Stressful, demotivating, right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing - Anonymous employee Bath & Body Works Employee Review

2.0
12 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, discount, great products to choose from if they are in stock

Cons

Too many chiefs, not enough indians, very few hours to give staff, managers called out for entire district to hear on voice mail if sales goals for the day are not met even if you made sales plan but maybe you didn't make how many units goal or convert enough people from lookers to buyers based on a tracking system that is inaccurate. If you did make all these goals, did you make your stretch goal? How high is high is the mantra. I swear if I hear any more BS buzz words or made up company BS buzz words my head will explode. Very low stock levels.

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5.0
22 June 2026
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Pros

Generous pay for management, paid holidays and maternity leave for full timers, good benefits. Treats us more like humans than any other business I’ve ever worked for

Cons

Work/life balance can be hard, especially around the holidays

1.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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