retail sales associate

associate manager

store manager

retail assistant manager

benefits manager

Painted Tree Marketplace

I think the best part of the job is working with the other people at the front desk.  They are all very friendly and nice and easy to get along with, even if you've just met them.  They are very relaxed and very outgoing.  They didn't make me feel like a stranger even on my first day.
A typical day of works consists mostly of just sitting behind the register; the store is usually only busy on weekends.  Weekends are fun to work because they are so busy, so you don't even notice the time go by.  Please keep in mind that it is a retail business so you'll encounter nasty customers occasionally.
The manager is very willing to work around your schedule if you have school or another job, but if you have something come up to where you just can't make it to your shift, it is hard to find someone to take your shift for you, which would be one of my complaints.
As for advancement or raises in your pay, don't expect it because it won't happen, even if you've worked there for a long time.  I was told that promotion was easy and frequent but no one has ever received any kind of raise, even the people that have been working here long before me.  Don't expect any kind of raise.

Hired as the opening team of new location, soft opening was a week later.  Needless to say, 4 months later the entire original crew is gone.  Training is by videos (great concept of “treat everyone like you would your grandma”, only no one is treated that way...not customers, vendors or employees). No full-time shifts (except Mgr & Asst Mgr) and even those aren’t regular, except they regularly don’t work evenings or weekends, but are “always available by phone/text if you need them”.  
As a cashier, biggest frustration was that cash drawers were always low on singles/change & could only be filled by management (when they were there). 
Typical day consists of cashiering, printing labels for vendors, answering phones (customer & vendor) & cleaning (aisles, dressing rooms, bathrooms, put backs, vendor lounge/kitchen, trash).
Management is young & inexperienced, as is the majority of the staff.




This is an awful place to work. The general manager tries to only hire high schoolers because they don't know their rights as workers or what they should expect. For instance, they tried to not allow me to take lunch or smoking breaks, at all, even for shift of 8 hours or more. I had to print out the Tennessee wage law and show it to them and their response was to ask "have you showed this to anyone else?" They would regularly not schedule me to work for weeks at a time, only to put me on the schedule just days before they wanted me to work, after I had already planned work at my other job. When I told the general manager, respectfully and calmly that this was a problem, she publicly mocked me in front of my co-workers for getting "upset, and *issy" about my hours. The fact that most of the workers in high school means that the culture is full of drama and backstabbing, and the managers have no clue how to do their jobs because they are about 21 years old. All in all, if you can possibly avoid working here, avoid it. And if you can avoid being a vender here, do that too, you wont make enough to cover rent.

I can say I work there 4 years and I scraped and scrapped my way up to assistant manager, but the mental anguish was not worth it at all. If you like getting just 20 to 25 hours a week this is the place for you if you don't really want to advance this is the place for you. The only thing really fantastic about this place is the vendors. The vendors is what makes this place wonderful. But the general managers have hardly any training and customer service. The one at the North Richland Hills store is got to be the worst I'm surprised all the vendors have not banded together and left that store just because of her. General managers don't care about the vendors and they don't care about their other employees only care about their money. The only special thing about this place in the whole entire concept is the actual vendors that are in the store but the management and the owners running it are a nightmare for employees.

Some of the upper managers love to gossip with vendors and employees about other employees while trying to pin staff against vendors. If you love the thrill of wondering what lies are being spread about you to others, then this is the perfect place. If you enjoy taking on way more than is reasonable for the position, then apply away. The rules for what is and isn't allowed change based solely on how the senior manager feels about you. Vendors are treated differently based on what they sell and how they look. Make sure you keep all messages and emails they send you because when they change their mind they will deny everything and try to make you look like the one that messed up. If you have a second job or ANY disability make sure they do not find out about it!

I enjoyed my time for the most part. There was a pretty big disconnect between the home office and the store teams, even though they send you on trips to try and foster a relationship, which is all good and fun, when you’re back in the store it is difficult to get things resolved and unless they want to deal with the problem, you’re left to come up with your own solution (and they may not like what you decide to do.) They are so focused on growing rapidly that a lot of key players are stretched thin. 

There is a lot of turn over that they chalk up to “they just couldn’t handle it” but there are clearly things that could be put in place that could fix any issues presented. 

Over all, I’ve had worse jobs so it’s a pretty middle of the road job. Don’t plan on it being a career unless you want to relocate to Arkansas or are happy being stagnant.  

Pro-tip : they do not offer annual raises/reviews for anyone at a store level. 

The company is full of compassionate, intelligent people. There is an incredible amount of room for growth. Your day will be full of dealing with vendors which can be incredibly stressful. They are small business owners so that is their focus and you are a means to an end. As for the company, their priorities seem a little off but their intentions are really good. They're doing a better job with compensation but it's a small company so you do the job because you love your coworkers and those vendors, not because you're expecting compensation. But the thing is, I worked for a company that paid a lot and treated me terribly. There was no room for growth and the culture was really stale. I was miserable. Here, I feel like I matter, like I'm needed, like my ideas are heard, and like I can move upward.

The worst company to ever worked for. They are not only shady and downright evil. They are incompetent And full of corporate nepotism. Horrible Pay no such thing as worklife balance. No sort of training program. You are mostly treated horribly. Overworked. Unappreciated. And then on top of that you’re working with vendors that will treat you anywhere from nice and listen to downright sociopathic. Half of the vendors, if not more are narcissistic, independent on this company further survival because they could not actually do it on their own.  I know there that’s to be share by many former and current employees. Just about the entire original staff at my location had  quit  or gotten fired within a matter of months.  
The RED Flags started within a matter of days. 

I did not enjoy working for the company has a whole. The company is very unorganized and dysfunctional. Upper level management seemed to be cliquey and if you weren’t in the clique you got treated differently.

I loved working with my store manager and that was honestly the best part about my time with the company. My store manager wanted me to succeed and actually helped me get a great opportunity with another company. I wish all the other stores had a manager like mine. 

I work in TN and come home miserable every day. Manager never works 40 hours( in store) and "inputs" her time from home constantly. Manager goes "shopping", off site, on the clock. Assistant managers "disappear" off floor leaving only one person to handle checkouts, all the time. Don't hold people accountable and leave all tasks for the "good" people. No HR Dept to contact for issues. Schedule hourly associates, no Managers, to Open/ Close store multiple times. (Safety/ security issues) Good pay and schedules, most of the time, but not considering extra tasks given that Managers should be responsible for.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Retail sales associate 15 salaries reported	$11.95 per hour
Associate manager 2 salaries reported	$33,500 per year
Store manager 3 salaries reported	$41,667 per year
Retail assistant manager 1 salary reported	$15.50 per hour
Benefits manager 3 salaries reported	$40,167 per year

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