Love the store, not so much the job. - Assistant Manager Windsor Fashions Employee Review

-Horrible at training- "Oasis" has no real guide, takes at least a month to train new girls, who usually quit before they even get to this process. -Unless upper/area management likes you, don't expect to get far in this company. Very clearly plays favorites -No amount of constructive criticism is taken, no ones ideas except upper management are heard -Scheduling is awful. Request offs have to be sent in multiple weeks in advance, and then still just "requests", people are constantly called in on their days off, while salary management chooses when they work. -Favorites are definitely played, managers will write up one employee for something, while others can get away with doing that and more, because they are friends/liked by the upper management. Same rules do not apply to everyone -Dress code can be ridiculous. Once again, the same rules tend to not apply to everyone. Some people are told to "dress up more" while others can get away with wearing jeans and bling. A consensus needs to be made. If Windsor wants the dress code to be more dressed up, they need to formally say so in the dress code. -No advancement. Takes at least 6 months just to get into management, and as previously stated, unless you are favorited by the upper management, youre looking at committing years as an assistant, good luck with ever getting your own store. -Too much focus on LP. If LP is all that will be worried about, hire in store security. Its a thing, other stores do it. Constantly being harped on about watching people steal creates a bad environment not only for employees but for customers who then feel that they are being profiled and treated like thieves. It's stressful for employees to basically tell them that their job depends on them stopping shoplifters. -Large focus on sales goals that are impossible to make if you only work mornings/don't work weekends, and with no compensation for making these goals. Look into a commission plan, maybe then there wouldn't be such a high turnover and people would actually be motivated for their goals. Using an "employee of the month" model for a couple "windsor bucks" is not a good enough motivation. -Hourly wages are no where near enough to live off of. -As much as Windsor as a brand strives to follow their values, they aren't truly followed in the stores.