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2nd Ave Thrift

I enjoyed working here, especially seeing the weird items and customers that came through the store everyday. All tasks were easy albeit limited and repetitive, but I was never too bored working here and the lack of expectation/challenges/supervision mixed with the variety of items made it a calm, quirky, and enjoyable work day. Some supervisors would get on employees cases for things that weren't their fault and treat them like dumb teenagers, but it was all in good fun and for the most part everyone was very nice and supportive and easygoing, most supervisors were very nice, even the stricter ones. All in all I would have loved to work here longer but the pay was a bit too low for my age and skills.

That being said if you're a teenager or college student this job may be worthwhile, especially if you're into old thrifty stuff. Working here can get you into some cool hobbies and collecting, maybe you'll find some interesting clothes, books, furniture. It's an easygoing work environment with very flexible days/hours and interesting items coming through every day, so on balance it might be better than working at the dairy queen across the street and scrubbing the ice cream machine for 2$ more per hour. 

Every day you would punch in and wait a good while before a manager or a more experienced staff member could set up your register. Managers usually disappeared on the floor or to the office when you needed them most, which was usually when you needed to remove an item from the costumers till, or needed extra change. To call a manager to the front you will need to page them from the phone that every resister area has. When it came to schedules, you better take a picture of it as soon as it comes out, managers will often change schedules without saying anything. Supposedly managers are to send an email to everyone about schedule changed to employees, but that was never the case when I worked there. I'd occasionally get a phone call about coming in for somebody or if they needed extra hands. However schedules can be flexible, and the mangers can be understanding when you need to call out. By far, the hardest part of the job is trying to check out customers quickly during holidays or special offer (example: 50% off all clothes, or 50% off the whole store, etc). There are no benefits for employees, not even a small employee discount. Employees have to pay full price, even on discount days. Employees are also not allowed to purchase anything at the snack bar, they can only purchase things from the vending machines in the "break room". Because the break room is next to the loading area from the donation trucks, you will often see mice (they are completely harmless and are very afraid of people so they are nothing to worry about, it's just gross). Overall this job was best for a first time retail experience when it comes to dealing with customers, counting money, and working with others.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at the company was engaging with each unique customer and helping them look for what they need. Not to mention the teamwork accomplishment despite some of the language barriers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The stress came from the amount of times they changed our lunch breaks and other breaks. The changes were designated to which tasks we had to be on today( Tagging Close, Putting out Shoes and Knick Knacks, etc.). All of that did a number on my feet and my back.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and the culture were very unique and accepting. I didn't mind engaging in small conversations with some of them during breaks and small office parties. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It typically just involves me going towards my Supervisor to see what they need for me to do( my easy task can change at any time during the day). I do whatever they need me to do to help my teammates with organizing and helping customers find out the sale deals and other necessities.

There are more bad than good working with 2AVE. Management sucks. Pay sucks. You work more than they pay you. They’re unorganized. The amount of work we do really isn’t worth the pay and those of use who have been there longer(1 year+) are payed less than the newly employed even though we work twice as much as they do. The location I work at, management really don’t know how to talk to their employees. They talk to us as if we’re stupid or dumb just because we wear different colored clothes than they do. There are no holiday pay and they’re ALWAYS having a sale. Literally every single day. If you’re part time don’t expect to have PTO cuz it’s ‘nonexistent’. The only good thing is that they’re constantly hiring. Because they are always in need of people, you’re less likely to get fired. As long as you do your work and you’re reliable, you’re bound to be there for a very long time. Until you f** up of course. 

typical work day consists of having the absolute minimum amount of workers scheduled for each shift leading to many scenarios of being overworked to compensate with no added benefit. Management while kind, is often difficult to get a hold of due to also being overworked. Relationship between retail and production teams often teeters between good and bad. Register system is severally outdated and highly prone to errors, sometimes requiring the effected register(s) to be closed down for the day if not longer in addition to the majority of retail staff not being trained how to operate them. Store is made a complete mess everyday with many items thrown on the floor and/or placed in the wrong department.

Pretty basic job, if you're in high school or starting to attending college and you want a somewhat easy job with hours, go ahead. Has medium lvl of stress and can be fast paced at times but your objectives will always be clear to you. By that I mean you'll handle simple tasks although they can be very tedious. Management can be helpful most times. Attempting to call out or switch your scheduling days can be difficult sometimes. Horrible breaks. Finally you'll most likely be understaff forcing you to do other's work load and handle more tedious jobs especially if you work the evening shift. nice co workers though 

Its a nice first job but the pay is just the minimum wage. The customers are the worst part of the job and were often short staffed. Closing can suck because of how messy the floor can get and how customers don't want to leave. The manager and supervisor are nice and understanding. Very flexible!! The schedule is never the same changes each week and hours are never the same also depending on how the company is doing.
 On sale days is when it can get hectic because a lot of customers just grab items and don't know that only certain item are on sale. You must work one weekend day and Sundays are the craziest, rude customers and sometimes short staffed. Slow days are great but if your closing it can be messy. 

Worst place to work  the managers will torture you even if you're pregnant they force you to do extra stuff the coworkers are rude most of them are from foreign countries that speak only one language. The managers will make you over work until you can't nomore...the breaks are only 20minutes short. The supervisors are very rude they give a person a rough time also they have No type of healthcare insurance at all. They will start you off at 8.25 an hour and you in order to get a raise you literally have to wait a total of 30years to have a raise. It's really a hassle. You're better off working somewhere else better. They have very poor management. Nothing is ever clean

My experience wasn't too good with 2nd Ave. Lots of micromanaging it started out ok but then it got worse as they constantly changed management. I got a promotion with the promise of a raise that I never got until I quit of which it was prorated at that point. The ones that did get raises were the ones that was friends or friends of friends of management and it was so transparent that it was ridiculous, and oh I even took it to HR all to be told yes we agree but nothing was done about it.The entire management team was eventually fired and replaced so Im hopeful for the new comers that its much better now than it was when I was there.

Management only cares for themselves and have their favorites.
The store won most sold during holidays and earned up to $30,000 during 3-day during specials. Workers saw nothing of what the store earned during those 3 days. The workers that are stuck working holidays are those the management does like after the chaos of the holidays are over the worker aren't reward for their hard work only the preferred ones. During the special days of the discount, there are only a few people left to work while the store gets super crowded.
 Do not work here if you want to be overworked while paid little and you can never get a raise

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Warehouse associate 9 salaries reported	$15.75 per hour
Customer service representative 6 salaries reported	$15.75 per hour

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