Great company that needs some revamping - Store Manager Journeys Employee Review

- Discount. As a manager you get 40% off which sounds fantastic but its limited. You only get a certain amount to spend from you discount and when its gone its gone. You have to wait another month for it to kick in. - Hours. You will work more than the required 45 hours. Always. This is not a job for those who have responsibilities or lives outside of Journeys. Also, if your a manager be expected to work 6 days a week. Even if there are more than enough managers in your store you will still only get 1 day off. - Pay. You get a weekly base pay ( $150-$200 a week) and then 4% commission on your personal sales and less than 1% commission of what your store makes. If your a high volume store than this really wouldn't be an issue. But if your in a low income area you will struggle. Also, you will HAVE to pay your sales people minimum wage only. That makes it hard to attract experienced sales people because they will not accept minimum wage. - Selling. No one likes a pushy sales person and thats exactly what you have to be at Journeys. You are required to push socks, shirts, laces, cleaning kits, pants, back packs, and all their other silly accessories. I'm sorry but no one walks in a shoe store looking for a purse or a cat shirt. Also, the socks wouldn't be so hard to sell if they weren't $18-$30. - 4 on the floor. Journeys requires you to bring every customer 4 pairs of shoes. Every time. This gets messy. First off , unless your working in an area where someone has an extra $60 to blow on a pair of shoes, this won't work. 4 on the floor is unrealistic in low income areas 90% of the time. If you do not sell a person multiple pairs of shoes you will get in trouble. However thats unfair because it's all luck. Its not like your adding on something thats $3... Its an expensive pair of shoes. - Breaks. You might get one but you most likely won't. Since your pay is mostly dependent on sales taking a break really hurts you financially.