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What is the best part of working at the company?
My second manager. She worked hard. Helped everyone while running multiple stores. And was always polite and courteous.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Training is not a thing. You’re thrown to the wolves. Employee retention I know is a problem for a lot of companies but when it happens for years over and over you then have to ask yourself as a company what you can do better. Hourly employees aren’t paid enough. Salary employees are expected to do way more than they’re paid for or job expectations which wouldn’t be a problem if it didn’t add 10-20 hours of overtime which you are then penalized for and not shown any amount of appreciation. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was negative. If you were struggling they were annoyed rather than trying to support you and help you solve the problem. People that had worked for them for years that did amazing work( their words) got thrown away without even a months notice without even being given proper retention or their vacation or personal time they had to EARN to get. It was very demeaning in that case. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I enjoyed the customers the most. They were great. But a typical day was busy because employee retention didn’t exist. You’d bring up ideas to fix these problems and were basically talked to like you didn’t know what you were talking about.

I worked as a Store Manager for Daily Thread (89th & Madison), and the role was very different from how it was presented. I was hired at a lower salary than the previous manager with a promised raise after one year that was never documented or fulfilled. The compensation for the amount of work the super manager does with little to no support, is insulting. And now, because of zero clarity on company policies and the DM making them up on the fly, I have a wrongful termination in the works

Staffing was consistently inadequate, and I was often the only full-time employee, supported by limited part-time help. Despite having qualified candidates available, additional hiring was not approved. As a result, the workload regularly exceeded what one person could reasonably manage.

While expectations required significant after-hours work to maintain store standards, working beyond scheduled hours was also discouraged, creating a constant conflict between expectations and policy. I raised concerns about workload and burnout, but no meaningful changes were made.

With the right support, this role could be successful. Unfortunately, that support was not in place during my time.

When I first started, I loved this job very much and always looked forward to work with an amazing team. Unfortunately, I thought this company would improve over the years but it's declining instead. Company overworks employees, changes their mind every now and then, are focusing on things that shouldn't be the main focus at all and it feels very micromanage. No longer felt like you could be safe and secure and go the company for help. They have their backs at you. Current store manager disrespects employees, witnessed her yelling at a fellow coworker numerous times for no reason. Gets very competitive as well, also for no reason. Would rather oversee employees rather than lead. Would hand over harder tasks to employees while she stands over the computer doing nothing. Makes customers uncomfortable as well and received numerous complaints from our regular customers. I will forever be thankful for the company as they given me and opportunity, however, I'm disappointed with the path they're going and the increase of micromanage as well as the current management, both district and store. 

A typical day is doing all the store operations without assistance from the store manager. 
You will process shipment on a Monday, alone. 
You will do markdowns with a very hard to read list on Wednesday’s by yourself. 
The majority of days, especially in this location, it’s very slow, minimal customers. 
I have learned in this company they do not respect your time off. They will call you to work when you are not scheduled. 
As a part time ASM, the majority of the time I worked up to 40 hours a week, and had to turn down requests to come in or I would have overtime. 
Management style is a lot of micro-managing, including sending pictures of your store to higher ups and conference calls showing said pictures to discuss what needs to be changed in the store. 
Workplace culture is everyone from different stores sending questions in the group chat because no one knows what they are doing. 
This job is not hard. A monkey could do it. 
The most enjoyable part of the job is the discount on product and breaks. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?  Being an assistant manager but never allowed to manage anything but other managers, and dealing with constant verbal harshness from other staff. Not to mention there wasnt any real suggestion or supportive feedback utilized. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company? It's nice and relaxed until you have to rearrange the entire store every month, or you have a 102 fever and STILL have to go into work without getting checked out by a doctor. Or having assumptions made by you bc they don’t care enough to properly communicate or correct. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Slow boring with tons of work loads. I loved getting little lists from my peers like I didn't know what I needed to do that day. Same thing everyday- should be an easy job but clouded by septic personalities and lack of good adult communication. No organization, and in my experience favoritism. 

I enjoyed working with customers; however, as a Store Manager, much of my time was spent on administrative tasks rather than customer engagement. The role required extensive computer work, including frequent mandatory emails, which took focus away from driving sales.

Staffing was a consistent challenge, as my store was rarely fully staffed. Most days, I worked with only one other associate, making it difficult to manage daily operations effectively. With adequate staffing, the workload may have been more manageable.

There were also ongoing requirements to post on social media regardless of store traffic, as well as expectations to create weekly promotional ideas independently. While regular markdowns were understandable, frequent price increases created inconsistencies and made pricing feel unclear.

Overall, I valued the customer interaction aspect of the role, but operational and staffing challenges made it difficult to provide the level of service I aimed to deliver.


Daily Thread is by far the most unprofessional company I’ve ever worked for. The pricing changes constantly with no notice, leaving employees confused and customers frustrated. Upper management shows little to no concern for the wellbeing of the staff—they’re more focused on pushing unrealistic goals than actually supporting their teams. The company is incredibly cheap, cutting corners wherever possible, even if it puts employees in uncomfortable or unsafe working conditions. Many stores were forced to go through the entire summer without working air conditioning, despite the company being fully aware of the issue. To make matters worse, Daily Thread has no interest in promoting from within; instead, they continuously overlook hardworking internal candidates in favor of outside hires, making it clear that loyalty and dedication mean nothing to them.

The job itself was fairly easy and for a majority of the time I was there our district manager was absolutely amazing and tried to help with any problems we came across. The biggest issue was the lack of staffing in almost ever location, we would have whole days where we wouldn’t be able to use the restroom because there was no one else there; not to mention the weeks that the full time employees didn’t get a day off. We were working overtime every week and getting penalized for keeping the store open and running. To boil it down; upper management didn’t care about us and we could only support each other for so long before we were struggling to keep our heads above the water. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working here was like working at a daycare. Constantly babysitting the youngins because they didnt know what to do even though they acted like it. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being a assistant manager but never allowed to manage anything but other managers. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's nice and relaxed until you have to rearrange the entire store every month 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Slow boring with tons of work loads. I loved getting little lists from my SM like I didn't know what I needed to do that day. I guess anything to make them feel special

A typical day at work was the manager coming in moody, not speaking and when she did speak she was snotty. She spends all of her time sitting down behind the desk or stays in the back room doing "paperwork" personal TikTok, Facebook, videos or on the phone with personal calls. She does not even get up when customers come in and talks to them from the chair she is sitting in.
She hires people that fit her "vibe" instead of the needs of the store. It's so unprofessional and embarrassing in that store. I loved my job and was led to believe there was an opportunity for growth.The manager does things on personal feelings not what's best for the company. She tells all the customers that corporate loves her.


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