Burlington Coat Factory Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory part-time for less than a year

Pros – Job Security (very hard to get fired here)
Fairly Easy Work
Understanding Managers who will work with you and your schedule.

Cons – the hard workers are few and under-appreciated while slackers just coast through making the same amount with little to no consequences (hours cut or "probabtion"). Unless you steal or break company rules, you are guaranteed to stay there. Which sucks for those who do the work with nothing to show for it

Advice to Senior Management – If you know the employee is not working anywhere close to standard, being disrespectful, taking a million 2 hour breaks and calling out/not showing up a lot... FIRE THEM!!

Not tell your other employees to do you a favor and pick up their slack because "I know Such and Such won't do it"

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory full-time for more than a year

Pros – customer service people, great fub

Cons – hours, retail, hours, Mall Hours

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to those in the trenches

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Burlington Coat Factory full-time for more than a year

Pros – Benefits are decent. Not very many Pros about the company

Cons – Little or no career progression. Messages from company always changes

Advice to Senior Management – Care more for the associates

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory part-time for less than a year

Pros – Discounts was the best part of the job.

Cons – Working in a department by yourself and the awful pay.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more and don't stick one person in a certain area alone to do everything!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory

Pros – Work life balance is good.

Cons – *Poor leadership from the top down
*Poor training and growth secession planning
*Company model does not invest in acquiring, training or retaining quality employees

Advice to Senior Management – Have more professional respect for yourself. Choose another employer.

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good merchandise offering for a lower end box. Company has improved IT dramatically in recent years.

Cons – Too much management turnover. Little promotion from within from store to regional level. The company is hiring regional management with little or no softline experience. People in regional staff positions like HR think they're line managers with authority over areas they have no expertise in. Full time hourly store positions have been cut too much. It's like there's a concerted effort to eliminate the company's institutional memory.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote from the stores. Stop running off the "legacy" managers and staff that actually built the company. Hire regional managers that know softline discount retailing. Full time people are the backbone of good customer service.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Burlington Coat Factory

Pros – Learn allot --good starter job

Cons – horriable work enviorment--upper management is bad

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Burlington Coat Factory part-time for more than a year

Pros – -Discount
-Managers are usually pretty laid back

Cons – -No room for advancement
-Horrible Pay
-They take advantage of their employees

Advice to Senior Management – Show appreciation to your employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Burlington Coat Factory full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Large store with a medium to large staff. $Eight million+ in annual volume, more in larger market stores. Opportunity to work alone or as part of a team.

Cons – Not much room for advancement withing the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Burlington Coat Factory

Pros – Salary, people, opportunity, work, learning

Cons – Demanding, technologically behind, little structure

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company