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● Work-life balance
Great scheduling flexibility. Whether weeknights for 4 or 5 hours, or 9 hrs on the weekend you have the autonomy to make the schedule work for you.

● Pay & benefits
Definitely room to move to next levels if you apply yourself properly. Additional pay is rewarded with every gradual move and responsibility you take on.  I had a day job so the insurance benefits were not covered by AG.

● Job security and advancement
Advancement is promoted, encouraged, and monetized if you apply yourself properly.

● Management
Management here does a great job with inclusiveness.The team atmosphere is promoted and encouraged and this clearly starts at the top and continues down to your managers whom will assist and encourage you in any way possible for your success.

● Culture
This company has the culture exactly correct if your seeking a family environment, flexibility, inclusivity, genuinely good people and the room for growth with rewards.

● Overall
Whether you are seeking part time seasonal employment or seasonal supervisor employment this is the place for you. I started as PT Seasonal however the infectious personalities, scheduling flexibility and family atmosphere kept me wanting to be around these good people year round. After seeking as much training and coaching as I could find, I was given the opportunity at the SST position within the early 2nd year. If I hadn't relocated out of the state, I would happily be with these great folks long term.

I began in the Doll Hair salon. They paid 9.50 per hour, for part time. Not too bad to brush and spray doll hair all day. Not enough to live on, but no retail job will pay a living wage it seems.
I was then promoted to Retail part-time that was minimum 30 hours per week in the Visual department. When I moved there, they gave me $1 raise since Visual is a bit more stressful with due dates and such. 
I loved that job because it was like arts and crafts! I would definitely go back if there was an AG close to me.
In my store, some of the managers were not that great. The two I had were very fair and understanding, but they were not the issue. It was the managers from other departments that could be an issue. I applied for a lower level management position, only to get denied because that manager had a "favorite" and was still sour that I did not move to her department once they hired Seasonal employees on permanently. That manager and another one did not seem to know their boundaries and tried to redo all visual things that were not to standards. This always got me in trouble, even though it was a manager doing that task. 
Corporate decided to nix those in certain departments, like the personal shoppers. Those shoppers were very important because they always boosted sales for the company. They've made so many changes just to benefit a bonus that I stopped keeping up. Letting people go and firing those in departments to save a few bucks is not cool.

I worked as Merchandise Handler.  A typical day you clock in AP(American Girl Security) receive your radio and headset, put your personal items away put on your apron and check the breakboard; this gives you the time of your lunch/break for the day and tells your assigned duties and assigned area for the day.  You go out to your assigned work area and begin writing down what merchandise you need to fill, a customer may approach you and ask for help you either help them or refer them to a sales associate depends on what the customer wants or needs; managers are walking around on the floor; once you stock your area you then down stock the back stock room, continue throughout your shift monitoring your area for additional needed products; management and co-workers were ok everyone helped each other good team work.  The hardest part was being on my feet for 4-8 hours.  American Girl is a fun place to work there are incentives Mattel toy gifts at Christmas, bonuses when Mattel reaches their projected goals, flexible work schedule, great benefits.

I worked at American Girl for about 5 months, the job in of itself (moving dolls around, fixing boxes, helping kids) was so fun and fulfilling, but the management was far from anything positive. There was zero communication between the managers, meaning one manager might say I could preform a return, and afterwards getting scolded by another manager for it. I was excluded from information regularly and one manager seemed to just not like me at all and made rude statements towards me multiple times. She made no effort to welcome me. The schedule is done by a piece of paper on the wall and a group chat (which I was left out of multiple times), and they made a very big to do out of taking a day off or making any needed change of schedule, even if given plenty of time in advance. Coworkers were all very nice and helpful, but I did feel that a few of them didn't want anyone 'new' on the team. During my interview and my training days I was so excited to be on the team but I ended up so disappointed. Overall, it was not a welcoming environment, there was a lot of great perks and benefits, but they were not worth the anxiety and stress that management gave. It was not what you would expect from a company like American Girl. 

Seasonal employment for the last 6 years on and off and October 2018 they offer $300 incentive referrals bonus, to the new employee and the employee already working there .The one requirement was  to not have work the previous year 2017 .  The second was to finish the entire season It was  no other requirement in the fliers or the postings in Facebook. I personally told the Hispanic recruiter I will only work there if I qualify for the bonus and she assure myself the other people in my  group that  as long as we finish the season , We were told we will receive these bonus in the en of January 2019 ,and now we call and they say it was other requirement (not listed in the flier or Facebook )and that we won’t be receiving any bonus . They wouldn’t answer our calls , after I mention  the posting in Facebook and the flier I have , and that it does not explain any other requirements instead they  lie and it was false pretenses to get people to work there with no intention to ever give those Bonus money to us . The Hispanic people that signed up are aware of these and we will not work for them again.Please don’t sign with these company they lie and promise bogus bonus .

This is my first Graphic Design job in an office environment. It's a fun company to work for but I felt lost with projects given. I didn't feel directed in a specific direction with the projects. Sometimes it didn't feel like a team effort. I felt excluded. It kind of felt like, "Here is what we need, now figure it out". It was a little unorganized. A typical day, I would come in, sit at my desk, check emails, work on given projects, or wait until you were given projects. Management, they were everywhere, they were busy, it would be hard to find out what needed to be done. Also, I didn't know if projects were given to other designers to complete or if the project was completed or not completed, I was left in a cloud of unknown. Co-workers were great! The people there were really nice and fun. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing the projects progress. I learned a little bit but not as much as I wanted to. I feel like I still have the same skills when started the job. It was an experience to work in an office environment though.

While working here I had 40 hours every week for a solid month. I was paying bills, driving an hour to work, enjoying every time my friends and I had the same shift. However there were a few times that the Management wasn't on my side for things I had no control over. I was a star employee until they switched the schedule, didn't tell me it was switched, and then I was written up for a 'no call, no show' on a day that I used to have off. I am not someone who misses work, is late to work, isn't working when told..etc. I was never late to my past jobs, I had all the best references, and I've stayed at jobs for years before American Girl. After the write up I was given 15+ hours a week, on busy weeks. I wasn't making any money, and despite that the write up wasn't my fault, I still didn't get hours. A couple weeks later I totaled my car and couldn't drive up to work, so I was fired. 
American Girl is a really fun place full of adorable kids, nice people and really cute toys. However, don't trust management to be on your side.

I really did love working for American Girl Doll... the place was so clean and very organized. The environment work there reminds me of working at Disney World... so many children and families visiting there on their vacations. Very busy depending on what time of year it is.  If you do like working around children and well to do people then this is not the place for you. The one thing I did notice the turn over for this store is very high people do not stay very long. Sure there are people that have been there for years and those are the ones that get the full time hours and benefits... very hard to get full time hours. The most I was able to get was 22 hours per week and it all depends on the time of year and if they have a new doll line coming out. I had set hours in which I loved and I was just part time and I left because I had a death in our family. But I loved working with the kids and I got paid to play... loved dressing the dolls... I worked as a visual merchandiser associate. I highly recommend working here.

I would start by opening the restaurant, getting silverware, ice, make coffee, etc. I would take my guests order, provide them with excellent service. I have learned a lot about history through the dolls. The hardest thing to do was everyone's side work when they slacked off. Some people asked, who was on ice, etc. I would just do it myself, I would run other server's food, help them out in anyway they needed. the best part of my job was the little girls that came in for lunch or dinner, they would get really excited when I gave them a chair for their doll and a tea cup and saucer. They also were able to take them home, not the chairs. The Birthday Parties were the best. Especially when there was a deluxe party in a private room. The birthday girl received A crown and all the dolls had one as well, and each girl had a goody bag to take home. I only have one boy, and seeing the girl's faces light up was very heartwarming.

If you're okay with working part time (less than 30 hours a week), with no benefits and a different schedule each week which you only find out a week or two in advance, then you'll like working for American Girl.
There are different departments within the store so everyone's experience is different.
Some of the pros:  The people who work there are very nice.  Most of the managers are very nice, even at the corporate level.  They make it very easy to buy dolls and merchandise for practically nothing.  Most of the managers will work with you if you have a scheduling problem. The company offers a 401K through Mattel.
Some of the cons:  It is very hard to advance from a part time position.  The only full time positions are management and there are only a handful of part time positions with benefits.  Most people work at least one day every weekend unless they ask off.  During the slow periods, part time employees usually work 4-hour shifts and are only guaranteed 8 hours a week.  If you work less than 6 hours in a shift, you only get a 15 minute break.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Server 7 salaries reported	$19.70 per hour
Forklift operator 2 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Seasonal warehouse associate 3 salaries reported	$17.33 per hour
Restaurant manager 5 salaries reported	$24.70 per hour
Cosmetologist 3 salaries reported	$18.75 per hour

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