Company on a downward spiral in moral - Team Leader Crate and Barrel Employee Review

2.0
11 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Many full-time positions. Generous discount. Benefits for full-time employees.

Cons

A company known for family values is being destroyed by businessmen/women who believe making an example of stores "failures" is the best way to increase profit and productivity. Everything you are asked to do in a day is given a specific time limit that does not take in to consideration getting involved with a customer or other task. Stores are "graded" based on performance, and "rated" to make an example of them. Reviews have "exceeds and far exceeds" options, but you are told that you will never get them. (So why would anyone bother trying to achieve that?) Structure of management does not hold store manager accountable. Nobody monitors the tasks that the store manager is doing. If the store is making numbers, the store manager must be doing their job. All other staff is held accountable for everything that needs to happen in the store. I have never worked somewhere where SO many people come in unhappy every day to a place that used to be productive and fun.

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1.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only saving grace is the people I've worked with . Other than that I'd leave a negative star if I could.

Cons

The CEO Janet Hayes has taken away additional employee discounts . At a certain time of the year we used to get an additional 15% off on top of our regular discounts. GONE! If an in store customer would like to have an item that ships directly from the vendor we offer free shipping . If an employee would like to do the same not only do we have to pay for shipping but our discounts can no longer be applied . How low can you go? What a great way to motivate the employees and show us all that we are just numbers and you could care less about us . This company doesn't care about it's workers and I wouldn't tell someone I don't like to work there. Every location is experiencing high turnover as management is typically incompetent and focuses on all the wrong things. Training is laughable and most designers are thrown to the wolves with high expectations after a few videos . You can not make as much as advertised so don't waste your time. Most don't stick around more than 3-6 months . You have to have open availability and they don't care if you go to church or need family time . There will be no work life balance . Constant updates are always required . What are you selling ? What are your future sales ? How many cards have you opened or how many emails can you capture? How many in home visits have you made ? Speaking of which did you know they send women to in home visits by themselves without vetting clients in the store first ? Another huge potential lawsuit on the horizon.

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