Hot Topic Employee Reviews about "dress code"
Updated 29 Nov 2020
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Pros
"Pretty lax dress code, Great atmosphere, Understanding management, very nice employee discount" (in 143 reviews)
"Great employee discount over 40 %" (in 93 reviews)
Cons
"Upper management sucks, anyone above the store manager does not care about you or your well-being" (in 59 reviews)
"Was told sales associates are disposable" (in 52 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Reviews about "dress code"
Return to all Reviews"Amazing, but has some flaws"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Hot Topic full-time
Pros
Relaxed, fun work environment and dress code, good music, always an opportunity to learn and make friends
Cons
Not everyone is great to work with, but this of course is determined by where you are and who you work with.
Continue readingPros
- friendly environment - very lax dress code - cool people to work with
Cons
- managers didn't give much training, put employees almost immediately on registers during holiday rush season, and got upset and penalized employees wen they inevitably made a mistake
- Helpful (1)
"Just Don’t, Unless You Want Burn Out and Little to No Pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Hot Topic full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Flexible Schedule Health Benefits Good Company Overall Relaxed Dress Code Vacation Time for Full Time Employees Fun Coworkers Outgoing and Awesome Customers
Cons
Poor Floor Coverage Payroll Hours Not Nearly Enough Pay for the Responsibilities Required Favoritism from DMs Unrealistic Expectations Too Much Tasking Thrown at us Last Minute When We Have Too Much on our Plates Already Single Coverage Most of The Time (LP Issue) Technology and Procedures are Ancient Unhappy and Stressed Employees Stressful Environment Not Much Room for Growth No Positive Reinforcement or Recognition from DMs
Continue reading Pros
Good employees Discount Fun environment Dress code Can have body jewelry
Cons
Pay Customers Weird management Shady corporate Limited hours
"Loved the job, love the people, hate the pay."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Hot Topic part-time for less than a year
Pros
Open dress code, coworkers that share your interests and are SUPER fun. Much opportunity for promotion.
Cons
Wayyyy too low base pay. Almost predatory levels of micromanagement from corporate onto store managers.
"Fun environment, unorganized."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
I worked at Hot Topic part-time for less than a year
Pros
Discount, Fun, Costumers, Easy, No Dress Code
Cons
Pay Sucks. Won't work with schedule.
Continue reading"Ehhhh"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Hot Topic full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Dress code, co-workers, customers aren’t bad
Cons
Work life balance, overall workload, upper middle management control over day to day operations (RM’s), turnover rate for associates and mid-level store management
Continue reading"Bad Management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Hot Topic full-time for less than a year
Pros
Work is super easy. Met many good people here. Casual dress code.
Cons
Bad Management. Leads won't even try to train you the right way. Employees that have senority will try to tell you what to do and tell you different from supervisors. Leads and supervisors treat certain people way better than others. If you're being harassed don't count on management to do anything.
Continue reading"Good job, low pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI worked at Hot Topic part-time for more than a year
Pros
Fun environment with great coworkers. Very relaxed dress code.
Cons
Low pay, working on weekends and holidays.
"Waste of Time"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Hot Topic part-time for less than a year
Pros
Laid-back work environment and dress code, nice 40% discount
Cons
barely any hours, even after being promised 20+ hours a week, was only given 4-8.
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