Don't be lulled into JCPenney obsolescence. - UI Developer JCPenney Employee Review

3.0
4 Nov 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

• Nice facilities • Casual dress code • The people are easy to get along with

Cons

• Company has a tendency to underutilize talent causing people to become stale, and skills to atrophy. This is a problem once its time to find work elsewhere because proprietary JCPenney production tasks are not relevant or useful outside JCPenney. • Once you're underutilized, it's very hard to make a case for a raise or bonus. Also, the company recently changed bonus policy so that people only get bonuses if the company is "successful" regardless of the individual's contributions, long hours, etc. • Company tends to misrepresent (or flat out lie) about job description during the hiring process. Then once you're employed there, you're doing something you're either over-qualified for, or completely untrained in. This leads to the issues stated above.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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