TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE CORPORATE OFFICE - Allocator Town Shoes Employee Review

1.0
10 Jun 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay and the benefits are good. Also they offer a flexible schedule and summer hours. Close to the ttc.

Cons

Terrible experience! Don't accept a job here and think you are in a secure situation. They hire and fire people at the blink of an eye. They promise "EPIC TRAINING PROGRAM" ( as mentioned in their postings), but don't expect this at all!!! Even during my interview I asked the manager about training. She said it was in depth and after 3 months I'd be expected to work completely independently. The people are so overworked they have no time to train you. Managers say one thing, team members say another. I received one day of "training"-where I sat and watched someone work, but never actually was asked to do it on my own. Then was left to work on my own (not 3 months later). The person training would mostly tell me she was busy when I would ask for help, then would leave at 3pm everyday when I was there until 5. She would give me dirty looks when I'd ask questions or say "I showed you that the other day". They hired me right out of school with no prior experience in this type of job, OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME MORE THAN ONCE. My trainer didn't even sit in the same cubical as me. My manager rarely addressed me, and when I asked her a question about a task she said she was the wrong person to ask because that wasn't part of her job...THEN WHY ARE YOU THE MANAGER FOR IT. I went in completely prepared for this job. I had an entire journal, wrote everything down, sticky notes all over the place. My team was COMPLETELY unwelcoming. Very rude. The manager even worse. Gave me some dirty looks when trying to ask some questions. Ask her to chat about my progress and she said she didn't have time. Told me on my 7th day I negatively affected her business (there were daily deadlines to be followed that my team failed to inform me about until my 6th day! I kept a journal for each day.) Other office members were lovely, but feared for their job and were VERY upset at how understaffed teams were, and just general unhappiness with the direction the company is taking. Out of everyone in the office, I met 5 people who had been there over 3 years. Most have been there less than a year. Makes you question what happen to everyone...Everyday a new desk was empty. You can't trust anyone because they all fear for their job and will do ANYTHING to cover their butts! HR is lovely especially, they are really trying to make the company better. But A LOT of the people inside are unpleasant. I tried hard to teach myself what I needed, with help from someone not even on my team, but I made a mistake in my FIRST week (5th DAY!), and they fired me. I had told a team member about the mistake and asked how to fix it, and she told me not to worry, it was an easy mistake to make and we didn't need to fix anything. A week later bye bye. They didn't even give me a chance to learn or prove myself. This is not a place to grow and learn. Not a place to work long term. I have a degree and college diploma, plus LOTS of work experience, but this as been an incredibly negative experience for someone entering their first corporate job. It's devastating.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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