Did a little bit o'everything - Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

5.0
30 Apr 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Cross-brand discount at Victoria's Secret, CO Bigelow, and Henri Bendel. Home office is always prompt in answering store issues, and they run company wide contests that provide benefits and incentives to not only management, but also associates. We often got free samples of products to try before they launched, and we received a good discount on full-priced items. There's a buyer program in place within the company that encourages associates and managers to move up and become a buyer (someone who purchases goods and products to sell in the stores).

Cons

Training is oftentimes redundant, and there are floorsets or major changes almost every week during holiday. Associates are given (on average) 3 to 10 hours a week due to limited payroll hours given to stores. Associates also start out at minimum wage in most areas and there's a cap on how much an hourly associate may earn (after a while, you're not given raises anymore, just a yearly bonus).

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Cons

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1.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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