Outdated work culture. - Recensione dipendente - Sales Associate presso Shoe Show

Work culture is very old school, company tech and equipment feels like it hasn't been upgraded since 2005. The store I worked in actually had company posters from that time period still, too. Problems start at middle management. Our regional manager was the type to show up every now and then, spend the entire time on her laptop, and criticize everything we do while showing us the "right" way to do it (always a slower, less efficient way). Work load was insane and the store had half the employees we needed to handle it with no budget from corporate to hire more employees. Hours were constantly cut due to poor sales during off seasons while the workload never ceased. Regional managers would frequently attempt to make actually illegal demands of us, such as denying us breaks and forcing us to clock out for restroom breaks of less than 10 minutes. Minimum wage on start with no room for negotiation regardless of experience level and no chance of a raise until at least a year in, and according to my ex-coworkers, first raise is always only 50 cents. Company policy goes out of its way to create as much work as possible. Two shipments a week of upwards of 150 boxes each with six to a dozen pairs of shoes in it, to check it all in you're expected to peel off stickers from the boxes that have an invoice printed onto them, cross off by hand with a pen what is in the box, report anything on the sticker that is missing it wrong, and move on to the next one. Policy does not allow any open spots on the shelves, so every shipment involved dozens of work hours rearranging the shelves to fit the large amount of X particular brand they decided to send that time, just to redo it all again for the next one. You are expected to give your life away to this company, if they need you on your day off, you're expected to come in. Don't come in? Your hours get cut on the next schedule. Company policy, again.