Absolutely deplorable - Sales Associate HomeGoods Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

One of the three managers was tolerable. And there are chances to win a HomeGoods gift card every week or so if you win a "Star" card.

Cons

This was an absolutely miserable place to work. As I was in college, trying to make money to pay for my education, I worked here as a cashier. The managers were incredibly condescending. At one point, one of them even had the audacity to drop the F-bomb on me for a petty mistake I made. Within the first few weeks of working there, I broke down crying--not from an unpleasant customer (which is quite frequent), but from the unbelievable disrespect from the management. And I saw 5 other coworkers cry from the management. The managers were unbelievably insensitive and took out their anger on their employees, as if we had no dignity. In addition, the schedules change every week. At the time, I was balancing three jobs, so some weeks I would work 20 hours and the next week I would be assigned 3 hours. Perhaps upper-level positions are better, but it's overall a miserable atmosphere for a "HomeGoods Happy" place.

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