Educational - in a negative way - Sales Associate Belk Employee Review

2.0
21 Nov 2011
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Pros

They have a very good insurance package. Vacation time is increased for years worked. HR works with you during leaves of absence. If you are young, (low twenties) you are offered to participate in their management trainee program.

Cons

Required to absorb work from dissolved departments before and during opening which directly affects sales. Sales goals are set arbitrarily and without consideration to this fact, nor your specific department. (i.e. if you work in "moderate sportswear", your sales goal is the same as someone who works in "better sportswear". No consideration is given to the footprint of your department nor the cost of the average item.) This results in pay cuts. Also, there is a failure to communicate regarding requesting time off. There are black out dates and if you wait too long, you forfeit your earned vacation time. Also, with regard to vacation time, you have to take it "in advance". No one explains this odd custom to you, it is usually learned the hard way. Once learned, you will find it hard to arrange vacation time as ones with seniority have vacation time in mass and come first. Also it is made clear your absence creates a hardship. Further, while you are "vacationing", you are having hourly sales cut from your overall average. What kind of a "vacation" is that?

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1.0
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Pros

I loved my job. I’m met so many wonderful people. And the associates couldn’t have been better.

Cons

I hurt myself and had to have surgery, and I was on Worker’s Comp. with limited availability. Because hours were short in operations, they made up this crazy position and wanted me to be ”lead” of the markdown team. I knew that meant for the most part to do go backs. I told them I wasn’t allowed to be on my feet that long and so she said they couldn’t accommodate me and I had to leave. And then the manager had the nerve to call their workers comp and told them I wasn’t coming into work. The management at that time was horrible. But there was a time when I first started working there that to store manager, and the assistant manager were wonderful. We were all so sad they left, but it didn’t take this new manager that I was talking about any time at all to lose almost the entire store associates.

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