Bed Bath & Beyond Employee Reviews

the manger will throw some passive aggressive comment in your face. but the co workers were nice and very helpful. they will go out of their way to help.

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Company was not good

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Florence, AL - September 20, 2023

Overall, I did not hate working here, but the company itself never supported us. Regional managers were usually jerks and even kept one of our managers from becoming the store manager because they "did not have enough management experience." Even though they had been running the store for about 4-5 months before they found a replacement.

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What people like

Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals
Feeling of personal appreciation

great first job

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) - Plano, TX - September 19, 2023

this was my first job in high school and it was great! i was actually trusted with a lot there and i even went to a convention at about 17 years old for BB&B

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Back breaking work

Dept. Manager (Former Employee) - Austin, TX - September 19, 2023

Employees worked their tails off at this place with no appreciation from the top, but in the end they closed and left a bunch of people jobless and no severance.

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Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Memphis, TN - September 19, 2023

Truthfully, working at this company was an experience I'll never forget. There were plenty of things to do to stay busy. You'd definitely have to wear multiple hats within the course of a day. Things got a bit overwhelming towards the end, mostly because we were severely understaffed and experienced much higher customer traffic. Coming in and working with the staff always made things better. The management team was great and really cared about us as employees.

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Typical retail experience

Operations Manager (Former Employee) - Mobile, AL - September 18, 2023

If you have a good management team it’s great! It’s the typical retail experience. The pay could be better for all that they ask of managers. Store closing was a terrible experience!

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Fun work place

Operations Specialist (Former Employee) - San Diego, CA - September 18, 2023

First job learned a lot and made lots of long time friends was very sad to see the company go under. Managers I had taught me a lot . Customers weren’t always the Best But we made the best out of each day

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Productive & Fun Workplace

Operations Manager (Former Employee) - Houston, TX - September 17, 2023

It was a very cool place to work! All was great until we had no merchandise to sell to the customer. We were also held accountable to meet all of the metrics with out product. Company went bankrupt and all of the locations closed.

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Fun, hard work, satisfying

Merchandising Manager (Former Employee) - Massachusetts - September 16, 2023

Great place to work. Lots to do with few hours. Expectations high. Training was great and teamwork was a must to accomplish everything that needed to done

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Would not recommend

Supervisor (Former Employee) - Norwalk, CT - September 15, 2023

Not great environment no work life balance. Lots of management that are not trained enough for their positions. Disappointing place to work. Would avoid

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It was a wonderful place to work!

PART TIME RETAIL CASHIER (Former Employee) - Metairie, LA - September 14, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?They encouraged employees to work as a team and I always felt like upper management had my back. They were also very good about working with my schedule. I felt like a valued employee.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Working when we didn't have enough staff to be able to properly assist our customers.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Completely focused on working as a team. We had each other's back and had a family feel working there. Very respectful of employees and if I needed time off due to a family emergency, it wasn't an issue. They told me, "Family First!"What is a typical day like for you at the company?I would arrive early for my shift so that I could mentally prepare and be at my Cash Register on time. I'd clean my counter and prepare my work area so I could operate efficiently. Greeted my co-workers and started accepting customers greeting them with a smile. Asked them if they found everything okay and if not did what I could to assist them in getting an item. Called for assistance when necessary. Scanned and bagged items accepting all forms of payment.

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Was good until it wasn't

Manager (Former Employee) - Northwest - September 13, 2023

There was way too much work expected and not enough staff/ payroll to get it done. They kept blowing smoke up or butts that everything was going good and then dropped the bomb on a Sunday that the Stores were closing.

Pros

Good people

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It's retail

Supervisor (Former Employee) - Towson, MD - September 12, 2023

Over worked employees, treated employees poorly in general. The pay was terrible compared to the amount of work. There wasn't a whole lot of opportunities to be promoted

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Productive and fun workplace with a friendly environment

Key Holder/Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Hot Springs, AR - September 12, 2023

I loved rearranging each room to make it look perfect and getting to meet different customers and help them find their dream item for their home. Mostly I enjoyed straightening and making the store look perfect. The hardest part of the job was having enough people to work the store so that every task could be accomplished. Management was great and helped any way they could. I learned a lot about products while being there making it easier to sell to customers.

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Terrible

Associate (Former Employee) - Fort Worth, TX - September 12, 2023

One of the worse places to work at. Managers were horrible they caused a lot of drama behind the scenes to the point where the majority of newly hired employees (including me) quit within 4 months of working there because of how terrible the work environment was.

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Management amazing, pay eh and company went under

Key Holder (Former Employee) - St. Louis, MO - September 12, 2023

I loved working at bed bath. I’ve had the best management team to work with. But the oh was sub par and the company went under without severance and very little notice.

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Decent Workplace

Cashier (Former Employee) - Aiken, SC - September 11, 2023

Decent pay. Management was ok. I loved my position it was easy and straight to the point. Unfortunately my store closed down but I loved it while I was there.

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it was nice

Cashier (Former Employee) - New York, NY - September 10, 2023

it was a nice place to work but you was stuck on register all day i like jobs where they rotate you so your not stuck in one place all day. and very flexible work schedule

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Would have been great if corporate didn’t run it to the ground

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Maryland - September 10, 2023

Loved the majority of the customers. Loved coworkers. Scheduling flexibility was great. Management in store was very supportive. Just a shame that corporate didn’t care about any of the people running the stores and we all got screwed in the end.

Pros

Work family

Cons

Corporate

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Best retail job I’ve had

Cashier (Former Employee) - Johnson City, TN - September 8, 2023

I would there for a year while in school. As far as retail goes, this was my favorite job. The managers cared, the worked with my school schedule, and the customers were great 90% of the time.

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Just no

Manager (Former Employee) - Gilroy, CA - September 8, 2023

This company started out wonderful but has been run into the ground for a long time. Absolutely terribly upper management. I wouldn't recommend working here to anyone.

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