Toxic upper management - Sales Assistant Hype DC Employee Review

- TOXIC upper management. Regional, state and national managers are condescending, speak to you derogatorily, doesn’t even treat casual team members as anything BUT a replaceable commodity. They’re unapproachable, talk about you behind your back and will never want to approach you about any issues that they have with you personally. They’ll tell the store managers to do their dirty work. A lot of team members have been virtually made redundant by not receiving shifts because they think the store needs a clean pretty much, and makes it clear to each team member that they’re just a number and they’re no good for anything else. Do not expect to be treated with respect working for this company. - Store level management can be tolerable, however, keep in mind that they’re virtual puppets of upper management and have no autonomy in making any decisions. It’s a toxic pyramid culture, and everything is achieved through fear tactics. - If you’re underperforming, don’t expect your managers to collaboratively work with you to improve your skills. You’ll just be humiliated by being ranked by how much money you’ve made that week and your results will be shared with every other person in the store. So if you work 5 hours on a Monday and made less money than someone who worked 5 hours on a Saturday night, that’s your problem and they don’t care that your working circumstances were what largely impacted why you couldn’t make target that week. - If you experience bullying from other workers or customers, don’t expect support from management. They simply don’t. care. - They’ll hire based on attractiveness over competence. - Remember, if you’re a store level employee, support office employees will ALWAYS be better than you.