assistant buyer

merchandise manager

assistant manager

front end manager

truck driver

Forman Mills

A typical day would consist of you maintaining your department, running the register, helping other departments with their merchandise or projects and staying over 2 hours of your shift because its so much to do and not much time. I've learned a lot from the company as far as bettering myself on the merchandising spectrum. Management was a complete joke to me. Why you ask? They wanted you to be submissive and not have a voice about what was going on in the store. They could care less what kind of concerns you had about things that needed improving in the store. Once you told them how you felt about things in your department, it reflected what your hours stood at for next week. Mainly, it would be a decrease putting you at a measly 20 hours. That's why they want you to be seen NOT heard! I love my former Forman Mills co-workers.  Each of them hold a dear place in my heart. But some of them had their own way of "feeding you to the wolves" so to speak. You know, come out with no blood on their hands. I've been the bad guy on numerous occasions. Always routing for the underdog mad others feel like i was constantly in the wrong. Which made those people throw me under the bus every chance they got. The hardest part of the job was closing the store at night. Every department has got its own story when you close at night in Forman Mills Inc. The amount of go backs was very overwhelming on one person having to put all those put backs before your shift is over up. Then the department would be in a crazy disarray from the morning shift NOT cleaning up before their departure. The customers were extremely rude and inpatient. But i believe the BEST part about coming to work had to be the personal relationships a made with certain people. It made my day brighter and my day go by better. Just to make one another laugh or share a brief conversation about NOTHING would turn an awful day to a more promising day. I'm glad the friendships that i made through those 7 years i was there made me stay sane.

A typical day at work consisted of me settling in with co-workers to get our day started. We get in our routine and just go with the flow until our day is over with. I have learned how to manage a group of people as well as a whole building for a long period of hours to understand the role of being a manager on a daily basis. Working in management has its pros and cons. It can be stressful and irritating but it is also a rewarding and wonderful feeling. To be someone that your employees can come to and look up to is the positive push that you can feed off of and learn from. The workplace culture was always positive when it came to my co-workers because they made working there a happy fun and vibrate place. We got along and was able to talk and inspire each other to be better people and to work harder. The hardest part was working for a company that could careless about their employees and their well-being. Working there and feeling like you the only one that the employees can depend on is a sad and hurtful feeling. The most enjoyable part about working there is the people that worked there with me. They were my family people that I truly loved and cared about. I would fight for them until my last day there. There wasn't anything they couldn't come to me with. They could talk to me about anything and if they ever needed my help I was always there and I would do whatever I could to help them.

A typical day at work with this company (at least the location I worked at) involves doing more than what you signed on for (you'll be in every department, even if you don't know the department). Management expects more from you while offering no benefits. Even if you apply for part-time they give you full time hours but you won't get a fulltime paycheck. While any retail job can be stressful, this particular job isn't worth the stress unless you're desperate for a job that caps your pay at $500 to $600 every two weeks. From rude customers to disrespectful managers who screams at employees and gossip like high schoolers (they're adults in their mid to late thirties and early forties). This would be a good job for teens that need experience, the interview does not matter if you apply you're hired (that is how bad they need employees). It's easy work, but a very stressful and toxic environment with an extremely high turnover rate. I have seen employees that quit during the middle of their orientation while some quit after the first week. Majority new comers leave after their first day and if you make it a month management is actually surprised. On my first day I was asked how long do you think you'll last? I stayed for five months and quit immediately after my shift (it wasn't planned at all I was completely fed up). The coworkers are cool and nice to work with but the relationship hardly lasts because nearly everyone leaves so you're always reintroducing yourself.

My store manager has favoritism there is a little girl that works there that she babies up that should have been fired. They have me doing managers jobs but I'm not getting to pay for it. The front end cashier managers gossip about other employees the store manager talks about other employees and she's very very disrespectful. None of the managers or store manager will admit when they're wrong and a feel as though they can talk to their employees any kind of way and right now it's a lot of sneaky stuff going on where a co-worker money keeps popping up short and I believe they purposely trying to get her fired. What I suggest anybody to work at Forman Mills no I wouldn't suggest for nobody.
Right now they trying to do a major hiring and they try to hire people but after people first few days they quit because they don't want to be around someone so disrespectful. It's only 1 manager I like working with. And that manager always has my back. Other than that you can't trust none of your co-workers. If anyone decides to work there my best advice is to stay humble stay to yourself and just watch everything. The other managers have a habit of not taking a cashier's in the crash room to count their money. And then more money come up missing that's not how it works. You're supposed to be going to cash room with the manager count your money in front of them they supposed to put the money in the bag seal it and you're supposed to sign that bag. Before they drop it in the safe.

A typical day of work consist of unpacking boxes which contains mens, womens and kids clothing. With these clothes you have to sort the clothes, tag the appropriate price tags on the clothing and hang the merchandise on what Forman Mills calls an "X Bar". You would have to finish two pilates which usually contained 30-40 boxes each within 5 hours. What I learned with this job is that you would have to literally have to keep coming up to Forman Mills to see if you can because according to management they do not have any hours to give. Hard workers are taken for granted and go unseen with this company while those who barely come to work and are lackadaisical when they do choose to come to work become shift supervisors. The hardest part of this job is just being able to work period. I have spoken with management on several occasions about the way my life is situated and how it is necessary for me to work due to the fact I am a single mother of two small children with no support system. Management expressed to me how deeply he understood and how he appreciated by drive to come to work everyday and that he will definitely "work with me". I have not been to work in two weeks and I have been up to Forman Mills everyday and have been given the run around about the company not having ANY money.

A normal day of work is to come in and gather information from my SM or ASM of things needed to be done. Normally a floor plan or new items that need to be distributed.Coming into Forman Mills I learned the ropes of a cashier, a customer service employee, a front end supervisor, and a merchandiser. I also count the total amount of money the store made for the day. The management in Forman Mills is very good, they're always there to help when help is needed. They take their position seriously and treat all of their employees fair and like family. most of my co-workers are very reliable and take their work seriously as well. They make sure the job gets done by the time they clock out and make sure it is done neatly and properly. By far the hardest part of the job would be when people do not want to do their part as an employee and get done what needs to be done by a certain time, and end up leaving their job for someone else. My favorite part of my job is knowing that I enjoy what I am great at doing and able to work with people that make work so much more enjoyable. Also, having a great team on my side to accomplish our tasks and having a great management team to help out as well.

During the time I was employed at Forman Mills we had a blow out sale for the entire store that was 50%off of everything. From the begin of my shift which was started at 2:30, but I  didn't leave until 6am the next morning which was so overwhelming.  Many people where passing out throughout the store because of the weather, dehydration, or tiredness. I encounter so much excitement and difficulty but I manged with my determination, and my supportive skills that help myself and team members to get through this day successfully.  I learn to work at a fast past then i normally would, multitask as well as take the innovative to direct customers and provided service to there satisfaction.  I played a big role in leadership, and taking the responsibility to stay after hours along with only a few workers who decided to stay to meet sales goal. The most enjoyable part of the job was meeting so many individuals with different reactions, one customer sung to me, another bought me all kinds of items, while other offer food and water because I choose to stay on post until all customers where successfully out the store.  At this moment I was lightening with so much joy working in retail from my customers and team members.

You're not really trained, so far as your told what to do and are immediately put to work at the job at hand, which is simple enough. They could've trained me for register better and had gone more in depth.So training is very lacking in my opinion. My main gripe with the job is the attitudes from coworkers and customers alike, while that may be typical of any work environment, it still deserves a mention. I like to think that I have great patience with people, but the people in this area like to push their luck. technically I'm part time but I'm normally scheduled between 25-36 hours, just short of being full time so I am denied benefits. You do not see your schedules until the weekend, and lastly you have to leave as a group when closing, meaning that you could be stuck at this job for well over the time you were scheduled. The computers and tech for the registers and printers are old. I could go on and on about my gripes, but honestly this is a good job for me. I enjoy it and it works well with my situation.

At the start of shift I would go to managers office to get updates that come over via email. Cashier call outs or lateness. cashier breaks. count down cashier till at the end of their shift or when store has closed for the night. Count the safe with manager during mid shift and also at the close of the store. Clean up the front of store area. if so due some processing of freight. clean customer area and would also work customer service when need to. Working for the company for 6 years I have learned many different aspects. if business was slow would go to other departments to help clean, do markdowns or get price checks. Got along great with other co workers as well as customers who were regulars of the store. there was really nothing hard about the job, unless there was new hires who might have made a mistake or two and had to search it out to see what they did wrong. they enjoyable part was pay day, special discount days, i,e, family and friends day.

An average day at this company was just very fast paced. Which I could honestly say I enjoyed. While at this job I learned balance; I would regularly be asked to push three palates of freight, run the register, zone, and assist with the needs of the customers all in a five hour shift. In the beginning, management was very laid back but throughout the course of my employment management became a little more strict. After management became more strict, productivity increased so much, so new management was very beneficial to the company. The hardest part about this job was maintaining balance. It was a little difficult to do so much in a short period of time but I always finished my work within my shift, and if I couldn't, then I would stay longer to make sure what needed to be finished actually did get completed. Now, the most enjoyable part of this job was meeting new people and working the register. I enjoyed working the register because I was able to see my progress as I was working. It was always a little fun secretly racing my coworkers to see who could work the fastest.

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