Not such a great place to work. - Anonymous employee TJ Maxx Employee Review

2.0
8 Mar 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They allow associates to cash payroll checks in the stores. Potential to get hours as so many people quit or call out, often.

Cons

It depends on which store you work in, but for the most part, the whole corporation is poorly, poorly managed. One assistant manager would cuss and flip people off for being late and made one associate feel guilty for going to the ER after cutting her hand at work. If you don't have direct deposit, you may have to wait up to a week after payday to get your check due to bad weather in the corporate office. Don't expect the assistant managers to do anything to fix it other than give you a voucher for 60% of your check. According to the Laborious Board, that practice is illegal. The corporation does not hire enough loss prevention and gets ripped off, often and tells the overworked, underpaid associates that that is our fault. One ASM told me they weren't getting bonuses because of the condition of the store, shrink and poor customer satisfaction and that there would be " hell to pay " for that. It is like working for an insane woman on permanent Pms. You just to have a pulse to be in management, it appears. The company is really pushy about the associates badgering customers to upsell tjx credit cards. If you get credits, you get hours. If not, you get low hours and bad treatment.

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Cons

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Pros

-flexible and accomodating hours - good partime job for college student - very neutral experience, but the fact that it wasn't terrible makes it a pro -10% employee discount

Cons

-lower pay than other retail places ($12 when I was there) - general cons that just come with retail (rude customers, boring tasks, etc.) - store is constantly being rearranged, and is also disorganized on purpose so customers have to search through/look at more things to find what they are looking for -CONSTANTLY having to push the TJ Maxx credit card and having managers literally walk by to make sure you are - can't wear t-shirts or any graphic tees including ones in the store (which always bothered me because if they can sell it I should be able to wear it)

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