Bath & Body Works reviews

No balance. Expectations are high and unachievable. Managers will talk about other managers behind their backs. If you ask questions to better yourself, secretly your chastised. They have no qualms writing you up for the smallest things. Clock out a minute early, documented conversation. Stay late they have a problem. Leave on time your not dedicated. "goals" every two hours are crazy. If your scheduled to work it's very easy to be called and say don't come to work since sales are not being met. It has not been uncommon to have 1 manager and 1 associate work alone on a Friday due to slow sales. Key Performance Indicators are unobtainable at times when working with customers for three minutes or less. $10 an hour is nice but NOT competitive in the mall. Recently the company dropped all assistant salaried managers and replaced them with $14 hourly supervisors. A free lotion or spray here and there is nice but it's not worth the stress. Floor sets are suppose to be until 1-2am. They end up being from 7pm until 7am then they expect you back in only hours afterwards. Company culture is not friendly. Corporate management doesn't understand what happens at the store level and the difficulties and challenges teams are faced with. Mid-level management above stores can be very unsupportive in times of need. And the management bonus structure, is impossible to obtain.

Everything else. No work life balance. You have to do things alone that should take 2-3 people. Teamwork is preached but they don't payroll your store to have a team.