Mystery Shops Ruin The Job and Pay is LOW - Supervisor the LEGO Group Employee Review

2.0
7 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Discounts -401K (even for part time) -Sweet Kids and LEGO

Cons

Mystery shops ruined my experience working for LEGO. They require you to follow not a general - but an EXACT script: "Who's the gift for?" (If you don't phrase it their way, you don't get the points) This makes for a very staged customer experience not allowing you to be genuine. In high volume stores, you often have 80 customers inside the store, barely allowing you to move and provide each guest with a memorable customer experience because if you focus too much on one guest you may miss the mystery shopper. I applied to the job thinking it would be about the kids but its really about the mystery shopper. Which is terrible. Micromanager friendly rules- "Don't step on the racetrack" AKA the gray walkway around the store. In a high volume yet tiny store that's like being confined to a jail cell. The coaching log is essentially micromanagement in disguise. Micromanaging isn't easy and you can't expect your supervisors to micromanage for $10 an hour or your employees to be micromanaged for $8. It's an adult job on high school student salary.

Explore other reviews about the LEGO Group

5.0
2 Jul 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing employee discount and environment. Super fun place to work!

Cons

Customer support center moved to Arizona.

4.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great Coworkers and Supervisors Great benefits 50% off on discounts on sets

Cons

Overworked in the weekends and holidays there was many times where the store was understaffed and we needed more employees to work High School Mentality with some of the employee's people would have clique groups during work Going back to employees there was some employees that were very lazy and or incompetent and nothing was done about it

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All