dressbarn Employer Reviews

The typical day consisted of customer service, handling shipment, returns. I learned how to mulit task, change floor set up in the store, schedule writing, and started learning management skills. My coworkers were great and helpful. The hardest part of the job was handling customer complaints. The most enjoyable part of the job was helping the customer – more... feel great about themselves. – less

Enjoyed interacting with customers and co-workers. Nothing was hard about this job. Working as a team was the most enjoyable part.

They are a real caring company. I continue to learn and grow here at dressbarn. My co workers are always friendly and will to lend a hand. I work flex hours.

Working for Dressbarn, though short, was a wonderful experience to have. My co-workers were some of the best a person could ask for. My managers were amazing to work with, very helpful and ran there stores beautifully. Though, our district manager was not someone we all admired and would make working there miserable, especially for the store managers. – more... Over all, if you have the opportunity to work here, take it. – less

Dressbarn is the best company I have ever had the pleasure of working for. They truly value their associates, who in turn value their customers. I have a support system at work. I work with my store manager on a daily basis and our district manager on a weekly basis with no added stress. Yes I work for these people, but they know my name and they know – more... about me. I truly feel like I have found my place here at Dressbarn. I feel I truly have become a part of a family, the Dressbarn family. – less

The job is terrible. Management has no idea what they are doing, and actually gossip about their coworkers while on the floor. The hours are brutal, and the manager doesn't even do anything. When a DM is coming, the manager waits until the last day to schedule a store cleanup or store re arrangement, and it takes forever to do it. Half of the employees – more... keep calling out for personal reasons and some don't even show up for days on end, and management does nothing about it. The hard workers get no reward and the manager takes all the credit when things are good. Don't work here. – less

Best part about working for Dressbarn Santa Clarita was the team. We always worked together to get things done and for the most part had fun doing it. I learned a lot about people and especially myself. I am thankful for all people I worked with because I wouldn't have got where I am today without knowing them.

Dressbarn is not a bad company to work for, I do feel that the new district manager at that time was trying to push all of the dressbarn employees out and bring in all of her old employees from another company that she worked for.

As I walked into the store I go straight to the alarm and deactivate it. Go to the computer and open the store for the day, print off necessary paperwork and then go to the registers, clock in, take the trash out as this is only done in the mornings and then off to the bank to make the deposit. This is easy enough to accomplish within the 30 minutes – more... allotted before the store actually opens for the day.

Upon my arrival back to the store from the bank, I go to the registers and count them in with $300 to start off with. I am now ready to operate the store for the day. I have my Associate going through the store to make sure dressing rooms are locked and the store is faced. Besides entering various paperwork into books and taking in shipments of new stock to put out, we aid each customer in choosing clothes and promote suggested sales extras. Each Associate gets the benefit of the final sale from each customer she/he helps. Likewise, anything that is returned is counted negatively towards the Associates sales goals overall.

The brief time I was there,I learned a lot about fashion, trends,dressing walls and manikins for visual aids that customers will see as they experience what our store has to offer and other merchandising techniques used by the fashion industry. This included outreaching to the community in order to promote sales.

Management does not fully support each other to be successful. Instead, Managers talk negatively about other Managers and Associates instead of talking directly to them in order to come to a resolution to a specific problem or set of problems. One knows weather or not she/he will be accepted within the first 5 minutes of contact. I had no such luck. I was originally hired in to transfer to another store that was due to open soon. To my surprise, due to another Manager complaining about the fact she has seniority over me and she should be the one going to the new store, I ended up in the original store with the original Manager who never liked me from the start. She tolerated me as she knew I would be transferring to the other store. She was stuck with me and hated the very idea of having me as her Assistant Manager.

The hardest part was, despite my best efforts, I failed to meet expectations no matter how hard I tried to fit in. My Manager Sabotaged my every efforts to be a great Assistant Manager for her. She always made snide comments, under her breath to me, and fabricated stories to pad my file full, of negative profiles, which ultimately caused me to lose my job by the end of my probationary period. A job I truly loved and am good at. I felt intimidated by her and I was there to learn from her. It seemed I always fell short and I was beside myself. I begged her to help me be a better Assistant for her. I set up meetings before I had to be at work to settle our differences to no avail.

Upper management is a broken chain and has a negativity about itself that lacks the skills necessary to promote a positive work environment. It lacks structure to produce excellent Mangers and Assistant Managers. Upper Management is all about the corporate ladder and not about the overall successes of the store or the people who run it.I have seen Managers talk down to Associates like they have no feelings and then I have seen these same Associates fired in the same manner I was.It's my belief that I don't have to like someone to still be able to have a positive work relationship at work. After all,We are there for the same reasons. To make money and have benefits; maybe even retire from a job they love.

What I liked best is that, for the brief time I was there,I had made many new friendships with Associates and because of my persona and skills, as an Assistant Manager,I had many returning customers and my sales exceeded expectations, for myself as well as my Manager. It's in this I feel my Manager was jealous and felt I had to go in order for her to have job security. In other words I was a threat because I am great at what I do.I wish she would have taken my strengths and blended them with hers so we could have had a great team. – less

Typical day at work was greeting customers, organizing clothes, providing customer service, helping the ladies pick out outfits or locate an item in the store. Management was ok...i had problems with one of them because at the moment i am pregnant and she would give me a hard time and complain about me a lot. They cut my hours or would not schedule – more... me because my doctor said i needed to have a 15 minute break each shift i worked. So i resigned and accepted a better paying job. My co-workers seemed nice but i would find out they talked negatively about me behind my back. The hardest part of the day was finding something to do when business was slow and the stock had already been put out. The most enjoyable part of my day was knowing i provided excellent customer service to the customers. – less

great job for young people at that time. There were no commissions then and you could get personal with clients in a way that doesn't seem to happen today.

Assisting customers with finding clothes. I learned how to have patience with customers whether they are nice/mean to me. I had a wonderful boss. I also had good co-workers. We worked as a team. There really wasn't nothing hard about this job. I enjoyed how we would go out for lunch together and also I enjoyed helping customers figure out what they – more... want to purchase. – less

I enjoy working with the customers everyday, I enjoy my co-workers, and I enjoy making new "friends" at work. Management is pretty unfair, but most of that is because of District Leaders and Regional Leaders micromanage when they don't need to. The hardest part of my job is climbing on ladders when I have a fear of heights. The most enjoyable part of – more... my job is working with the people, customers and co-workers alike. – less

vERY GOOD PLACE TO WORK AT, MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HELPING THEM IN ALL AREAS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE HELPED. MANAGEMENT WAS ALWAYS CONNECTING WITH ITS EMPLOYEES(ME) AND TRAINING EMPLOYEES AND GIVING UP DATES.MY CO-WORKERS WHERE ALWAYS UNDERSTABLE AND WE WORKED AS A GROUP, I ALSO LEARNED THAT AS AN ASSOCIATE ALWYS HAVE A SMILEY FACE AND CONNECT WITH – more... YOUR CUSTOMERS.
THE HARDEST PART OF THE JOB WAS MEETING THE TARGET OF OPENING THE CHARGES, BUT ONCE YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT, IT WAS NO LONGER A HARD PART BUT ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO OPEN AS MANY AS 3 PER DAY.
THE ENJOYABLE PART WAS MEETING THE CUSTOMERS, SOLVING THEIR PROBLEMS AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM CAMING BACK AND SEEK FOR YOUR HELP, IT GAVE CONFIDENCE IN ALL YOU DO AND LEARN ALOT BY DOING THE SAME THING MANY TIMES OPENING A WAY FOR MORE CUSTOMERS. – less

Customer service clerk in clothing sales, cahier, and invertory. Payroll clerk.

I enjoyed working there and getting to do some aspects of setting up displays. even though your part time they give you decent hours. some of the managers were rude and hard to approach if you were unsure of stuff.

I really liked the company when I started but found they play favorites and if you don't play the game you will not get ahead. I did like the product they sold and the merchandising. Very poor pay structure.

This is a great place to work for part time, but not if you are looking for a full time job or a place to advance. Flexible hours but poor pay and the DM allows for bullying to occur in the work place.

A typical day is going to the bank , working with customers, and processing stock. I have worked as an assistant manager when another took a personal leave. We have to process our stock daily and hang window signage to advertise sales. I really enjoy working with the customers and providing them with a sense of satisfaction.

On typical day, I would basically aid customers in whatever they need help to do. This is my first job so I have learned a lot about my communicatons skills and how much I love to interact with others. Management is a lot of times, unprepared. I like working with my co-workers. We push one another to do our very best. The hardest part of my job would – more... probably be having to deal with people with bad attitused. But I also look at it as a challenge to make the person leave the store happy with the the service they received. The most enjoyable part of my job would be, meeting new customers and showing them all the things we have in the store. I like meeting new people and learning things about them. – less