Shiekh Shoes

I will run down the history from part time to management. When starting the only thing they teach employees is how to locate shoes in stock area. How to approach a customer. How to use register.Now part timers get a average of 1-3 days a week 10-15 hours. The company wants only the highest selling employees to get the most hours for their commission. Now they give part timer days of Monday-Thursday we're they come on from 5pm to 9pm. Working at minimum wage. When they come in they are no customers no foot traffic and they will usually have to clean and merchandise. Being said there is no way to make commission with 3 hrs of work. 3rd key Holder and Assistant manager get the bulk of hours 30-48 a week. They make around 9-10.50 depending on the experience and or district manager discretion  and they usually have responsibly of managing the sales floor. Some assistance take no responsibly to help other they just focus on commission taking sales from new part times and the less experience. Managers have the bulk of the work load and get punished for any and everything that goes wrong in the store even on their of day and vacation mind you. The manager pay is 12.50hr no raise at all even for 5+ years employees. Basically the higher volume store the more quarterly bonus, inventory and business increase bonus you receive. The manager bonus are embarrassing. The manager gets 2% of every thousand dollars made or GP goal of last year month so if you make over 10k over goal your bonus is only $200. Now here the catch the Assistant manager will receive $200 bonus automatically if the store reaches goal $1 over plus the same $200 bonus as the manager for the 10k GP gain as well as any commission that person has made for the work period. Which is unfair being that the manager has most of the workload Shouldn't the Manager be the highest paid in the store?? The shoes are almost never in stock for customers if it is a hot selling shoe. You have to battle as a manager with other store managers for product lucky if their are your friends. Most of the clothing is 2-3 years old and there is no way to sell to an customer looking for something NEW to purchase for an event. The store would sell out of merchandise and you would contact corp office or your direct supervisor nothing would happen or they would tell you only the higher grossing stores would receive like Fox hills mall or Ontario. The company care little about small to medium volume store but they want you to CRUSH last years numbers every month. All the computer systems are outdated past 10 + years. And there are only 2 IT guys than can help and with over 150 stores you can imagine the waiting time for weekends if your computer goes down. District managers treat their employees with no little or no respect. They will ask part timers who is doing good or bad and ask about the manager in order to get some detective work going. Instead of asking that person directly. They will inform managers in meetings that if you don't produce you will get fired. Part timers will get fired if they can not sell 2 accessories per day for 2 weeks Mind you they work for 3-5 hrs a day with some stores doing maybe $100-300 while they are present. All of the store hold Nike and Jordan's for employees but the company and district manager says they have a 0 tolerance policy on holds for employees. But if you are favored by the district manager they wil take a blind eye towards it. Store managers be ready for unexpected relocations, drives to other stores to work no gas payment included. Occasions of work days of 10-12 hrs opening new store locations. Week by Week changing of work and schedule procedures from District Manager and payroll department. District manager calling you after work about daily goal and sales. After work not during!!!! Not to mention they use their employees like slaves pay them little to nothing and expect you to pay your bills with 10-15 hrs a week.

I thought working at Shiekh would be great. It’s my favorite shoe store at the mall, there’s always sales after sales, and everyone is always so friendly and helpful.

1. Yes, all the people I’ve worked with are super helpful & great sales people. My manager is great as well. However, it’s the higher-ups that make me hate the job. I always thought it was my manager who cut me hours, but no. It was his manager(s). Working 5 hours a day for only 3 days a week DOES NOT pay ANY bills. The manager & assistant manager can work 8-10hr shifts for 6 DAYS a week, yet the other 6-8 employees get under 20 hours per WEEK? No bueno.

2. The reason I will soon be leaving Shiekh is because of these stupid monthly subscriptions. I was recently told that if I don’t sell enough subs by the end of the month, I’ll most likely get let go. Now I would definitely try harder, except what Shiekh doesn’t realize is that not everyone can afford $50/$100/$200 per MONTH. Especially in the area I work, which is not as wealthy as Shiekh thinks. Also, I’ve already seen the POOR selections of the packages that customers get from subscriptions, along with very upset feedback, and of course, CANCELLATION.

3. Shiekh does not restock enough. Not enough pairs, not enough sizes. Shiekh does not think about the fact that not everyone wears the same size. We almost always NEVER have the requested sizes.

No wonder more than 10 stores have already closed since the new year. Good luck to anyone working here.

Shiekh Shoes is a "Sneaker Retail" store but is not comparable to the likes of Foot Locker, Champs or Finish Line. 
There were only two types of days in the store; Regular days, and Shipment days. On Regular days, I would help and assist customers that come into the store. I would also try to ship out items such as shoes or any other type of clothing.  There are also times that I would be putting boxes of shoes from the floor into the shelves in numerical or alphabetical order. Shipment days, include everything that happens during a regular day with the inclusion of picking up new shipment, unpacking the shipment, and checking the shipment. 
Management is lenient on all the employees, unless something drastic happens or someone does not work. Everyone that I work with are very high energy and very welcoming. The job is not hard at all but as a stock person, there is always a lot of work, shifting shoe boxes around shelves due to new shipment or just by selling. It feels like Christmas when I open the shipment boxes from any store and see which ones can go on the shelves, which ones are new and which ones are supposed to come out. It is also enjoyable to talk to customers and to network

Motivation and Enthusiasm are two key words that define a salesman. Every day,the life of a salesman starts the same way ....with lots of motivation and enthusiasm. It was the same with me too. I used to wake up early every morning, and get ready for a brand new day at the office. The work was filled with excitement so much so that at times I even didn’t have time for breakfast.
Our goal each day was the same – to meet the sales targets that the company had set for us the previous day. I used to work with so much dedication and patience that Time seemed to fly and before I knew it , it was time for lunch. On most days, we would take an hour’s break for lunch. We would discuss our targets and strategy and the follow ups during our break.
Whenever we got stuck or could not reach our targets, we would discuss about the reasons for the shortfall and devised solutions to complete our objectives at the earliest.
A typical day in the life of a salesperson is all about analysis , perception and patience apart from boundless energy and motivation. I was encouraged to improve myself constantly. It was a endless learning exercise. I had to be focused, self motivated and honest to myself

Corporate was a crabs in a barrel ordeal. management backstabbing each other. The vp was fair, the ceo was nice, but the culture was extremely toxic. there was no organization between departments from hr to It, from marketing to the buyers, from the warehouse to the sales dept..etc. 

To work here you have to be edgy, wise and always watch your back. Turnover is extremely high, I personally was not there too long. You will have to get your hands dirty..if you have high morales and values you may have to bend or compromise them, if you dont mind that and if your goal is to slither to the top ...you will get there only to be reminded that it is a family company...hence the glass ceiling. But if you are looking to work at the corp office to gain some valuable skills and leave, this might be the place for you.
theres no organization.

My team was amazing and incredibly creative which made work really fun most of the time and we were able to feed off of each other.  However, our supervisor although fairly laxed was not a great leader and did not understand how to behave as a manager very well.  The work process was disorganized and you kind of flew by the seat of your pants.  If you make the best of it and use it as a learning experience it can be a good stepping stone type of job.  If you need your leader to lead you.. good luck.  Our day began with shooting either product or lifestyle photos for the day.  We bagan shooting at 10am.  We were shooting about 25-30 outfits on product days and 7-10 outfits plus 7 accessories for lifestyle shoot days.  Our team was made up of three photogs, one stylist, and one to two models depending on the need.  We didnt have a budget so a lot of the things we did we came up with and just used what we had.  This was one of the best and worst parts of the job.  You become a great problem solver and incredibly resourceful but things take more time and lots of patience.  

My day at work on a busy day is fast paced, difficult work. Half the time we don't have the customers size and when we do it either doesn't fit or they don't want it. So I then have to grab a different shoe, which includes climbing up ladders to get it, or I can't find it because the shoe has been misplaced and is not in it's correct spot. So I have to apologize to the customers multiple times for the constant inconveniences that are always happening. The co-workers are constantly disrespecting each other and management does not care or do anything about it. If I am not making sales I have to stock shoe boxes in the back or transfer them to different stores by packing around 10 shoe boxes at a time in already torn up cardboard boxes. They get angry if you make one small mistake and the pay is minimum. I deserve so much better than this job, and I am constantly looking for a better one that has a more positive environment, employees that respect each other, and higher pay.

I would start off the checking if a section of shoes we had in the back were all on display then go on to the next section after i was done start selling on the sales floor for the remainder of the day
I learned great customer service skills and how to sell them a product that they need or didn't need
All my co-workers were friendly and i didn't have any problems with none they were great
Hardest part of work would be that sometimes it wasn't fair on how much of the extra work they told me to do then i had to sell a certain amount i always sold my amount i was suppose to i would sell a lot more but as i did better they put more other duties on top of the ones i already had
The most enjoyable part was when i can make a customer happy and make a sale for myself i always loved there positive feedback

A typical day of work would be opening the store at 10, opening the register, waiting for other employees to arrive. I enjoyed the presence of a busy store.  Working with customers gave me a great opportunity to exercise my interpersonal skills and experience various types of personalities of others. I learned how to push past my expectations of self when I was promoted Assistant Manager. It gave me a chance to learn what hard-work really means and learn new skills such as: managing others, time management, and multitasking. My co-workers providing a overall easier job for me by being helpful and providing suggestions and their input. Their personalities were great. The hardest part of the job was my work schedule. I had less time for personal life but had such a great opportunity ahead of me. The most enjoyable part of my job wad making my customers happy.

I only work on the weekends and my manager never gives me much hours. Sometimes i feel like he doesn't understand me and my co-workers. Every time i have plans to do something with someone on the weekends i would either have to cancel or schedule a different day because i always have to work on the weekends, and he never gives me a different day to work.  But for one thing with out this job i don't think i would be the person i am today. Having this job sorta changed my inner self. I came out of my shell and wasn't afraid of facing others. Most part of the job i like are my co-workers, because every time i walked through those door's into work they always greet me with a smile and always cheer me up when I'm in a bad mood. Other then that I feel like shiekh shoes is a good place to buy shoes if you need and if you want to work here just to have experience, i say give it a shot! You'll never no once you try!

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