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Maurices Employee Reviews about "training"

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(217 total reviews)

George Goldfarb and David Kornberg

81% approve of CEO

Ratings by category

3.7

Culture & Values

3.6

Diversity & Inclusion

3.3

Career Opportunities

3.3

Work/Life Balance

3.3

Senior Management

3.2

Compensation and Benefits

Ratings distribution

5 stars

29%

4 stars

32%

3 stars

21%

2 stars

10%

1 star

7%

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Updated Dec 3, 2023

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Pros
  • "great people and store discount(in 71 reviews)
  • "Maurices really cares about their customers and the benefits are great.(in 58 reviews)
  • "Working with customers and flexible hours(in 54 reviews)
  • "Maurice's had a great team and lots of perks.(in 44 reviews)
  • "Great work environment And driven people(in 41 reviews)
Cons
  • "the pay is low for how much you have to buy in clothing and I am unable to switch shifts often(in 134 reviews)
  • "bad management led me to look fork work elsewhere(in 95 reviews)
  • "Part time assistant managers have been promoted to store managers over me and without completing the MBA program.(in 71 reviews)
  • "Poor upper management.(in 52 reviews)
  • "No work life balance most of the time(in 44 reviews)

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217
    1. 3.0
      Oct 22, 2017
      Store Manager
      Current Employee, more than 1 year
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Discount, if you have a team that gets along, there can be a great family environment

      Cons

      There is extremley low to no room for growth after the store management position. Not only were a ton of upper field management positions cut, you will not even be considered for a corporate position unless you live in Duluth. Too many things are focused on and changed at once to try to get a steady store environment and team training consistency. Pay is also extremely low for retail management. There is A LOT of pressure put on SM's for little compensation. Had a great relationship with my ASL before they took her away and now the new DM cancels every time she's supposed to visit. The DM has had the store since July and has not come in once.

      1. 5.0
        Nov 27, 2014
        Part Time Assistant Manager
        Former Employee, more than 1 year
        Wichita, KS
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        A great atmosphere. They give lots of training and the clothes are cute!

        Cons

        Hate selling credit cards! Typically retail schd - holidays and weekends

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        1. 1.0
          Jan 23, 2013
          Store Manager
          Former Employee, less than 1 year
          Fort Smith, AR
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          40% discount , good salary, ok insurance but wait 3 moths for it

          Cons

          the dm supports the sales associates and repremands the store manager if they have an accountability talk. The dm was not supportive, when thats suppose to be a big focus with the company. I got very little training and was held very accountable for knowing everything in 2 months.

          2
          1. 2.0
            Sep 18, 2017
            Anonymous Employee
            Former Employee
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Lots of company enthusiasm for fashion and personalized experiences. cute clothes. 40% discount, plus an occasional additional discount. Lots of opportunity for advancement.

            Cons

            store manager had inadequate training which trickled down throughout the store and resulted in low sales and numbers. instead of 'coaching,' like the company teaches heavily throughout training procedures, the store manager would often get angry, shift blame, resort to petty behavior, bad mouth sales associates and other managers, and make little to no effort to actually work on store wide opportunity areas. I also heard numerous racist comments out of the store managers mouth throughout the few months I worked there.

            1. 3.0
              Jan 18, 2018
              Stylist
              Current Employee, more than 1 year
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Maurices offers a great employee discount 40% off, and the work environment is fun. And most stores can work with your schedules. Clothes are great quality and the training is great when you first start.

              Cons

              The discount is great, however when you only work 2-3 days a week making minimum wage it's hard to keep up with the company's standards of clothes. They want you to stay on trend and wear the new clothes of every season. This doesn't leave much left of your paycheck. I'd only recommend to a friend if this job isn't needed for income, because it's hard to bring something home with the clothes they require you to buy. Other than that its a great job.

              1. 2.0
                Mar 16, 2018
                Assistant Manager
                Former Employee, less than 1 year
                Hannibal, MO
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                The other workers were the best part 40% discount with occasional extra 20% It was fun to help people who truly wanted style advice

                Cons

                Training is inconsistent and they don’t care about if you are ready for what they’re asking you. I worked twice before they had me open and close and run the store by myself. I didn’t feel ready. Almost cultish with how they handle customers referring to all of them as “Liv”. My store leader would say “That mannequin is horrendous. Liv wouldn’t want that.” So weird. Almost impossible to get shifts covered and say goodbye to weekends. Evenings will be scheduled until 8:15 but you never get out on time. They focus way too much on credit card sign ups. Have to greet the customer within thirty seconds and make small talk until you either annoy them into leaving or are trapped in awkward conversation.

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                1. 3.0
                  Jan 20, 2016
                  Anonymous Employee
                  Former Employee
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  They had a great training programs and wanted their employees to excel at their job. They had many opportunities for their employees to advance with the company.

                  Cons

                  I felt that they were more concerned with making sales and hitting goals than they were about the employees. This could very well just be the district I worked in though.

                  1. 4.0
                    Nov 8, 2018
                    Store Manager
                    Current Employee, more than 5 years
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    The company always challenges you to do better through a great training program (the MBA) and incentives. Clothes are amazing and pay is better than other retailers.

                    Cons

                    It’s hard to keep a good work life balance, but that’s the nature of retail. It’s hard to accomplish all that’s expected without additional hours (training, shipment, visual, etc.). Without adequate hours, traffic per labor hour is higher and it’s difficult to achieve the expected 5% increase in conversion.

                    1
                    1. 2.0
                      May 30, 2013
                      Assistant Manager
                      Current Employee, less than 1 year
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      The job pays decently for what it is. There is a good training system in place and their customer service philosophy is very strong.

                      Cons

                      While corporate wants everyone to work as a team, there are very specific stats that each person has to meet. That means that everyone is trying to essentially "beat" the other associates with sales, charge card sign-ups, etc. Associates are strongly encouraged to wear only current maurices clothing, which gets expensive. Their system for finding internal theft is flawed as well. In any given day, all associates and managers will ring sales on every cash register. This means that, if at the end of the day, a register doesn't balance, someone could be blamed that was not responsible. There is no way to track exactly who may be responsible, so corporate relies on assumptions and finger-pointing. Very unprofessional and disrespectful to those who take their careers seriously.

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                      1. 4.0
                        Jul 18, 2016
                        Fulltime Assistant Manager
                        Current Employee
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Great Benefits, fun work environment, flexible schedule for the most part. good pay

                        Cons

                        you have to where their clothes and are supposed to be current with the seasons and colors in store, we do get a 40% discount but it still is a hardship on employees at times to constantly have to upgrade wardrobe. I think some managers are more strict on this then others. Also they sweat the small stuff sometimes in their SOPs when it comes to training videos and such.

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