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Retail Store Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Retail Store Manager?
March 2016
Fun.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: Helping people, fun atmosphere, coaching people to do better, selling.
Cons: Retail hours, coworkers who don't value their job.
February 2016
Love my staff and customers.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: My staff.
My customers.
My direct supervisor.
Cons: Constant changing of goals.
Lack of enough payroll to staff properly.
Too much paperwork that needs to be done while on the sales floor since the computer is on the register. This means having to be interrupted continuously if do work during store hours, or having to come in on off hours to complete tasks.
February 2016
Stressful.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: Managing store operations/efficiency.
Cons: Rude customers, poor upper management communication, disinterested co-workers, being unable to deliver sales results or train staff well, work conditions, lack of benefits, retail hours.
February 2016
Great company.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: Its fun. Love shopping here. Love helping people.
Cons: Employees are very unreliable and the manager has to cover shifts they do not work. People do not like to come in and cover a co workers shift. Too much put on the managers shoulders.
February 2016
Unpredictable/Exciting.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: Most of our customers are come in because they love our products. Who doesn't like to be adored :) We are a happy place and for the most part work with young adults who enjoy their jobs, and enjoy being in each others company. When part of you job is to be happy and have fun, it's hard to not want to go into work.
Cons: Dealing with employee's that range from 18-55, most of our employee's are working part time while attending school, or this is a second job to get them through a rough patch in their life. So turn around is the most difficult part. Just when you think that you are staffed properly at one store, the other store goes through a change in staff, so we always feel like we are training. Cost of training is high.
February 2016
Repetitive.
Retail Store Manager:
Pros: Networking. I meet some amazing people and am able to make them lifelong customers.
Cons: How repetitive and mundane the job can be. Unappreciated by owners and unable to grow inside and outside of work.
January 2016
Transparency restrictions.
Retail Store Manager:
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