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Tattered Cover Book Store

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Tattered Cover Book Store Reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan

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10% positive business outlook

Tattered Cover Book Store has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Tattered Cover Book Store employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.9 stars).

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15 reviews
3.0
8 Dec 2021
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Pros

It's a bookstore and the community of staff is amazing. Working with authors, book lovers (both customers and staff), and books is an amazing opportunity.

Cons

Low pay for the work I was doing. New owners have no real retail or book industry experience and they are dismantling 50 years of experiences claiming they know better.

3.0
26 Dec 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers are amazing and the managers on the floor are great. I don't work with the "behind the scenes" people so I'm not sure how they operate. On the floor managers are great, they are helpful and attentive to the needs of the booksellers.

Cons

The new owners, at least Len, doesn't even know the store layout. Len doesn't like his employees. When Michelle Obama came to town and there were extra autographed copies of her book he sent an email to all the workers telling them that they weren't allowed to purchase copies until they went on sale to the general public while he had 10 copies put aside for himself. At Christmas he didn't even send a holiday email. Nothing. Aside from not liking his employees he also doesn't know the layout of the store. I can't count the number of times he's asked me where a section of the store is located. He's been an owner for 3 years, I've worked there for 7 months. If it wasn't mandated by the State of Colorado to give his employees raises...well, we'd see nothing.

2.0
31 May 2022
Recommend
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Pros

If you like books, love people, and are dedicated this is a good place to work. You will learn a lot about people's passion.

Cons

The current ownership is terrible. There is low compensation and expectations are constantly changing. This is a terrible tragedy for a company once respected by employees and the public alike.

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