okay for a SECOND job - Sales Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

3.0
23 Aug 2010
Recommend
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Pros

-30% discount at Bath & Body works and any other Limited Brands Store (like Victoria's Secret!) -we get free stuff often, like at meetings -I generally love the store products and smelling great and having a great smelling home -MOS, you get to fill a large bag of products and only pay 5 bucks for it half full, 10 bucks for it full. you could get over 100 bucks of stuff for 10

Cons

-not enough hours. I understand that working here as a Sales Associate is a part time job, but often people only get two 3 1/2 hour shifts per week or less. Pay is a few cents above min. wage -"calls ins" - you are put on the schedule for a "call in" in which you call the store two hours ahead to see if they need you to come in, when often they don't. it's annoying. i've always been called in even when I wasn't scheduled for one, i dont mind though because I need the money. -employee gossip. -sales associates are pushed to have customers try products and buy more. most of the time customers just want to go in & shop, not have to be followed around by an associate. asking if the customer needs help is another story, but when you're pressuring them to buy stuff it's annoying, for us and them. I'm currently looking for a new job, I don't want to quit here because I really LOVE the store products, discounts, free items, etc, so I'll probably just keep it as a second job and work 1-2 shifts a week..which is what they give me...and a ton of bullsh*t call ins.

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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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