Terrible Leadership makes this Company a Failure - Store Manager Ballard Designs Employee Review

I loved my time at Ballard Designs, where being on the marketing team gave me the opportunity to contribute to a wide variety of projects and grow my skills

A downside was limited opportunities for advancement, with few options to move up in job titles, and compensation tended to be on the lower side

* great team * wonderful training to open new location * discount, benefits * repeat clients

*huge disconnect btw mngrs and designers, sales staff *lack of support or being heard *high monthly quotas for a job that doesn't pay commission (the team can get bonuses but it's a lot of hoops to jump thru for .50 extra an hour for the monthly bonus), the mngrs get big bonuses based on designers meeting quotas *lacks positivity, thankless *working every weekend, you're supposed to get 1 weekend off a month but it's typically a partial wkend *PTO can be confusing and not communicated well. Do your own research with everything *they want seasoned designers but need to hire fresh out of college. Anyone that is seasoned won't put up with the climate long *major micro managed *cleaning store restrooms everyday *being told blatantly and not so blatantly that we are replaceable; i heard a call where it was said they expect a lot of turnover.....NO loyalty *you will get in big trouble if you go 1 minute past a 40 hour week; or more than 7 min late *general treatment of feeling like the designers and sales are children, not adults with a lot of degrees and experience amongst everyone *no appreciation for varied personalities with strengths in certain areas and challenges in other areas *favoritism *huge delays on all upholstered items; quality control