Management and corporate suck - Manager Hot Topic Employee Review

2.0
Dec 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

In store, great staff, good managers, and mostly cool customers

Cons

Upper management sucks, and have no clue what it's like to work in the stores. Most of the DMs and above were outside hires. They don't care about the employees, and they don't listen to anything you have to say. Very poor pay. No reason for people to stay for the long haul.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

I loved my co workers, my GM was such an incredible girl for fixing everything wrong with the place before she started. She always keeps in contact and always makes the effort to lead and help us when needed

Cons

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

has good discount. cool coworkers. cool clothes.

Cons

Terrible pay it’s the most minimum wage ever. Last minute changes to schedule by manager with no consideration of people’s schedules outside of work. Expects the absolute most for little pay. Have to tell people about surveys constantly. Store is incredibly small and leaves no room for shipment boxes nor room on sales floor for items.

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