Decent hourly pay, not worth it! - Associate Manager Buffalo Exchange Employee Review

2.0
10 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bonus program is awesome. Health insurance is affordable and fair, covers a lot! The overall company is structured very fairly. The mission statement is admirable. There are a lot of reasons to be enthusiastic going in to the job. The training is meant to be extensive and very supportive. You can rise up through management fairly quickly because of high turnover.

Cons

The structure is good in principle but the people implementing that structure currently are compromising the mission statement. The company claims to be full of integrity, honesty, truth, and ethics. I believe this company has that potential, but it won't be reached under this management. They are the rudest, most inconsiderate people I've ever met. They play petty games with their employees like they're on a game show voting people off. There is not enough accountability in upper management, and feedback never travels upwards.

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5.0
19 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

awesome training, amazing staff! lots of opportunities to grow and learn from helpful and informative staff

Cons

no cons! highly recommend this location to work at!

1.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

you learn a lot about clothes

Cons

literally the worst job i can possibly imagine. you’re expected to be on top of register, buying in clothes, customers stealing, dressing room, talking to the customers on the floor, counting in and out the money, etc 100% all of the time. they expect you to overextend yourself the entire shift. i have never had to be on top of so many things in my life. i have more responsibilities than the MANAGERS at my last job do for far less pay. and we are in downtown portland so we get a lot of theft and have to deescalate mental health crises constantly. every employee i’ve talked to has agreed with me that they’ve never felt like a bad employee before working here. i pride myself on being smart and helpful and quickly learning the rules of any environment im in but i’ve never felt more stupid in my life. there is literally no time to take a breath in the entire 8hr shift

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