H&M Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Cons

H&M wants to have a great place to work, work environment but in actuality it's not. I've been working here fulltime for 4 years and witnessed how upper head plays favoritism. It's all politics, about who you know if you want to move you up with the company. There's really not much room for growth unless your friends with the district team. They also have a bad habit of hiring unqualified people for management positions which ultimately brings down the moral of the store. There is also no work life balance which sucks if your full time or in a management position. They expect you to dedicate your whole life to the company so you really don't have any room to do anything outside of work like work another part time job or go to school full time. After a year or two of working at H&M you start to see all the shenanigans that go on behind the scenes.

Cons

Company has amazing values however unfortunately doesn't always uphold them Rosters change last minute Not flexible with rostering hours Hours range from very early to very late so work life balance can be difficult sometimes

Cons

At times under staffed. Double or triple weekends is a problem so not a great work life balance in that aspect.

Cons

So far I have not experienced any major cons. The only con is that weekend are mandatory, but you do recieve one weekend off a month.

Cons

Lack of communication from area managers, lots of gossiping between store managers and area team. Too much work for the amount you get paid. Progression is based on who you are friends with. Work life balance is none existent and you don’t get paid any overtime which does tend to be excessive. No bonus scheme for hitting targets and when having to take on extra work it goes unappreciated.

Cons

They Prioritise time in company and not experience. Very indecisive Salary’s are very poor They’re a reactionary company and they’re slow to react.

Cons

-The register system is a little outdated. We have to manually audit CC receipts and that's a tedious process that takes management away from helping out on the sales floor. (H&M has announced they're introducing new register systems that do away with this though) - Understaffed during obvious sales hours. For example, I work at a stand-alone H&M in DC and the weather is getting nicer. This automatically means more people will be passing by the store and shopping during lunch hours and after work hours. We should be using this knowledge to have more people working these hours so the registers and fitting rooms are covered and people can remain on the sales floor to boost sales numbers through customer service. Unfortunately this is linked to the company's tight payroll policy/budget. - Schedule can run you ragged. I've worked a closing shift until 11pm and had to be at work by 7am to open the next day. It doesn't happen often, but I wish they implemented a different scheduling strategy.

Cons

preference is given to lifers and those with the company more than 7 years. No work life balance although this becomes self inflicted due to the autonomous nature of the company.

Cons

6am truck shifts are brutal. No work life balance if you didn’t stay past your time you weren’t a “team player”.

Cons

Few of the employees are disgusting and rude and have more than 3 written documentations because of their behavior, yet they don't get put on probation or fired. A lot of people call out, don't take management seriously because they don't follow through on their actions. Management talks down on you at my location - ps. new management. before it was great. Hardly get approved for your time off requests. Career opportunities are awful at my location because management HAS A LOT OF FAVORITISM and don't consider qualities.