Lids Employer Reviews

My company has really helped me advance my management and leadership skills allowing me to not only grow as an individual but as a team player as well.

Managed all aspects of day to day operations. Doubled sales in ten months from previous year. Tripled Embroidery sales. Dealt with all to customer complaints to insure excellent customer service. Updated work procedures and prepared work schedules. Maintained employee records. Handled cash deposits and maintained accounting records. My stores were in – more... the top three in the region and number 1 for 4 months in a row. Trained all employees in sales, embroidery, and assistant managers in management procedures and policies. – less

Training and coaching employees to make goals, and better in merchandising.

Lids was a great company to work for, they do have a lot going for them but did see in the company that few a few members of the team that was bringing down the company, did not want to take part of that!

i enjoyed working here because i have a pretty big hat collection. from working in my previous jobs in the vineland mall i have a very big customer basis that follows me to me new stores.

I would usually work quite a few open to close shifts when they were suppose to be shared evenly throughout the schedule. The store manager was gone quite often, so I was the active manager and basically lived there. Management was a lot of fun, I really enjoyed it. I often felt that at times the assistant manager juggles more and carries more responsibility – more... than the store manager. The hardest part of the job was having a life outside of the job. There just didn't seem to be time for that when the job was so demanding. The most enjoyable part of the job was it was something new and different every day. I enjoyed meeting new customers and creating those relationships where they enjoyed their shopping experience. – less

A typical day at work consist of great customer service. The key for me was to have every customer leaving with a good impression of myself and the company. The hardest part of the job was finding the right people. The right people makes the store and also shows what I can as a successful manager. The most enjoyable part was being able to take these – more... people, trained them and watch them excel into great employees. – less

another job i highly enjoyed but this position was just seasonal

Overworked, Understaffed. Decent Training, No further training after given position.

I enjoyed being able to interact with customers and go above and beyond in creating their own personal one of a kind hats.

Wonderful company to work for with great opportunity for advancement

A typical day would be opening the til, reviewing my budget, completing paper work such as tasking for the day as well as shipment and tending to customers. Everyone pretty much got along and I really enjoyed the regulars and tourist we would get considering I was located at the Water Tower Place.

Hi currently work at lids as a store manager. I started out as an assistant 4 years ago and have been clear with my expectations of what I want to get out of the company far as position. I wanted to be in corporate in Indy to work in the embroidery department. I worked my way up to store manager and have managed 4 stores now. My numbers were awesome – more... and was consistently in the top in our district....i was promised many things and never saw it happen. My dm is a work a holic that cares little of his employees..all of us managers work 60 plus hrs with little pay and consideration to our well being. I am currently 6 months pregnant and since my dm found out I was Prego he told me I was damaged goods and he no longer wanted me in his district. So he promised to get me into corporate by spring. I'm still waiting. Please don't apply to this company as I am currently looking somewhere else. I have been belittled and verbally abused by this company and consistently being lied to....also I had a assistant manager who had sexual relations with my sales associate and I had 4 witnesses to this. I responded right away and my dm tried to justify it and basically gave her a slap on the wrist for it even though our policy says 0 tolerance for harassment. I lost 5 good employees because of this assistants behavior and nothing was done...i spoke to a corporate employee on this matter and he told me lids will do nothing about this to protect there employees cuz they do it themselves. So please choose wisely as I have wasted my time with this place and lids gives there managers 0 control over firing destructive ppl as this that I have delt with.
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A typical day at work would be counting the tills and selling hats, clothes and accessories. I learned how to balance the tills properly and how to properly pull out the deposits. My co-workers and managers were great, very easy to work with. The best part of my job was being able to meet the tourist from various parts of the world.

this was the absolute worst job I've ever had. the pay was horrible especially for all the work that had to be done . there was also several times where i didn't get a lunch break also i am 17 years old and they took advantage of me because of my age. i applied to be a cashier / sales associate , and i mostly cleaned they had me clean bathrooms floors – more... windows and walls i never even learned their register. the management was very poor i worked in the one on 42nd street and 5th avenue. the manager was very ghetto and rude. and when i quit, the day i was supposed to receive my paycheck they held it and never gave it to me. DO NOT WORK AT THAT LOCATION ! – less

Fun place to work but if your not into sales its not for you! They push you so hard to sell! Overall i enjoyed the job, the travel to get there was just a bit much!

I love my job, I can say this is a great place to work. There is a lot of work, as a store manager you are front line and must run your store as it was your company it just doesn't reflect in the pay department.

There is little to no work life balance.

A typical day at work is walking around the store and assisting customers and keeping store clean. I've learned how to help customers with any type of attitude or problem. The management was very poor co workers weren't on time and called out last minute.

Easy to learn and typical day surrounds on finding shrinkage throughout the company and able to identify errors. Management put Co-workers against each other rather than work together in order to get production done. A lot of overtime and most of it is "Mandatory". Can not really plan ahead due to a lot of work and overtime, takes a lot out of your – more... social time and schooling. – less

Well-accomplished, hard-working customer service manager and proven leader with comprehensive background in client services, training and project management operations