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Boscovs Department Store

So I worked at boscovs for a few months before going to college just for a little simple way to get money, and it was horrendous. within the first few days I could already tell that nobody in my department liked me (shoe department) it was very obvious that they didn’t wanna work with me and then I did something wrong but I obviously did not do anything wrong because I think of myself as an extremely kind person. Within the first few weeks I already felt miserable as my coworkers and my manager did not talk to me ignored me would not help me with my tasks and we’re just overall very cold with me. after about a month or two it got even worse with hearing that my manager and my coworkers were all talking behind my back not to mention they were 20+ years older than me. I obviously did nothing wrong but it was very obvious that their only source of happiness was talking bad about other people all they did was talk bad about everybody else and then we’ll talk about me behind my back as well. it was an extremely petty department to work and I felt so alone working there every single day I will go home and cry to my family and tell them how alone I felt. I worked 40 hours a week eight hours each day as it was extremely draining to be around people that obviously did not like me and we talk about me. for example I would walk into a room and they would all be standing there and they would stop talking as soon as I walked in and would wait till I would leave to start talking again and they would say things like oh can we help you and just very rude things like that.  they were also very offensive like saying the R slur, the N slur and other racial and homophobic things they would also talk about political issues that were not needed to be brought up at work I just brought them up to start drama. it made me very uncomfortable and it felt very unprofessional. I went to talk to real management about this and nothing was done about it and then my department manager was telling everyone that I went up to talk to real management and I was talking behind her back even though that was not the case I was just having a professional talk with my store manager. I had no friends working there and I felt worthless. they never taught me how to do anything and when I would ask them to help me with something they would say oh I got it and get angry and upset with me so I never learned how to do a lot of simple things such as calling another store because they would do it for me because they did not feel like teaching me.  it wasn’t really the store itself it was just the department I worked in. my manager was so sick and immature and so selfish and self absorbed it felt so draining to be around her. she then admitted to purposely making our schedule so we wouldn’t work together even though I explained to her many times that I had no problems with her and then I liked her as a person to her face. I would say good morning give her compliments engage in small talk and I would barely get anything back from her I would just get a roles and no to little responses. so in conclusion this department that I worked in was absolutely the worst and it made me have the worst mental health that I’ve had in a very long time. I don’t like talking bad about people or writing negative reviews and talking down on companies or people that I know personally but this was just too traumatizing not to mention and to maybe help someone else out from working there because it honestly ruined my summer and my mental health. 

Customer happiness is important but, so is employee happiness. As a department assistant manager, my department manager was amazing best woman to work for ever, but the higher up management take credit for everything the departments do. Floor moves, Volume, Cleanliness everything taken you get no credit for anything. The insurance is horrible. They dont respect personal days. For instance I couldn't have my wedding day or honeymoon off because the human resource lady said it was "during a blackout" In October. She asked If I can change my wedding date. No one gets written up. No one gets fired. I was managing people who wouldn't help customers and hygiene was bad and I was receiving customer complaints bout this guy and no one did anything about it. He wasn't doing his work that was instructed of him. When I did write him up, the human resource tore it up and told me to "tell him I value him as a coworker". There is still a business to run and when he wont do his job he should be written up. They cut hours more and more and then never come on the floor to help. But the best part of the job is there are a lot of people I worked with who became great friends for life. My department manager is such an inspiration she taught me so much, the Loss Prevention always has your back, best security in the business. I loved running a team, I loved having the opportunity to run the team. If I had more assistance and support it would have been great. The assistant manager is a sweet heart she is a gem but I feel that the store manager, human resource need to change. When corporate would come in he morning and it was your day to work night shift, And you get in trouble because signs didnt have toppers thats the problem of the associates who worked in the morning. They knew what to do and they knew how to do it they were there longer then me. IT just never got done right. I Love boscovs I love their prices, I loved working there. But I was bringing work home. I was so stressed because I felt like it fell apart if my manager or I weren't there. I wanted to get married and I wasn't changing my date. I was neglecting my fiancee and my mother because I had to worry how was it going to get messed up. Especially at the time my manager was out with a broken ankle and I had to step in her place. I didnt want to let her down and the company but when I was not getting the support on controlling my team members then what was I there for? I boosted sales, I kept it clean, but one bad apple had more authority over me and it wasn't fair.  I cared about my department and my job. I would love to work there again if I knew things would change. Its great for regular associates but for department managers and assistants at this location I think it needs to change. Need more respect.

A Average day for me as a stock guy was coming into work on a set schedule which varies to change every week. That being between working under 40/hrs a week and only have 2 ten minute breaks after 12, along with a 30 minute break to enjoy your lunch. The convenience of the mall itself allowed people to obtain a 20% discount on the majority of store locations.

I've learned general skills such as management on the floor, general visual aspects to obtain sales and techniques that include folding, asset protection, and mass management over a department without being pressured in any way.

Management was harsh, a group of individuals treated its employee's as though they were expendable. HR did not include the interest of its employee's to convince them to stay in that position. Although the 2 store managers were incredibly nice to the floor managers, the lesser employee's were considered intolerable and undignified for the whole "Team Aspect" that the company promises. Everyone seems to be stressed and struggling and they take that environment to work with them.

My co workers were very understanding of the mistreatment from their superiors, However much they gossip they stay loyal to their department and work at their hardest until they seek to find a better opportunity for themselves, Who can blame them?

The hardest part of my position was the induced labor, A constant use of my physical strength was a primary source to my as of now painful back, Lifting boxes without a back brace provided to me, Climbing on high shelves to grab articles of clothing. lifting heavy objects with heavier objects on top of it to apply the weight. and not to mention the constant stress and requirement of having to rush to do your job no matter how imperfect it might be. Your floor manager may give you over a million things to do at once, so make sure you have a pen and paper.

The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing my co-workers, We were all around the same age group and we all got along pretty well.
We related a lot and shared laughs just talking about the managers and how our lives were basically*bleep* in that place. But it was someone you do not call a co-worker but a reliable friend. Most people coming out of the building would offer you rides home if you did not have one, Others would insist on buying lunch for the entire department, It was a good environment with them by my side and thats what enabled me to continue working for Boscov's.

Note: One of the floor managers in the mens department, You told me something that really inspired me to move foward and fix alot of what was broken in my life. I have to say, For a stock broker you really know more about life than money, I appreciate everything.

I started out as a sales associate. Workers I work with are great. If you cared about your job they will value you. Like anything in life. You are overworked and underpaid but management was always great and understanding at least.

Pandemic hits, they bring only half the staff back as store is expected to take a big hit in sales but to ensure the store stays open. Pandemic was of course tough for EVERYBODY. This store however consolidated multiple depts. With little to no extra pay. In my Dept., Wait time for product was bad. Dealing with that has not been easy and complaints that followed. Our Dept. Also given more to do off the sales floor despite my pay structure is not just Hourly. Performance based off sales.

New store manager arrives to the new store. Your years of hard work doesn't matter. The work you are doing isn't good enough. Manager who is coming from store with top sales is coming in to shake things up. Dealing with expanded departments and roles. Also while during one of the worst staffing shortages. It's also about how much more departments you can work at no extra pay and by the way stripping you a worker or two to float other depts.

There is no mourning meetings. There is no uplifting messages or no one to tell you when you did do a good job at something.

I know everyone and their mother wants to complain about their job the second they get. However I loved my job. It was actually a great job and enviornment. However Pandemic and the store manager has altered my view on the company, they are opening stores and still have a fair pay problem and and a work load problem while dealing with a hiring crises as we speak money to bet a moral problem in multiple stores. I can however only speak for mine. 

When you get told by a store manager that your work during COVID didn't matter. When you get hit with COVID in 2020 and not get paid like you were supposed to legally or when you had to quarantine that becomes a major problem. Multiple warnings and complaints to corporate with little to no response.

I hate to do this but if your new employee I would stay clear of working here at Toms River. Multiple new people are working by themselves with little to no training because good hard working people that would have trained you, are fed up and are leaving.


The work itself is decent, and the pay has increased by a few dollars over the years to compete with other retail jobs in the area. Benefits are reasonable, especially for entry-level positions. They will hire practically anyone who applies, and the application and interview processes were breezy.

However, this is outshined by the very disrespectful, toxic work environment - especially in the way things were handled post-COVID-19 pandemic. Employees are expected to do the work of 3 people at a time, and then their work ethic is questioned when the work load is too heavy. Employees on the sales floor are constantly forced to switch departments and expected to immediately have full knowledge of new merchandise, as well as general practices that may differ among departments. You only have a week or two to learn the ins and outs of your new department before you are told you're not working to your department manager's expectations.

The location where I worked was a gossip mill, high school all over again. Store management seemed to treat their job like a game - turn every employee on each other, listen to employees' complaints and issues only to catch the daily gossip, and never help resolve actual problems. In fact, problematic employees, especially in management positions, are often disregarded when issues about them are reported.

Scheduling is far from negotiable, and employees are expected to be entirely flexible. If you work here, get ready to work a lot of mornings less than 12 hours after the closing shift you just worked the night before, especially during the holiday season. Speaking of the holiday season - don't join when they're hiring holiday help, unless you're willing to be left in jeopardy as to whether you will still be on the schedule after January. It's another game they like to play, putting employees' livelihoods on the line and insisting that those employees who need to keep the job most are "on a list," only to find the full-time position they were promised was never really reserved for them.

Overall, this was a job that seemed very promising and, in the end, was only a daily headache until leaving for good. Anyone who works here can easily understand why this company sometimes struggles to keep employees long-term.

I started with this company back in 2018. This was a time when they had an ample amount of staff and managers to get your day-to-day tasks done and feel compensated for doing such. I left in Feb. 2020, right before the pandemic hit. 

Fast forward to Sept. 2022, I returned as a DM for a very busy department. At that time, almost half of the original managers (before the pandemic) had not returned and the remaining managers were given an extra department to manage with no extra pay. On top of that, you still only have enough staff to cover only one of your departments. 

A typical day consisted of call outs or just not having the coverage. And as a DM, I was required to do the work of a Sales Associate and manager. When expressing my concerns to upper management I was told countless times that this is just part of the job. On top of that, you get absolutely no support or recognition for any accomplishments from upper management. New managers get little to no training on the selling floor and what their job duties are (whether they are brand new managers or returning). 

Store manager chooses to help the managers with the most staff/ experience, leaving the others to drown with the overwhelming amount of work and lack of staff. Store manager only comes to help you when they get contacted by corporate about merchandise not selling. You explain you can't get merchandise on the floor if your doing the job of 10 people, still not a good enough reason. 

I could go on  and on about the stress of this job and how horrible the management is, but the point is that this used to be a GREAT company to work for. You would be recognized for your accomplishments, you were supported and most importantly you felt seen. Nowadays, you are just a number. You are just there to get the money in the registers but at the same time expected to be this amazing, can do all manager with no support. 

My advice to the company is to treat their people better. ESPECIALLY if the company is only going to offer the lowest minimum pay for any position. Because the seasoned managers/ associates that were dedicated to this company (like myself) are leaving due to mistreatment.  

I started working here as a part-time night gig during college and switched to full-time after graduating, thinking it would be an easy and stress-free transition until I found a job in my field. Boy was I mistaken! Working part-time was stressful at times, but not NEARLY as stressful as full-time. I work in the misses department which is easily one of the busiest at the Reading store. Not only are we expected to deal with horribly rude customers at the register and try to promote the Boscov's credit card to them, we also have to clean the disgusting fitting rooms, put away ungodly amounts of tried-on clothes, pull internet orders (in some cases by the stack), merchandise the department when putting out stock, keep the department clean, do transfers, change prices on ad day, and countless other tasks that quite frankly should not be a sales associate's responsibility. All the while dealing with heavy amounts of customer traffic and trying to work with what little staffing we have. Meanwhile, upper management does not care when we are drowning in loads of work even when you bring it up to them. The store manager is horribly rude, unprofessional, and micromanages the department to the point where it's nit-picking little things that are unimportant, while we are drowning in work. But wait: there's more! Think you work hard and have the potential for advancement? Think again! You can work as hard as you want but if you are not favored by management, you will go entirely unnoticed. In addition, since I work at the corporate store, the buyers come up and are extremely rude to us sales associates and try to make themselves seem better than us. Please reconsider your decision to work at Boscov's. I enjoyed it at first, but I am on my last leg at this place. It's a shame to have seen such great and dedicated workers quit due to being terribly underpaid, overworked, and walked all over by management. If you can, the part-time night gig is more manageable and stress-free than full-time. 

When I first thought of working at what was then my favorite store in the local area, I talked with the top HR person and felt very positive about the entire hiring process. I stated very clearly my physical limitations due to chronic Lyme Disease, which included carry heavy loads (i.e. clothes, boxes, etc), the need for shorter shifts and not closing one night and opening next morning. These things were agreed to before I signed on. Training went fairly well. I knew how to operate the cash register, how to do returns, etc. I did NOT know how to run an area on my own. 

When it came to actually working...all caveats were ignored, my manager considered "managing" me - or even communicating with me - far beneath her. Within 2 weeks, I was being left to manage TWO departments, not one, ALONE, with PILES of clothes to return to the floor. And with all this, customers were always to come first. I can do excellent customer service, and became one of the favorite cashiers for customers, but I was reamed out when I closed the night before and came back next morning (something we'd agreed I wouldn't be doing!) to racks of clothes to be returned to the sales floor. There was NO WAY on God's green earth that I could do the work of THREE sales associates, carrying heavy loads, working long shifts. 

I was promised the world and given Hades. I do not use that word lightly. Because of the stress from the lack of management & communication as well as outright unkindness I experienced there, my Lyme came out of remission and I wound up back in bed for months. My so-called manager never lifted a finger to help me learn to manage a sales floor area; I was a nameless nuisance to her. From what I've learned from others there, this is  Boscov's typical, every day culture for staff. Employee morale is always low. When I go in now to shop (I avoided the place for months), it's obvious in the expressions and attitudes of the employees.

You come in to open the register, check the sales for day and try to put away any merchandise that was returned or misplaced in the store. The good part is, you are only responsible for the knowledge and sales of merchandise in whatever department you are assigned to work. However, this can be frustrating to customers who expect you to honor the sale price of an item from another department. But, as there is always someone available in those departments, it is possible to call them to confirm.
Most coworkers work very hard and well together, but too often there is one who brings the team down because they view it as a social hour.
The opportunities to make money are pretty good. Aside from your hourly pay, working on register you can process new credit applications which add additional money to your paycheck for each one processed. A few departments run on commission, so your sales do directly affect your paycheck. 
The most difficult part of the job can be the schedule, but it is mostly explaining the policies to the customers who, sometimes, are less than understanding. However, this does help you to develop much better social skills. The best part of the job is the employee discount for shopping in the store and knowing about some sales before the customers do. When things go on a clearance, it's almost a crime not to buy it, especially with your employee discount.
Overall, it isn't a bad company to work for if you want to get a feel for retail. But it isn't a job where you just stand behind the register and smile. You are expected to maintain the cleanliness of the department and be knowledgable about the products you sell.

Have been on the receiving dock for a year now, full-time. In charge of unloading truck shipments, collecting empty clothing hangers from registers, gathering all empty cardboard to be baled and sent back to distribution for recycling, and helping with delivering curbside orders and loading furniture into customers’ vehicles. There usually  are 2-3 trucks a week that are not on a set schedule - so be prepared to literally work your schedule based on whenever distribution decides to send shipments. Impossible to have or make a set schedule, it can and will change weekly. A lot of physical work involved on truck days - other days can be slow and quiet if there isn’t anything going on sales wise. Just like any other retail job, the management team can make or break a job like this. A good manager can make even the worst days fun and hilarious. Others will make your skin crawl every time they page over the intercom. Starting pay was $14.50/hour, which honestly is not enough. This can feel like and essentially is warehouse work. The retail version of warehouse work. Coworkers can be hit or miss. Some work hard and others just show up. Again, it’s retail. You get what you get. Most team members are allowed to work whatever overtime they want during holiday season (when Christmas items start getting shipped and sold) since it seems like every single department is short staffed and in desperate need of help. I make the position sound horrible, if the pay was better I would honestly be having more fun. I enjoy the fast paced days and feeling of accomplishment emptying out a full trailer. But no one should be coming home exhausted, sweaty and still struggling to pay rent.

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