Crate and Barrel Employer Reviews

Overall, I enjoyed working at Crate & Barrel. Employees and Management are all great to work with. More often than not, the store is not busy and there is nothing to do for part-time sales associates. The Department Managers, however, are full-time and always seem to have tons of tasks. Bottom line comes down to cutting hours of the part-timers to keep – more...  the store profitable, and load more responsibility on all the Dept Managers. They do try to keep work fun with contests, prizes, and sometimes work-related outings. I definitely learned a lot while working here. If you are looking for benefits or being able to support yourself on a dwindling work schedule, this is probably not the job for you. – less

I provide customer service on the sales-floor. Selling products and services is also a major part of my every day duties. I also share information on products, services, and store policy with customers.

Managers are knowledgeable and ready to assist when necessary. The hardest part of the job is standing up all day. The most enjoyable part of the job – more...  is interacting with customers. – less

Crate and Barrel was a fantastic place to work in the beginning of my career. Management was intelligent, knew the business, caring etc.
Crate had trainning programs for employees to empower them selves, great insentive programs, great discount programs. The personel that were hired were creative, talented, smart, great workers. It was a wonderful place – more...  to work. We were all very proud to be apart of Crate and Barrel.
Then Crate didnt have enough experienced management for all the store managers required. Inexperienced personel who lacked business skills, zero management/common sense skills were put into positions that should never have been considered. From there it all went down hill. The good personel left the store and employees who had NO business or the experience were put into positions that caused store termoil.
Management Clicks began within the store and even regional were apart of the click. Personnel told regional over and over there were problems and soon those employees left or were fired. Employees learned not to speak up as management made it tough on them. What used to be a wonderful place to work as turned into stressful, horrible work enviroment. – less

When I started at C&B, I didn't expect to make a career of it, but when I started there after 9/11 as a part-timer, I just fell in love with it. The product was gorgeous (and still is), but most important, the culture and staff were welcoming and diverse and eager to teach someone like me, who was eager to learn.
I quickly advanced from seasonal, to – more...  permanent p/t, to f/t, and then through the ranks of housewares depts.
Where I was stopped in my tracks was at the point of being a keyholder. People who were less experienced, less committed to their jobs, but younger and more into youth culture than I was were promoted over me. When I questioned why, all the way up to the VP position, I did not get a satisfactory answer. Instead, I got retaliatory bad reviews (even though my department ran like a top, and I was substantially comping LY sales).
I would recommend C&B to young, white people looking to gain quick experience in specialty retail. Do not bother to apply if you think your hard work will earn you rewards, raises, and promotions UNLESS you are also perky, skinny, blonde, and under thirty years old. – less

loved to stay busy liked forklift driving was able to chang shift due to personal reasons bilingual

Busy outlet mall store, but tons of fun! Great management team and co-workers who made the best out of any hectic situation. A typical day was just waiting on our customers to help them enjoy the Crate and Barrel experience. The hardest part of the job was sometimes dealing with retail customers who were never satisfied... we all pulled it together – more...  and tried to make each person feel welcomed.
I learned alot about the products we sold and was very proud to be a team member of Crate and Barrel. – less

it was fun. everybody was great to work with. managment was great to work for.

it has been awhile since I have worked here but from what I remember it was cool to work there I really enjoyed the environment. the only thing that sucked was that there was no real parking while I was working there, but it was a great place to work at.

fun team of diversed staff, great company . corprate is very loyle to there employees. company as a whole exhibts pride and passion toward all jobs at hand

I loved the environment. Everyone helped everyone, the team work was way to overwhelming.

Overall Crate and Barrel is an amazing company to work for. There team members are warm friendly and always there to help.

Great learning experience. It is not a silo company. One person has multiple roles.

Crate and Barrel is a good place to work for. I have advanced quite rapidly in a short amount of time with the company. I enjoy helping others and I am proud of building my bench and seeing my students go further with their careers. Unfortunately, we are all nervous of the state of the economy and the drastic changes it has caused to our company.

great family work place, great for full or part time.
always supportive family first

I worked there for 6 months and was laid off and they still considered me "seasonal employment". Lots of turnover, not much room for growth.

Fellow sales and stock associate are great. Management tries to work with you to develop skills that are necessary fro future endeavors.

Working at villa Ulivi is a good job if you have morning class and a full afternoon. I worked as a front desk associate and the day can become long if you do not keep yourself occupied. So if you are person who needs a constant work load (like myself) then I would not recommend this job to you.

Crate & Barrel is a great place to work. The company spends a great amount of time with training the staff and the management team. The corporate team is supportive with any issues that you may have.

This was the best company to work for. The company culture is great and they definitely care about the welfare of the employee.

Great Company, Great people alway promote from with in. Tough schedule during holiday season. Usually promotes from with in.