 reviews)
Cons
"You only are paid minimum wage with no raises over time" (in 190 reviews)
"I worked 40 hour weeks every week for 4 months as a part time employee and never made overtime or received benefits" (in 189 reviews)
"Great starter job"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNo opinion of CEOI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for more than a year
Pros
Books, coffee, and more books
Cons
shelving, cleaning, and not enough support in the cafe
Barnes & Noble2019-07-09"Great Environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
Flexible Scheduling, Great Supervisor, 40 % Discount for Employees, and Must be Trustworthy (lots of time there is no supervision during your shift)
Cons
Lack of support during rush time (ex./ you would be the only working cafe, fulfilling orders and making food + drinks for a good half an hour while your co-worker would be on a break), lunch would be given after 5 hours of work (but they would schedule you for a "5 hour shift" but make you take a lunch and only be paid for 4 1/2 hours
Continue readingBarnes & Noble2020-06-05"Good Place To Work"
RecommendsI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great coworkers, enjoyed the customers (even the picky ones). The managers were very willing to work with you schedule wise and tried to give you the hours you wanted.
Cons
High turnover rate, constantly having to train new people.
Barnes & Noble2020-06-03"Pretty standard part time retail job"
I worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
Managers/supervisors are all pretty nice, got along with everyone I worked with
Cons
Normal retail cons, tons of standing and walking around, not much time to sit down. Rush periods (start and ends of each semester) can get REALLY busy
Barnes & Noble2020-06-01"Not a bad place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
They have a book program where the sellers can check out a book, read it, and bring it back. Kind of like a library so that you can better review books to people.
Cons
Standing at the register for hours.
Continue readingBarnes & Noble2020-05-29"Great experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
Get to work with books
Cons
Hours during holidays are brutal
Continue readingBarnes & Noble2020-05-22"Overall Good Place to Work"
I worked at Barnes & Noble part-time
Pros
It's pretty much what you expect out of retail. I had great coworkers!
Cons
Like all retail jobs, sometimes you get obnoxious customers.
Barnes & Noble2020-05-22"Great first time job opportunity"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
The staff is usually so helpful and supportive, especially towards the new hires.
Cons
Sometimes the workload can be overwelling if one is not used to it.
Continue readingBarnes & Noble2020-05-21"Retail work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Barnes & Noble full-time for less than a year
Pros
Coworkers are an interesting mix of people who enjoy books.
Cons
The work is a little boring, most of the day you are shelving and retrieving books.
Continue readingBarnes & Noble2020-06-04"If memberships weren't a thing it would be an amazing job."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Neutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Barnes & Noble part-time for less than a year
Pros
My location had a great team to work with, and generally nice customers who made the days fly by. There were discounts as well. I met a lot of good people working here. I left when I finished school and started my current job. I really enjoyed working here for the most part.
Cons
Memberships, memberships, and more memberships. You don't get much, if any, appreciation for making customers happy, being mentioned in several positive customer surveys, or having customers buy your book recommendations. -Constant high pressure from management to sell more memberships -No growth, high turnover (normal for retail) -Corporate makes all decisions for store layout, events, etc. No room for creativity or critical thinking (again, I think this is normal retail stuff).
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