If You Aren't a Manager. You will never advance. EVER! - Fine Jewelry Expert JCPenney Employee Review

2.0
29 Dec 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pays slightly better than some jobs.

Cons

Worked part-time for over 3yrs (Always passed over for full-time because I was white). Managers are their own world, if you aren't in the "Club"...prepare to pay for it daily. You are treated like nothing and expendable at every turn. You will never be promoted unless you have a friend in management. You get one raise a year and it's based on what your immediate supervisor thinks about you, usually about 5-10 cents a year. You are spoken to like an animal in front of customers, you must ASK to go to the bathroom, managers steal from the company by marking down their own purchases or stuffing their bags in the stock rooms. They will fire you if you are sick more than 12 days in a year. If you don't get a certain amount of "credit applications" you are put on "The List" and it will cause you problems. All around, this is a miserable place to be. If you are desperate and uneducated, you can survive, otherwise don't hope to make it a career. Too many barriers to keep you down at all times.

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Laid back work, nice people to work with.

Cons

Sales driven. There doesn't seem to be much training on how they want the cashiers to do their job.

3.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

easy job, slow most of the time, need to be able to find things to do to keep busy

Cons

when its slow you are barely scheduled for hours, need to get credit card applications

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