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Payless ShoeSource

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Wont work here again - Store Leader Payless ShoeSource Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

they try to support their managers as much as they can. Basic retail kpi’s. Good for someone new to management - they will guide and explain everything. extensive training for new sales associates. Regular conference calls and lots of communication between managers. Workaholics and people who love to work hard will work hard here.

Cons

As a manager they expect you to do everything from throwing out the trash to selling and tasking. Some days you will be by yourself for hours as the company cannot support or give hours for 2 people to be at the store at the same time. extremely low hours - even for high volume stores. As the manager you are doing the work of several people all day everyday. 9 hour shifts and 45 hour work weeks - took a month for me to get use to. Ive asked for a day off other than my 2 days a week and they said no as i do not have enough personal time banked with the company for an extra day off - even without pay. The vacation pay i earned cannot be used till after 1 yr. so... no time off other than sick days can be used for 1 yr.

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