Take it from a 5-year associate- - Sales Specialist JCPenney Employee Review

3.0
21 Jun 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The job is good if you are one of the following 1. 16 2. Looking to kill time 3. A college student The only thing good about working for JCP is that they are lenient with the schedule. Upper Management is poor and unusual business practices are used.

Cons

-Communication -Not enough help on sales floor -Too much stress on Icaps (opening credit cards for customers) -No room to for growth within a given store -The customers are HORRID -Pay is low -Raises and bonuses do not exist anymore

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back work, nice people to work with.

Cons

Sales driven. There doesn't seem to be much training on how they want the cashiers to do their job.

3.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

easy job, slow most of the time, need to be able to find things to do to keep busy

Cons

when its slow you are barely scheduled for hours, need to get credit card applications

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