Overworked and under appreciated - Sales Associate/Keyholder Zara Employee Review

3.0
Nov 15, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

It is easy to get promoted, just come in everyday and don't ever call out. Pay is pretty decent, just ask for more than you normally would when you apply.

Cons

Stressful work environment. Always feel as if we are understaffed. New hires are never trained fully by management, so older employees either have to finish training them or suffer. Serious company politics- cashiers get to stand around and do fraction of work then other employees. Managers just stand around "checking emails" for hours. If you are scheduled to work with any of the above you work twice as hard for the same pay. So even though the pay is decent its is canceled out by how hard you are worked. If you are full time then you must not have a life outside of work. Scheduling is always a big deal, everyone always has to work on shipment days, which can be difficult if you want to move up but have other responsibilities outside of work such as school. Overall this job can be extremely physical, when you are running around a huge store for 8-9 hours a day 5 days a week processing shipment and cleaning up gigantic messes in the fitting room.

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