An overly strict and insanely micromanaging work enviorment - Sales Associate Uniqlo Employee Review

1.0
May 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The 30% discount is nice. Free admission to the MoMA in NYC. Other sales associates are very friendly and levelheaded. 1-hour Break

Cons

If you are looking for a career in retail and/or fashion design, this is the place to work at. If not, then stay away for the love of God. UNIQLO represents Japanese work structures to a T in that one is supposed to put UNIQLO and the UNIQLO brand beyond all else. Though most companies put this forward, they are generally relaxed and allow the staff to become their own family. UNIQLO does not allow that. You are required to take notes whenever management talks to you, stand a certain way, keep your feet a certain way, write down sales figures and memorize popular items and sales on a daily basis. This would make perfect sense for management, but as a college student who was simply looking for part-time work, it was absolutely unnecessary. Unsurprisingly, the turn-over rate is exceedingly high. Little-to-no Work/Life balance. Little-to-no training, yet high expectations for store, procedure, and policy knowledge. And needless to say, you will be working long hours. Unless you plan to work at UNIQLO Full-time, there is no point in working at UNIQLO at all.

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Cons

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Pros

The work is very easy to do

Cons

Very weird work atmosphere. It micro management to the extreme and it’s the worst with the assistant store manager, it’s bordering unprofessional. They don’t like the employees communicating with each other in the slightest, to the point that your coworkers are strangers. It’s not good for the morale. They even require you to have your body language to be in a certain position. And they don’t like when you ask questions about specific procedures about the job that you’d never know unless it is explained. That is a big issue with the assistant store manager she hates to have to explain anything and if she does you can very clearly tell that she is irritated and upset that you asked in the first place.

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