The Children's Place Reviews

Former Employee – worked at The Children's Place full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good pay benefits health insurance

Cons – people too many chiefs deciding

Advice to Senior Management – read

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at The Children's Place full-time for more than a year

Pros – Pros were some of the co-workers were great to work with. Great quality of children's clothing. Store had great sales for clothes for children , newborn to about 12 to 13 years old.

Cons – Employee discount wasnt that great. Customers would have better discounts then the employees. Managers didn't know how to manage time very well.

Advice to Senior Management – Advice to management dont make your employees do anything you wouldn't do!!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Children's Place part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great place to start if you have no experience in retail.

Cons – You will not get a raise because the company is very cheap. You get a lot of corporate visits. Management team is constantly changing. They are always hiring new people and firing the best employees for the dumbest reasons. You will NOT get any hours and everything is based off of favoritism.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop looking for all the negatives and focus on the positives and look for better alternatives to improve customer satisfaction! Also, the management team needs to learn how to communicate with their employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Children's Place full-time for more than a year

Pros – Team environment on store level.
Salary and bonus.

Cons – Payroll cut hugely in comparison to last year's budgets. An outlet store cannot run on 2 person coverage. Customers are leaving because they don't want to wait in the long line. Shoplifting is increasing because theives are discovering the lack of coverage. Impossible to do floorset, markdowns, process shipment, provide excellent service, LP awareness on 2 person coverage. Qaulity staff leaves due to lack of hours. Current DSM is unprofessional and rude. Direct quotes include "this store is disgusting", "that's the worst display I've ever seen ", "I hate it", "when you don't make sales plan, it is like taking food out of my child's mouth."

Advice to Senior Management – Treat others how you want to be treated.

Stop with the favoritism.

Stop micro-managing.

Stop cutting payroll budgets. You are actually losing money in doing so.

Start acknowledging for a job well done.

Don't allow professional bullying to take place.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at The Children's Place

Pros – Has good benefits, most employees are very friendly to one another.

Cons – Often times, it's takes a while to get information from upper management while it's so easy for them to demand the work they need.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at The Children's Place part-time for less than a year

Pros – One of the more easy going retail stores

Cons – managers are not straight forward about the hiring positions

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Children's Place part-time for less than a year

Pros – flexible scheduling, great staff, nice customers, good for people seeking 0-15 hrs

Cons – On calls make you not able to plan your day, shoplifters, manager plays favorites sometimes, not enough hours or pay

Advice to Senior Management – Don't have your stores hire more people seasonally if they are only going to get 5 hours a week. POINTLESS!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Children's Place part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great discounts, fast pace day work, fun work environment.

Cons – The customers can be a little frustrating, and the available work hours are low.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at The Children's Place part-time for less than a year

Pros – The managers were wonderful, very friendly and extremely helpful. I loved all but one person I worked with. The kids are adorable that come into the store. Only had a couple rude customers which the manager handled for me. Good employee discount.

Cons – Employees did not get hours even during the holiday. Some weeks I did not get any hours at all and others I was given one day maybe two if I was lucky. No hours means low to no pay.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't hire people if you can't pay them or give them hours.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Children's Place part-time for more than a year

Pros – good people
fun environment
managers work with you on your availability
DISCOUNT!

Cons – Hours vary too often
The on calls suck!
Unrealistic expectations
Lots of pressure to get the PLACE card
When they need you they need you and thats it no if ands buts about it
too much of a double standard....you cant be late but a manager can

Advice to Senior Management – I suggest you start rewarding your employees better wages. Without them the company wouldn't be making any money. Also your deadlines are unrealistic and the window changes and floor sets are ridiculous. Your products aren't selling because of a display they aren't selling because they are not up with the current fashion trends for children.