My coworkers were the only way I survived the trails and tribulations at Belk!!! - Beauty Advisor Belk Employee Review

1.0
21 Sept 2010
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Pros

20% off discount Great co-workers in the Cosmetics department Other than those few bonuses there aren't really anymore pros I can list, other than the extra 20% plus additional 20% discount days once or twice a year.

Cons

Awful treatment of employees, never come across such a level of unprofessionalism or sneaky underhanded tactics, over all an incredibly embarrassing experience. Valuing credit card applications for Belk reward cards far above sales and customer service, if you didn't meet your goal you were made to stand at the front of the store and beg everyone who passed by to sign up! When customers came for an event for my cosmetics line we didn't have running water in our spa room and had to use a crock-pot!!!! If that wasn't embarrassing enough the sink in the spa room wasn't even working to pour the water down it!! I could go on forever about the sneaky things the management did there... including spreading rumors and rude comments about my fellow co-workers sexual orientation in addition to what I can only describe as evil vindictive behavior.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

I loved my job. I’m met so many wonderful people. And the associates couldn’t have been better.

Cons

I hurt myself and had to have surgery, and I was on Worker’s Comp. with limited availability. Because hours were short in operations, they made up this crazy position and wanted me to be ”lead” of the markdown team. I knew that meant for the most part to do go backs. I told them I wasn’t allowed to be on my feet that long and so she said they couldn’t accommodate me and I had to leave. And then the manager had the nerve to call their workers comp and told them I wasn’t coming into work. The management at that time was horrible. But there was a time when I first started working there that to store manager, and the assistant manager were wonderful. We were all so sad they left, but it didn’t take this new manager that I was talking about any time at all to lose almost the entire store associates.

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