CEC (Customer Experience Champion), Assistant Manager - like position. - Customer Experience Champion (CEC) Wine Rack Employee Review

3.0
25 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Often, interaction with customers is brief. 1-2+ free bottles of wine, type predetermined by company.

Cons

Wine Rack does not have 'assistant manager' position, because they do not want to continue to pay assistant manager wage if you step down or demoted. So they've invented their own title, but it's the same thing. As this position you qualify for bonuses every 'quater', but its not guaranteed. You will be an assistant manager, but paid entry wage ($11.30/hr). (Mostly) guaranteed second highest hours, to the store manager, but again, at entry pay along with everyone else. Every year, associates qualify for small raise. Position part time only.

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1.0
19 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The free wine is a bonus you'll need it if you work here. Met some nice people. You don't have to think too hard to do this job.

Cons

It is very part- time (10-25 hrs/ week) but management expects you to be available 24/7 and gets upset when you aren't. The pay is terrible and raises are a joke/ non-existent. They staff to the bare minimum which means you are alone for usually at least 5 hours at a time. Schedule you so that you can't take a break (even stretches that are longer than 5 hours). I have gone 6+ hours without being allowed to sit down. You must follow a robotic script that leaves no room for real customer interaction otherwise you don't get 100% on the dreaded mystery shop. Mystery shoppers are generally stupid and make stupid comments that really don't reflect the customer service. The company uses low brow/ humiliating sales tactics like the "grape suit" and sign holding. Very demeaning and cheapens Ontario wine image. The company really doesn't care about it's employees (both hourly and management) they just want to squeeze everything they can out of you for the least amount of money possible so they can post better quarterly reports to their investors.

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