What's the company culture at QVC?

Every business has its own style. What is the office environment and culture like at QVC?

Are people dressed in business casual, jeans and t-shirts, or full-on suits? Do folks get together for Friday happy hours and friendly get-togethers?

What is a typical day in the life of an employee at QVC?

The culture of QVC is, in reality, our personality. It's a living reflection of our beliefs — put in motion by the people who choose to work here. It's a unique environment that's part TV, part technology, and retail that's 100% different.

We are a business casual environment, but some departments wear jeans whenever they want; it all depends on what you have going on any particular day. We thrive on the unexpected. Do our best work under pressure. And believe that together, there's nothing we can't accomplish.

All work and no play? Not at QVC! Sure we work hard and take what we do seriously, but we also believe in having Fun Along The Way. QVC employees are actively involved in our many intramural leagues including softball, basketball, street hockey and golf.

What about community involvement - like "giving back" activities? I see from the website that there is involvement in Habitat for Humanity and other organizations, but is employee participation actively encouraged corporate-wide?

Does QVC have a corporate responsibility statement? (I don't want to sound like a hippie, but these types of things can certainly nod toward the company culture.)

How has Mike George as CEO impacted the company culture in the last two years?

While the office environment finds a very cooperative, team-spirited atmosphere within coworkers, it is my personal experience that the other side of the two-lane QVC road is either under construction or full of potholes. Policies make the ability to take earnestly acquired vacation and benefit time very difficult at best; and the ability to meet any family emergency a robotic effort in futility. The culture of team spirit, fun along the way, and the desire to give your very best takes a beating in the cold, efficient, steel-handed policies where employess have been reduced to numbers and business needs. You're left wanting to do your best for the customers that you serve and the people with whom you work, and walking against the wind to do so.