Ricki's Reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(169 total reviews)
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Deanna Traa

72% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ricki's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 169 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ricki's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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169 reviews
1.0
16 Aug 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-50% off employee discount only good thing

Cons

-ministry laws (Ontario) broken continuously - discrimination by management is allowed and when brought up to BDL nothing done - you will only be a number with this company and they truly don't care about their staff - they run the business motto as "none of us is as good as all of us" but management does not follow this - managers at the store I worked at knew they were breaking laws our government set out and did not care - dedication means nothing with this company, they do NOT treat sales associates fairly - staff is expected to sell $600-1000 per shift but only get paid minimum wage - was promised .30 cent an hour raise when hired (2017) and company reneged on that. excuses were made that they could not afford to give the raises they promised. - even employees that have been with the company 10- 15 years do not get the raises they deserve - company is deceptive with customers when stating clothing is "Eco friendly" it comes in pounds and pounds of plastic ( all products that are shipped to stores are) - management at the store I worked at hired family member and took hours from other staff that had been with the company for years - staff are told to push sales until a customer says to stop, this can cause customer satisfaction issues - managers will tell sales associates to do anything to make the sale, and management will not step in if a sales associate is being dishonest about the way the customer looks in the product. This is just to make the sale. - low pay for to much effort for a minimum wage job - not worth staying with this company for long term, you will not be paid what you are worth, even managers with the company for 10 -15 years have disclosed how much they get paid and it is not even a living wage

1.0
7 Dec 2015

Business Development Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

50% on clothing Worked with some good people -

Cons

People and working relationships - backstabbing and the use of intimidation is terrible, also evaluations made me feel worthless instead of being constructive and thought provoking. Product, styling, colors, and definitely quality - definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

3.0
11 Oct 2016

Looking back on it...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Once I learned how to sell to Ricki's standards the job felt quite rewarding. There was a time where you would earn even more discounts on clothing every time you sold a high price sale. (They took this away due to drop in sales across Canada). I ended up staying 3 years because I'd always make new friends that made the job fun.

Cons

When I left my job at Ricki's I felt satisfied. But now after having a few jobs after working here, I feel like the management is expected to treat their employees like pure garbage. You're expendable, there's no doubt about that. So they feel that they are able to be tough on you. Every week at my store you had to look at how well you did in sales and then the manager would tell you everything you did wrong that week (e.g. your average sale was not high enough). I've had a couple weeks where I was above the standard for everything they asked for. My manager still found words to put down my performance; all I got was a "good job but you need to do better." Additionally, management is not flexible whatsoever with holidays and it's quite ridiculous. My first year working there, I was the only one scheduled to work on Christmas Eve, even after I told my boss that I was going to be travelling for the ONE DAY of Christmas (you had to work Boxing day of course). There were so many other employees that were not travelling, but somehow they got that day off. My advice to anyone planning on staying there for a long time is to request time off early, and don't ask for time off, tell the managers that you will NOT work on the days that you don't want to. I learned in my 2nd and 3rd year to ask for Christmas off in September!!!! I did successfully get the week of Christmas off because I TOLD my boss I was not working.

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