Burlington Coat Factory Employer Reviews

Fun place to work.Lots of opportunity for advancement in this Company

great place to work especially if your a student and just need a full time job in the mean time

Basic customer service. Dealing with sales , returns and coverage issues in different departments. Learned alot about the politics and operations of standard retail.

It is a good work experience. It expanded my knowledge in retail and merchandising new items.

Great way to reach out and network with other people, building interpersonal skills. However from my experience at Burlington Coat Factory, there is little to no opprotunity for advancement in the company.

When I started with BCF, it was still family owned. The Milsteins cared about the employees while maintaining a great bottom line. When the company was sold, the new owners allowed many of the out of control managers to show their evil side. Management could care less about the employees. You were there to work under so much stress that it was a blessing – more...  when you finally got laid off. Managers laid off employees and then were "rewarded" with BIG bonuses for a job well done. – less

Burlington Coat Factory was a great way to exercise my customer service skills. I'd come into work, greet my coworkers and get to work. Each day, I'd work the cash register and rotate between that and working the floors. This consisted of cleaning, maintaining and aiding within my station at all times. I learned to work in a timely and positive manner, – more...  while multitasking to help customers in need. This was probably one of the more difficult parts of the job, but it's helped me growth in areas that I may have been week. The most enjoyable part of the job would be the interaction and support of my management and coworkers. – less

i love working with people and learning new things. make sure that the i help the the people that came to my department when they need help.in keep the derartment together at all times. in put all new items on the floor that came to the store for my department at all times.

not consideracte if your home life. boring. people were nice.

A typical day at work was fast pace. I learned how to deal with customers with many different attitudes in very specific ways. Management wasn't very structured at all. co-workers was very willing to do what it took to get you through the day. nothing to hard about the job. the most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people co-workers and making – more...  new friends – less

Excellent Company to work for,employees work very independently
with guidance of upper management and corporate office.

A typical day at work is usually slow, during the week, but filled with plenty to do. Cashiers, as well as customer service, helps with the distribution of new merchandise. This process usually takes time, as you have to unwrap new merchandise, ticket them, then hang or place them in their designated areas. However, the management here can be could – more...  be better. We currently have two new managers, and their managing skills differ from each other. This makes it difficult some days when certain managers may assign a task to an employee, but another manager may not find it as important and assign another task instead. Throughout the rest of the store there is a language barrier. This barrier is various languages which can make it difficult when needing price checks or additional information on merchandise for customers. The hardest part about working for this company is the favoritism that certain employees get from those who have positions in the store. For instance, an employee who is favored can break policy in any way an would not get a citation. However, those who are not favored as high as others can do everything they can through proper procedures, but still get a citation. This is not always the case though and certain procedures are understandable. With this company though the most enjoyable part of this job is the satisfaction of a customer after they find what they have been looking for, and knowing that the company is flexible around the hours of my college courses. There are people who will go out of their way and take the time to actually help customers find what they are looking for, and that is the most satisfying feeling when you know that you have helped to find an item for someone. Especially when customers travel from store to store in multiple states, the fact that we can call other stores and place store to home orders for them is a great feeling after we have found and verified their item. Working while taking college course can be a complicated thing. This company is very flexible for students who are trying to do both. you can do school and still average almost forty hours of work a week, if that is what a student is looking for. – less

I, like many in the managerial staff, was over used and underpaid.

A day at burlington coat factory is an experience each and every day it's amazing some of the people I come across that try and shoplift, I've learned a lot about managing a store and how certain things should be ran. The management team is not ran as good as I know it can be, the store manager needs to manage the store a lot better as well his workers. – more...  Two of the managers I believe should be promoted and two should be demoted. The toughest part of my job is standing up all day and not judging a book by it's cover. The best part of the job is some of the people I work with they keep me looking forward to coming in and working with them each and everyday. – less

good job with chances to advance. easy going atmosphere. Pretty easy job other then the occasional difficult customer

Typically, I would check in with fellow workers, and boss, to see what is to be done that day.
Attack what is most important, or urgent, first.

I hate not knowing exactly what is required of me.
I work best when left alone, but still able to contact others when I need guidance.

Customer service, assisted shoppers with product location and answered questions about merchandise, pricing, etc., inventory, organized and arranged clothing displays, stocked shelves as needed, encouraged repeat business by performing all duties professionally and courteously

I would assist maintained bathroom storage room I was on the markdown the head team worker and trained the new workers on the markdown gun

When working on the sales floor you do more work than for what you are getting paid. Management was ridiculous and childish. The only thing that kept me going every day were my associates.

A team oriented environment with a great teaching staff. I learned how to manage a staff of 15 people and enjoyed working with my co-workers.Being able to be apart of the success of a company is the most enjoyable part of a job.