QVC Reviews

Pros

Some of the best reasons are the hours and days we work and having some week days off to take care of business.

Cons

Some of the cons are having to work every weekend.

Pros

The pay is good for a part time job

Cons

Communication needs to improve with upper management

Pros

free products sometimes from the store.

Cons

short breaks, a lot of micro managing

Advice to Management

yes

Pros

* Location can be attractive to many * Facilities in general - the building is part of a relatively new business park, so there's lots of open space, light and greenery * Work-life balance - I think it varies from department to department and person to person, but I've not found the need to take work home and prefer working shifts to 9-5 personally * If your face fits there is opportunities to progress or learn... about other roles (though, more often sideways) * Production department has a lot of talented and hard-working people * Meet a lot of people, the general daily vibe is friendly and days can be fun

Cons

* Very corporate; lots of middle-management, takes ages for anything to happen. Some of the higher ups have been with the company since early days and are now in high-paid roles without actually having to do much, so they will never leave. And until then, the antiquated slightly nepotistic culture won't either. * Very cliquey; between departments, but also within departments * A lot of blame culture while very... little accountability * Unfair job distribution * Impossible targets and in general incredible stinginess with money, whether that's talking about salaries (any excuse to not give you a raise), upgrading equipment, having to pay P&P while ordering from the company, (non-existent) social events etc. * If your face doesn't fit, you will be held to different set of rules and have no chance for progression * Systems are incredibly out-dated and often QVC-specific software that takes ages to learn, but isn't transferable * 'Fix a bleed with a band-aid' mentality

Advice to Management

Get rid of the ridiculous amount of middle management and old-timers who appear to be doing very little other than have coffee breaks disguised as meetings. Think long-term, keep up with the current market and prioritise your investments. A media company this big shouldn't be running on i3 processors or systems that look like they're from the Matrix. If you increase workload, you need to increase staff or... salary. Most of the teams are currently overworked and under motivated. Notice that and take responsibility when something isn't working.

Pros

Training is great, some supervisors care, discount,

Cons

Low Pay even when you get a seasonal assignment that pays more (temporarily). Upper Managers don’t care about people only numbers, customers are horrible and your expected to take 20 calls per hour to meet your goal or get fired after a few months, if your a favorite you get special treatment.

Advice to Management

Pay your people what they are worth and you won’t lose the good dedicated ones. Go back to the days when employees felt cared about. Stop cutting vacation time for long time employees. Don’t cater more to new people with attendance chances than you do the long time employees.

Pros

Good Pay Good titles Like my co-workers

Cons

Lots of restructurings - people losing jobs

Pros

Benefits. Reasonable pay. Sometimes flexible schedules- some depts have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts WITH shift differential (pay goes up 10% in evening/at night)

Cons

Lacking of communication from higher up to ground floor. Little to no room for advancement in certain depts. Not much feeling of real support from supervisors above the broadcast floor.

Advice to Management

More accountability, don’t assume your subordinate haven’t searched for or tried alternatives to a conflict. Enforce change more so that new habits/rules actually stick.

Pros

Flexible time, lots of PTO and work from home options, employee discount

Cons

No clear direction from leadership to the teams, constantly redirecting strategies to be reactive to market. Rarely are they proactive or ahead of the curve. They could careless about the work culture or working as a team. There is little to none opportunity for career advancement and yearly raises are very slim, below average.

Advice to Management

Show your employees you care by promoting them and rewarding them when they give years of service. Take more notice of the work environment and create a more positive and team oriented workspace.