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Family Christian Stores Employer Reviews

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Senior Sales Associate (Former Employee), Joliet, IL –
Poor management and planning. Corporate feel and sales orientated.
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Thinking about working for FCS? Don't walk but RUN AWAY!
Was an SFL now ICS (Current Employee), USA –
Pros: christian, helping customers grow in their faith.
Cons: to many to list...
I don't know what everyone else who reviewed on here was smoking but it is not a great place to work.

1. Poorly paid
2. Employes are poorly treated
3. Out outrageous expectations
4. DM's and RM's who don't encourage just discourage
5. They say it's not about the numbers but it is!

Now that's just some of many problems let me explain farther.

1- You – more...  start off at minim which is normal in retail, but all the work you do you should get that raised. We haven't had a raise in 3 years.
2- Your numbers are how you get treated, not even by how hard to you or try, or all you may do. If your numbers are in the tank you might as well yell at yourself to save your DM some of their breath... Constantly having to take time wasting conference calls that just make you even more stressed out and upset. All you hear is the negative! Just a flat out nightmare, save yourself the stress headaches and look elsewhere for a job.
3 And 5! I can understand having somethings that you focus on to up sell, But between the Members only items, Focus Items (normally two to three of these at a time) and Imprints it is over whelming. And that's not including World Vision. Don't get me wrong its great to help the children but you work for FCS not WV so the pressure to find sponsors is silly and way to much pressure. The most over used line by my DM is "It's a child not a metric' That would be true if you didn't have to sit on a conference call once a week if you are below a cert en number of children sponsored. Really it's not about the numbers? Yeah right that's all it is about...
4- DM's and RM's (When you actually see them) Are the most depressing people you will ever meet. I can understand them coming and correcting what is wrong in a store, but when your store manager gets sick whenever they come to town you know it's to much. It's awful, I've been yelled at and almost cussed out by our DM. They managed to hold the language in so hat off to that I guess... Trust me I'm not making this up.. Go apply at Target or Walmart OR heck the dollar store.

(5 Is up with 3.Got carried away as I was typing)

A typical day at work: is awful, to many things going on and lots of stress.
What I've learned: To never work for this company again and tell anyone I know to never apply.
Management: Our SM is great! I am thankful for them because they work hard and help lift up the team rather than tear down.
My Co-Workers: Are great too, some are stronger than others but they are normally great people who work hard.
The hardest part of my job: Showing up, I just want to drive past the exit.... It's that bad..
The most enjoyable part of the job: Clocking out (Well helping the customers is pretty great but I can do that some where else) – less
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Abused – May 20, 2012

Everything in this review is CORRECT!! I worked for this company for 12 years...it was to the point, that I cried all the way to work most days. It is not worth the stress. And, no pay raises for 5 + years....not even a cost of living raise...always expected to put in more hours, given less payroll etc, but no raise and often told "you are not getting a raise because you are hurting the company not helping." This really is sad, but it is no longer a Christian company, it is a regular company that sells Christian product. They use scripture and christian values to spiritually abuse its employees if they have trouble getting World Vision kids sponsored! At Thanksgiving, we were told, "If you have not met your World Vision Quota, you should be ashamed to sit down at a table with your family and eat a big Thanksgiving meal." And then they say its not about the numbers....

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Data entry of orders (Former Employee), Grand Rapids, MI –
Pros: great work environments and wonderful co-wokers
Cons: company does not offer full-time position
Having many years of experience in customer service and office procedures, I feel I would be a real asset for any company that is in need of such skills.
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relaxed working enviroment
retail associate (Former Employee), Webster,TX –
Very Relaxed working enviroment,supervisors are very understanding and eager to work with you.
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I enjoyed creating customer relationships, and the people I worked with.
MIT Manager in Training, Assistant manager (Former Employee), Aurora, Colorado –
Pros: good discount, and enjoyed making business relationships, with the customers.
Cons: not enough pay, for position of management i was in.
The company had a high demand on the emplyees, and management often saw the negatives over the positives. Not a healthy environment with a micro manager who had anger issues, was the main reason for my leaving.
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Family Christian Stores has a nice family atmosphere.
Sales Floor Leader (Former Employee), Ankey, IA –
Pros: nice, quiet, christian-values
Cons: not necessarily customer-friendly, there are some upper management issues also
Family Christian Stores has a nice atmosphere and can be a nice place to work. I was under two different managers during my time of employment and their management styles were completely different which created some unnecessary friction.
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Excellent Employer - not just "a job", but enjoyable and fulfilling work
Sales Associate (Former Employee), Lakeland, Florida –
I very much enjoyed my time at Family Christian Stores. Not only did I enjoy it as a work place, regarding employee policies, procedures, advancement, etc., but I so enjoyed working with customers. As an avid book lover and a Bible student, I really felt a sense of accomplishment when I helped a customer find that perfect book, music, or gift.
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Great Family!!
Ft Gratiot, MI (Current Employee), Senior Sales Associate –
Best retail company to work for!! Great family atmosphere, Christian values, charity impacts.
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