“People first” but we really want leaders who we can walk all over - Store Leader Altar'd State Employee Review

1.0
18 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Used to be the pay, but then they did company pay cuts. Cute products and a nice discounts.

Cons

Out of the 4 district leaders I had in 6 months, I never felt truly supported. At first it was “you should’ve learned this in training…” but I have all my notes, we did not go over this. To finally- “stop focusing on the why and just get it done” the same week of working well over 45 hours and being understaffed because paycuts kept making people leave or change their availability. It took me asking the same question at least 3 or 4 times to 2 different people to finally get an answer that would’ve been super simple to explain the first time. There are reports on EVERYTHING. The amount of emails you get is honestly ridiculous. You’re going to get your phone blown up if you don’t see a single email among the 27+ new emails you received overnight, but if you need to get a hold of them fast, good luck cause they’ll get to you when they feel like it. You have multiple hours of calls you need to be on screen for that honestly just take you away from being on the floor. The district leaders and above feel very clique-y and fake. For being a Christian based store, our CEO talks a lot of crap. Honestly, I think the whole company focuses on the bad instead of the good. It’s something I tried to hide from my team, but now that I’m gone, most of them have already given their notice or have told me they are planning on it soon. To the CEO that does not care about these reviews, remember that you need workers to run your stores. I get that you care about guest reviews, but you should also do some reflecting on how previous worker’s respond to the company. I have never in my life wanted to post something on Glassdoor so badly.

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Altar'd State Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We're sorry to hear you did not enjoy your experience with us, if you would like to discuss your concerns in further detail please reach out to peopledevelopment@altardstate.com.

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Pros

Such a wonderful workplace to work

Cons

There is none at all

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Altar'd State Response
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1.0
27 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Literally nothing, can’t think of one positive thing

Cons

I’ve been with the company for years and watching its continuous downfall has become almost comical. Two years ago we took major pay cuts (like 15%) because of the economy but this year they sent us to the Virgin Islands on this over the top meeting that must have cost a fortune. I’d rather have the money in my bank versus a trip I was forced to go on with senior leadership that are absolute horrific people in general and evil businesses people. It all felt like a big propaganda event with tons of videoing and picture taking so they could come home and post all over linked in and social media about how WONDERFUL it is to work there. Don’t even get me started on the new Little House on the Prairie denim dresses we have to wear because they hire managers that aren’t even strong enough to coach to a dress code. How can you run a store if you can’t even tell someone what they’re wearing inappropriate? Instead now we look like a bunch of little followers of the cult everyone already says it is. As long as we say we “stand out for good” at every opportunity it must mean it’s true right? To know who else brainwashed people into thinking bad things are good for them? CULT LEADERS.

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Altar'd State Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns. We will share your feedback with the appropriate teams. If you would like to discuss in further detail, please reach out to peopledevelopment@altardstate.com.
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