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    Found 1953 reviews

    3.3
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    54%
    Approve of CEO
    Pier 1 Imports CEO Alasdair James
    Alasdair James
    140 Ratings
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    • "They are aggressive with trying to get customers to open their credit card" (in 328 reviews)

    • "This is a part time job, I needed full time" (in 110 reviews)

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    1. Sales Associate

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Pier 1 Imports part-time

      Pros

      The people I work with and the customers that come into the store are very kind and encouraging.

      Cons

      Living in a smaller town makes it difficult to reach your goals when one or two people come in every hour in the evenings.

    2. Good place to work

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier 
      Recommends
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports for more than 2 years

      Pros

      Flex schedule especially for students and great environment to work in

      Cons

      like most retail jobs the pay is not good

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    3. Sales associate at Pier 1

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Santa Maria, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pier 1 Imports part-time for more than 2 years

      Pros

      25% discount, mostly nice customers and coworkers.

      Cons

      Have to unload truck full of heavy furniture and then put it together Have to climb ladders frequently

      Advice to Management

      Hire a male to help with truck

    4. Sale leader

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports

      Pros

      Good management team. Enjoyed working with them.

      Cons

      I can't think of any.

    5. Helpful (1)

      Loved working for this company

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      Former Employee - Lead Sales Associate in Bloomington, IN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports part-time for more than 2 years

      Pros

      Great work environment. Always enjoyed coming to work and got along well with all of my coworkers.

      Cons

      Hard to make into a career

    6. Was a great place to work

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      Former Employee - Assistant Manager in Dallas, TX
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports full-time for more than 6 years

      Pros

      Great discount Good health insurance Usually flexible schedule Generous pto

      Cons

      To much product Dangerous stock rooms

      Advice to Management

      Narrow focus of product assortment

    7. Visual and sales

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Pier 1 Imports part-time for more than 4 years

      Pros

      Be fair to all employees!

      Cons

      Don’t lose hard working, talented, educated people

      Advice to Management

      No favoritism ,

    8. Eh

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      Former Employee - Sales Lead in Enfield, CT
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good associates to work with.

      Cons

      There is little room for promotion.

    9. Good

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at Pier 1 Imports part-time

      Pros

      Good job for most anyone looking

      Cons

      A lot to take in at first but easily adaptable

    10. Does Not Value its Employees

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      Former Employee - Sales Leader 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Pier 1 Imports part-time for more than 4 years

      Pros

      -Creative environment -If you're lucky enough to work with cool people the job can be fun sometimes.

      Cons

      -Raises are horrible. New employees (without experience) making more than associates who had been there 5+ years. Apparently management has no control over it. -Discount keeps getting worse. The discount was nice until they started adding all the exclusions. -Doesn't care about employees. It is very obvious the company does not care about its staff especially at the store level. -Bad Safety protocols. Lifting 50lb+...

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      Advice to Management

      Not much they can do considering a lot of these decisions are coming from a corporate level. As a company, my advice is find a way to sell better merchandise, instead of trying so desperately to appeal the the Millennial with marketing . Millennials walk through the store everyday and leave not because they have no money but because they know they can go to HomeGoods, Target or IKEA and find the same stuff for half...

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