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Kalamazoo-Candle-Company

The owner is very much for himself. He doesn’t care who his business decisions affect, and continuously “demotes” employees or gets rid of their role entirely. There’s no promising future working for this company. There is also no room for advancement. It’s not worth the lack of appreciation! If you work at the downtown location parking is horrible so you have to walk a mile just to get to the store. You also are alone your entire shift. Safety is definitely an issue, but no one seems to care. You have to walk alone at night if you’re a closer, and you are constantly addressed by the homeless community. I would not recommend working for this company.

Entry level employees are amazing, friendly, helpful, respectful, but to work with them is not the same as working with anyone in management!! The managers and upper level employees only care about themselves and they don’t care who they use or hurt, and when they are done using you they toss you aside like your trash or treat you bad until you can’t take it anymore and you just leave. Benefits are good for the full time employees, but they only have a hand full of those positions. They expect to much effort from certain people , while others don’t have to do anything, and there is very little gratitude or respect from upper management. 

You deserve better treatment than you will receive working this job. Incredibly high turnover rate. One employee running the store (teaching candle making and also doing sales at the same time). Minimal and inconsistent hours. Questionable business practices (didn’t want to pay employees for the entire duration of mandatory meeting). Management seems to both micromanage and simultaneously not manage at all. Management will belittle you. Hard to leave work at work if you show you’re competent at your job- they’ll expect too much. High expectations & little compassion. 

the coworkers I had while spending my time at Kalamazoo Candle company were amazing. Anyone who was higher than a general part time position was very unorganized, non professional and make you sign a contract stating they can fire you at any time without reason. Use that as your red flag!! They have an ongoing history of firing people randomly when it benefits the management. Do not work here.

Great company and atmosphere here @ Kalamazoo Candle Company. Everyone on the team in some aspect is involved in our unique candle making process. That feeling alone is very fulfilling for us @ Kalamazoo Candle Company and our community of customers. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Retail sales associate 6 salaries reported	$15.17 per hour
Seasonal associate 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 2 salaries reported	$16.50 per hour
Seasonal retail sales associate 5 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Warehouse manager 1 salary reported	$58,000 per year

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