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The most enjoyable part of the job is to have a really friendly customer base that responds positively to knowledgeable associate unfortunately management is rife with double standards and prejudice. the way they conduct training is barbaric you are more or less stuck with a few person for about 2 weeks while they Bombard you with contradictory information It can be an overall incredibly stress inducing job as well due to the fact that many in positions of power crack inappropriate jokes at the expense of their employees in the 6 month I worked there I have never had a worse experience with a job in my life

This was one of the worst companies I worked for. They’re extremely disorganized, and lack the proper planning that goes into running stores. The field management isn’t much better, the inexperienced leading the inexperienced. 
The training is very sub par, the “training manager” and the District Manager lack professionalism amongst each other which then bleeds over into a poor training experience for others. I wasn’t special though, this was also other Store Managers experience with their training in this area as well. 
Just avoid this place at all costs. There’s a reason why they have so many open positions in a specific area. 

Whistle Workwear was a pretty good job all things considered. The people are friendly, the work is pretty straightforward, and the benefits from what I've been told are pretty solid. my only complaints are that the assistant manager is biased in favor of women. They will hire women with higher starting wages, and when i was laid off, the woman who was hired a week prior kept her job. even though it was stated multiple times that i was an excellent worker. Also the females can scam or do whatever they want for the most part, while the men will get chastised for talking to each other.

I worked at work world for 6 years and for my manager. She was the best boss I ever had. She taught me everything there was to know about the work enviroment. I learned how to run a store, receive shipment. typical day at work was making sure that shipment was done and customers were taken care of. the most enjoyable part was getting to know my employees and have them become like family to me. Hardest part of the job was some of the customers but we made sure that we helped them the best we could. Would Definitely work for my boss again in Santa Rosa, Ca. The Santa Rosa Ave Location

Greeting, Understanding, Educating, Solving and Thanking.
That's a typical day, helping people find what they need. That's the best part.
Sales. Lots of incentive to sale. Cash rewards, gift cards, and overall satisfaction for a job well done.
Raises are rare. Reviews done yearly.
Recovery is constant. Folding, hanging, and refolding. The hardest part of the job is data capture. 😕 You are required to ask for phone, email, name. Customers don't always give you this information 🙄 and you will be expected to get at least 70% of your customers to do so each week. 

Whistle Workwear. Anything I put a one star for should be a 0 star honestly. Management does not listen to employees they are constantly abusive to employees and highly neglectful and everything going on in the store. Favoritism and nepotism run rampant. Do not apply here until the corporate structure of this company is entirely shaken up. The one shining spot in all the darkness is the lower level company people (supervisors and down) are the most amazing people you can meet. 

I worked there for a year and holy cow it was terrible. I worked my butt off and they treated me like I wasn’t doing any work, all because the management decided they didn’t like me. Favoritism. The store manager only has a job there because her dad is the business owner- she’s terrible at her job and is seldom there  The assistant manager is a bully, and heavily abused her power as manager  Lousy pay compared to the work people do. The staff isn’t much better than the management. I gave them a year and walked out because I wouldn’t deal with the unprofessional environment.

Was a great place to work once. No raises or very minimal now under new ownership.  Lots of pointless meetings. Constant threats of termination if you fail to meet whatever the "new focus of the week" is. Disconnected toxic corporate culture. No one wants to do anything and leadership is constantly passing the blame to stores for corporate failures such as supply ordering. If you need a  job and don't mind constantly being berated by corporate its easy enough. But I would advise against working for work world long term. 

Love helping customers. 
Receiving shipments and product knowledge.
New things all the time.
I have learned to be a leader and set examples.
Co-workers are great. 
Enjoyable part is conversing with customers, and helping them.
Hard part about my job can sometimes be product knowledge getting all the correct information down so that when customers ask you can give them all the right answers to the best of your knowledge.

Although the managers were amazing, they didn't ensure training was done. 

They shove newbies out on the floor, with absolutely NO prior knowledge about what they sell in the store, or where anything goes, they're expecting them to know or figure out the rest.

Absolutely NO training is involved, other than how to hang up whatever you're stocking. They don't even educate you on things so you can help customers.

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