Does Birks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Birks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Birks. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Birks?

35% of Birks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Birks 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Birks?

Sales Associate (18) , Sales Professional (15) , Credit Analyst (3) , Manager (3) , Store Manager (3) , Analyst (2) , Coordinator (2) , Director (2) , Head Office Staff (2) , Retail Sales Associate (2) , Sales (2) , Sales Manager (2) , Sales Representative (2) , Store Director (2)

What are the pros of working at Birks according to real employee reviews?

"The only thing good was Commission" ((in 8 reviews)); "excellent training, always something to learn about, lots of interesting clients" ((in 5 reviews)); "Great team." ((in 5 reviews)); "Some nice colleagues." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Birks according to real employee reviews?

"Expensive benefits and archaic structure" ((in 4 reviews)); "Make sure you get hired at a high salary, chances of improvement after are slim." ((in 3 reviews)); "No room for advancement, too much favoritism, senior level lacks direction or common sense, no bonus for corporate employees or raises." ((in 3 reviews)); "Management team doesn't really do anything." ((in 2 reviews)); "upper management is too conservative" ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Birks redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Birks redundancy and their outlook for job security at Birks in 2026.

Birks Reviews

2.7

35% would recommend to a friend

(112 total reviews)

Jean-Christophe Bédos

46% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Birks has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 112 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Birks employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

112 reviews

1.0

21 Jan 2016

Sales Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Discount on merchandise and repairs. If you are willing to keep secrets and help Store Manager get away with not showing up for work and leaving early you can benefit from alot of perks such as free merchandise, days paid for work that you did not work etc.

Cons

Terrible Management from District Manager to Store Managers. I have Never seen a Business that hires Managers with No Management skills at all.

2.0

30 Dec 2014

Power Struggles within upper management

Corporate office

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good Location/ Close to public transit and downtown.

Cons

A comprehensive training schedule was never carried out. VP was very impatient with new employees. Extremely long hours and overtime is expected every single day. Very stressful. Other employees seemed miserable. People go to work put their head down and no interaction with each other. Zero warmth here.

2.0

9 Jan 2015

Gives you minimum wage, expects 400% efforts

Sales professional

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

A good company to get started in the luxury jewelry industry Gives sufficient training

Cons

Store director at the time was a psycho, she constantly yells and throws stuff around and just makes life very stressful and miserable Very few people nowadays knows about them, yet their stuff is not cheap either, so it makes selling there more difficult. They were once a Canadian company but has been bought out by an American company, but don't think that matters much. The pay is minimum wage, it's not even close to what other jewelry place is paying right now for the amount of work involved on a daily basis

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