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Ron Jon Surf Shop

THIS IS WORTH THE READ, TRUST ME! This was the absolute WORST company I have ever worked for. The environment was so hostile and negative. The GM was the worst person I have ever met in my life. Our turnover rate was 32 (since december when the NEW GM showed up) when I left, that’s including 4 assistant managers in 2 months. Corporate is horrible and watches your every move. They actually had to come in and help because our lack of staff and AM’s. The AM’s and GM awhile back, had a meeting talking about all of the associates “flaws”. One guy was slow, one associate was forgetful, one talked too much, one got frustrated easily. I mean, how horrible is that for the managers to have a meeting talking about all of their associates??? And I know this because one of the ex assistant managers told us. The GM did not care if there was a problem, he would either ignore it or have someone else take care of it. There have been many times where something inappropriate has been said to an associate from another. One associate was pushed and called names, IN FRONT OF THE 2 ASSISTANT MANAGERS we had at the time, and NOTHING was done about it. Another occurrence happened and the associate was blamed by the insensitive, narcissistic GM. Other associates and I have heard one associate and the GM fighting in the back and screaming at each other, the GM caused the poor associate to have a panic attack because he was constantly on her and blaming her for things. Corporate has been called on the GM so many times, I don’t know how he is still there. That company will go down for sure. I had a sick stomach before going in everyday because I didn’t know what was going to do down that day. You cannot grow there and if you wanted to be treated the absolute worst, you’ll love it there. They do not work with college students, which it says they do in the handbook, which the GM follows so closely, but changes everything himself. There’s more to say, but i think i’m done. The ONLY thing that came out of working there, was some of my coworkers who are now my best friends. GOOD LUCK!

Ron Jon has such a history to it. Intruging to be a part of that and the team, as it's also located straight on the beach.  Its a setting for a beautiful atmosphere that's utterly ruined by the fact that it's ran by some of the worst managers I've ever dealt with. They are always breathing down your neck, treating you like a child and when issues do arise within the workplace between associates, management turns a blind eye, and does nothing about it. The managers there are known to sit in the office as the floor associates keep the store on its feet. The general manager has such a switch. One second fine, the next ripping your head off for a small issue that they "expected you to just know without them having to ask".

I did a lot of overtime for this company, they kept me in the same department the whole time and didn't allow me to change it up; 13 hours in one spot is tiring to anyone.

A lot of drama in this place is a given, being it is a small location, but when it oversteps the bounds of drama into hostile, and it's brought to their attention, they do nothing about it but pass it off as a simple issue of "bad blood". They nit picked, they hovered and didn't make you feel like the comfortable, easy going spirit that, I think the Ron Jon name is SUPPOSED to embody.

This place has so much potential of being astoundingly great. The pay is great, the benefits are awesome, but it's ran by people who don't genuinely care about their employees. They take full advantage of their good employees and allow the ones who bring the team down to stay there with no penalizing them for damaging and overall causing negativity to flow within the walls of this establishment.

I love Ron Jon, but hate this location with who it's ran by. 1/5. Would not recommend.

Ron Jon's is a half decent place to work. There's a set, steady, schedule. You'll get treated better and tolerated more if you are seasonal. I don't recommend sticking around. A typical day in the summer is talking to customers, folding shirts, running register or fitting room, and making the store look good at the end of the day. The atmosphere is great because everyone is busy and happy. As soon as summer ends, that's where it gets miserable and the atmosphere goes to trash. Not only is there not much to do, but you will get fussed at constantly for talking, even if you are standing and folding shirts or fixing things at the same time. You will get treated like you are in kindergarten, and corporate will whine about your every move, and write you up for anything and everything. It causes a great deal of distress and puts everyone in a bad mood. They don't cut hours, but they definitely try to get rid of you off season. For a surf shop, you'd think it would be more laid back, and everything would be okay, as long as the store looks good. Nope. They also have a big problem with not taking doctors excuses. There is no sympathy for health problems. If you suffer from regular health problems, I do not recommend this job. They will fire anyone for being sick or for being one, or a couple of minutes late. Other than that, if you are ridiculously punctual, are in good health, and want a nice summer job, it's great for that. The people there are wonderful, you will make good friends, and the pay is nice. 

At first, I enjoyed the job a lot, But I started seeing quite a few people start leaving, and it got slowly concerning. The DS location received a new GM and it started to go downhill.
The management team except for one assistant manager started making the job harder without the tools and resources to perform our jobs like the folding tables being taken away and now being forced to use the bathrooms on our 10-minute breaks otherwise they would get on you a lot (which is not good for someone with health issues) Especially one assistant manager who was kind of like a traitor who pulled me aside to "check in with me" and it became a constant repeat and it was annoying. I got pulled into the office nearly every day with the management especially by one manager complaining about how I smell, and guests that were complaining about me (which i know wasn't true because I always did my work and was getting compliments left and right), got written up for stupid reasons, I was targeted the 7 months of being there which I'm now speaking to HR about. it was one of the worst places to ever work out to where it was now putting your health in danger, there's so much favoritism among the employees, constant high turnover, it is not a work-life balance but it's constant stress, and I was being targeted for no reason. I ended up quitting recently and had to return to therapy because of the constant trauma I dealt with at that place.

The rules and boundaries were very rigid at Ron Jon. The management was more focused on what the store looked like than having the Customer Service Associates really take care of the customers. 
The shifts were non-negotiable. The employees only got one 10 minute break and that was after your lunch hour. So if you were working 11am to 8pm, you might be scheduled for lunch at 3pm - 4pm. But you did not received a break until after your lunch - probably at 6:30pm - for 10 minutes. There was no flexibility in these schedules. 
You could not socialize with your fellow employees. If you were caught talking, even while working, with other employees, you were reprimanded. Discourse with customers was not encouraged, ring them up and get them out. There would be trouble if you left your "post" to assist a customer in another part of the store - you were supposed to call a manager to do that. 
The uniform was very rigid - Ron Jon red t shirt and only khaki, blue or black bottoms, and closed toed shoes. 
Management rarely gave positive feedback, or any encouragement at all.
The one positive? You have the same shift every week and 2 days off in a row. So you could plan your week without wondering when you would be working.

This is a great job if you’re in college or young and looking to move out of your parent’s house and into a small apartment.

You have a set schedule every week and the same two consecutive days off. You have a meeting every morning to discuss what section you’re in charge of getting organized and clean, and what register you’re assigned to. They give you about an hour for lunch and two ten minute breaks; one before and after lunch. They give a .25 cent raise every year you’re with the company if you don’t get a position promotion. If you get a position promotion, you get an extra $1 added to your hourly wage if you go from Sales Associate to Key holder. You CANNOT be even 30 seconds late to work. You’re allowed up to 7 I believe before you are fired.

With that being said, on a personal level:  I love all of my coworkers and managers. I have no real serious complaints to be honest with you. SOMETIMES the managers do get harped on from corporate and then they mildly take it out on you. It does raise tensions, but I try not to take it personally. Sometimes managers have a bad day too, and if you’re sitting around slacking off and not doing what you’re supposed to do, then it’s a problem. Just do your job and even go above and beyond to do a little extra, and it’ll be okay!

I wouldn't recommend nobody to work at this place. The Gm is one way during the interview & your first few days then he has no issue talking to you any kind of way. He threatens your Job when you have emergency & he doesn't do his paperwork properly or confirm anything with other managers, so if he wasn't there he won't believe you or approve time off, you have requested or needed. Him follows hard workers around the store, trying to say he wants a family like store, but could care less about customers satisfaction, or what they have to say about his or anybody  else customer service. His customer service is terrible & he is cold with poor communication. He get in your face & talk to you as if he is your father or if you are stupid. when you tell him something serious he don't care, he laugh, rolls his eyes & walk off. VERY POOR management, He  has no respect for nobody, not even a pregnant person... a formal employee asked for a 5 min break & he chewed her out about it. Him & the new manger follows you around like you stole something. the new manager don't believe in personal space, he all in your face like you owe him something. must be there because no one wants that store. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME FOR THIS PLACE.

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The best retail job you’ll find. If you’ve worked for any other retailer you will understand. The customer base we deal with is tourists so they’re happy to be shopping. Unlike other retail customers where you’re dealing with issues constantly. We don’t collect customer data or try to get credit cards. You’re legitimately there to provide customer service and help maintain the aesthetics of the store. ASMs are broken down into job categories so responsibilities are divided into manageable categories. They also rotate the ASMs yearly so everyone gets the opportunity to learn each aspect of running the store. There is also a Merchandising Stock Manager that between the ASMs and GM. That position doesn’t rotate but they’re responsible for communicating stock needs to the company and the handle visual appearance of the store. Pensacola has 2 stores run as one. So this requires ASMs and MSM to work together to ensure the stores remain flowing. 

A typical day at work was helping customers and making sure everything was tidy and super clean. I enjoyed the tedious work that I got to do but in the winter it’s an extremely tense atmosphere. The environment went extremely downhill after summer was over. I could always count on our general manager to screw someone over or make work more inconvenient. There were so many incidents of our GM purposefully misleading or giving false promises to employees, it quickly became a very toxic culture. Also, it was extremely rare for someone who has been there a while to get promoted, they always took in someone brand new which was stressful because nobody above you knew what they were talking about. 
I did however get to meet some wonderful friends through this company, and always came home with some ridiculous and hilarious story on how tourists had acted that day. Tourists were also something else and never ceased to amaze me. Every day was something different. Buckle up if you’re applying you’re in for a bumpy ride. 

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