Great place to work, with easy hours, enjoyable coworkers and not too demanding work expectations. - CORE Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

5.0
21 Feb 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Very easy job regarding work demand, with some room for growth. I came on as a temporary holiday employee, worked Thanksgiving, Christmas and January sale and have now been a core associate for a year and a half. The workplace is relaxed and a nice manager with good training/ sales techniques can help you during slow/down time. You are in control of your schedule so taking time off is easy and increasing your availability usually gets you more scheduled hours. Learning the products and being able to match customers to a particular item is hardest at the beginning but otherwise it is a very laid back and fun place.

Cons

Holiday and sales customers are often unfamiliar with the products, cranky and unwilling to be helped - have lots of patience. Depending on your manager and their need to make a segment you may feel like a pushy car salesman trying to close a deal. There is no sitting during a shift so expect your feet, legs and back to ache as you adjust to being on your feet at work or if you have a long shift. Also bring snacks or easy meals that you can eat quickly since most shifts only include one 15 minute break (30 if you work more than 6 hours). Also know that you may be scheduled for on-call shifts. These shifts require you to call in 2 hours beforehand to see if you will need to work. There is no way to request no on-calls. Pro: you can make extra money on a pick up shift. Con: you cannot make other plans for the day until you call in.

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5.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

I previously worked in the field (for a different brand) and we were always so weary of corporate teams coming into the stores. However, the corporate team at Bath & Body Works is absolutely incredible, supportive, and does everything they can to advocate for the stores. The entire Store Ops team is full of people who care deeply about the brand, the store associates, and the customer.

Cons

A lot of meetings. But being remote, it was nice to see faces throughout the day!

1.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
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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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