Not bad for retail. - Keyholder, Assistant Manager Bath & Body Works Employee Review

3.0
Jan 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The employee discount is one of the main reasons to work at Bath & Body Works. Employees receive 30 percent off merchandise at Limited Brand Stores which is very nice. There are also some nice benefits for managers such as parking discounts. I also liked how communication from corporate was consistent and organized.

Cons

BBW expects its sales employees to hard sell. The general rule is to push until the customer actually says the word "no" or "stop." This can be discouraging and make an employee feel like a nuisance. Another downside is the evening deposit. I never felt very safe bringing a bag of cash to the bank late at night.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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