Maurices Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Great positive environment with lots of room for growth with a great training program

Cons

Full time offers little to no work life balance and doesn’t compensate pay enough for missed time at home. As a store manager I was on call pretty much 24/7 and was always expected to be at work even when my child was sick and I had no one to take care of him.

Pros

Good work life balance and a generous discount.

Cons

Catty work environment, little guidance from a above, still going through growing pains after the acquisition.

Pros

Great company, excellent benefits. Recently all store managers were moved to hourly, resulting in more fair compensation. Now, any hours worked over 40 or on major holidays get paid time & 1/2. There are tons of incentives for meeting goals, and since getting the newest Sr vp there have been a lot of positive changes. He is very open to new ideas and has been testing a lot of new projects through different districts to make things even better. If you have quality associates, the stores run well.

Cons

The biggest disconnect seems to be between upper and mid level management. The Sr vp is awesome and cares that managers get a work life balance. But if the DM doesn't support this, it doesn't work. It doesn't help work life balance to take managers off salary if the result is them working later in the day every day and missing dinner with the family in order to be working the needs of the business. My DM never answers her phone. Ever. And if you ask for a call back, and you're lucky enough to get one, it won't be for at least a couple days. She never works past 3pm or God forbid on a weekend. Don't have any emergency situations arise outside of business hours because you're on your own. There's a confidential line you can call into but I know for a fact that my DM has been turned in on this line and was told which of her managers it was. And guess what... She's no longer with the company. So basically you get stuck with whichever DM you get and that's it. I've been in the same position for over 7 years with no options for moving up even though I know there are opportunities because they say I'm not relocatable. Which is funny since I've already relocated to a different store once. Advancement beyond store manager is very cloudy and there is no clear path to take if that's what you want. I've worked through the entire manager achievement program (DMBA) and still no opportunity for advancement. My store is in the top 3 for my district. My staff could all be promoted up. There is no reason I couldn't do more but again they don't have a connection between the mid and upper level management.

Pros

Care and work life balance is great!

Cons

No room for growth. DL positions are only given to leaders around big cities. Doesn’t make sense! I have zoom! I have an airport! I can drive! Will lose talent over it

Pros

They value their employees and have a good work life balance!

Cons

You have to work various nights, weekends and holidays.

Pros

The company you work for tries to keep things fun. Company is very big on personal development and advancement. If you want to advance they will help and support you.

Cons

There is high turnover even at district management level. Employees are often young and immature. Finding a good work life balance can be challenging.

Pros

Loved my team and women I worked with.

Cons

Hours and schedule didn’t allow work life balance.

Pros

- leadership genuinely cares about associates well being - good work life balance (yay for summer fridays) - opportunity for 100% remote

Cons

- unorganized - lack of structure

Pros

They seem to care about their people and have an excellent leadership training program that can be utilized by all employees.

Cons

Retail hours and if you don’t have the right store lead work life balance can be hard.

Pros

You'd think one of the best reasons to work is for the 40% discount, well as it turns out this company has much more to offer. The coaching you get from everyone is usually always professional and never meant to discourage you. Great work/life balance for part and full time employees. Great leadership opportunities as well as potential to promote from within. Great company culture.

Cons

Sometimes hard-to-meet sales goals can be a bummer on a team/store. Selling credit cards in certain markets can be difficult as well.