Company is decent but they need to revamp a few things. - Cashier/Sales Associate Hot Topic Employee Review

2.0
Jun 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Wear whatever you want - Flexible hours - Great Discount

Cons

- Conflict of Interest, I noticed people that were besties with management would get promoted over people with seniority and good work ethic - Always hiring new employees vs. investing hours and coaching into employees with seniority - Management Clique, I would notice that the managers would wander to a corner of the store to talk and I would over hear gossip walking by while working and some were “besties”. - Performance Bias, I noticed other employees that constantly wanted to work were favored more hours despite other employees that had second jobs or school wouldn’t get scheduled for weeks at a time despite having a good work ethic. I feel this was in favor of KPI goals.

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5.0
Apr 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers and culture were definitely the pros of the job.

Cons

Mall setting and corporate policies made things unenjoyable. If this place could be franchised and not in a mall with so many other types of people would be much more ideal.

5.0
May 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great working ethic and employees

Cons

Not alot of pay, do it for the love of the job

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