Fast-paced and crazy - Merchandise Associate HomeGoods Employee Review

2.0
11 Nov 2012
Recommend
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Pros

What I enjoy is the great coworkers (though not all were friendly/great), the food provided for important events, and the amount of freedom you have when doing your tasks. The managers are nice enough. I'm glad I have some cash register experience now.

Cons

The pay is absolutely terrible as well as the scheduling. I don't know if it was an oversight, payroll being tight, or what but I was making minimum wage for 3 and half months with no sign/hint of even a 10 cent increase. I feel moving up is very hard unless you're willing to be a full-timer. The minimum amount of hours they gave is 3, yet they often underscheduled during typical busy times resulting in me and others having to stay past our scheduled shifts or being unable to complete every task. I often felt like I was one person being told to do two or three people's jobs while barely being paid enough for one person. I always worked back and forth from cash register to floor. This underscheduling also made it a common thing to get called off your break. I also hated trying to sell the credit card to people who only spend a couple dollars. I felt like I was a part time banker and that it got on the customer's nerves more than anything.

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5.0
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Pros

It’s a basic retail job Decent hours Good management

Cons

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2.0
26 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

it is a job if you desperately need one

Cons

management does not keep promises (e.g. I was promised $2 higher pay upon accepting the position and later was told it wasn't feasible anymore once starting. I was also promised a specific day off then last minute had it revoked because they decided to make it a mandatory day). management does not listen to or care about its employees, very unprofessional. store managers don't want to do anything to help, they just sit in the office. management let other employees slack off and do nothing and expected others to compensate for their lack of effort general manager was horribly rude and misogynistic. he threw a box at someone while visiting.

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