Pros
Great products. Non-competitive work environment. Friendly managers.
Kontras
I was hired as a prime-time sales associate... a cute way of saying part-time. It was non-commission, which sounds fine, until you realize you are expected to sell $10,000 - $20,000 closets on a slightly above minimum wage. Stores are seriously understaffed. You will sweat running from one end of the store to the other trying to help your customers. Have a great idea regarding visuals? Forget it. Absolutely everything is done to a “photogram”. Even if you can do better... Even if managers agree... there is no room for great ideas unless they are decided, and implemented, by corporate. TCS was a big let down. The way they label items on the shelves compared to what the product says it is, confuses customers and staff at times, unless you’ve worked there a year or longer... 10,000 skus... plus Elfa, plus TCS Closets... Sales associates ought to earn $20.00/hour at this company. Corporate and those that think this company is what it “used” to be is drinking some very sweet kool-aid. It’s a fabulous place to shop. And Elfa is a truly remarkable product, but there are certainly better retail jobs paying the same where you’ll do half the work, and have a store that is fully staffed.