Management and corporate suck - Manager Hot Topic Employee Review

2.0
18 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

In store, great staff, good managers, and mostly cool customers

Cons

Upper management sucks, and have no clue what it's like to work in the stores. Most of the DMs and above were outside hires. They don't care about the employees, and they don't listen to anything you have to say. Very poor pay. No reason for people to stay for the long haul.

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5.0
12 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Coworkers and culture were definitely the pros of the job.

Cons

Mall setting and corporate policies made things unenjoyable. If this place could be franchised and not in a mall with so many other types of people would be much more ideal.

3.0
15 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Its an easy job and its fun most days

Cons

The pay is not the best but it's retail.. so what do you expect

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