Journeys Employer Reviews

Journeys is a great company when it comes to keeping managers and staff motivated with fun challenges and out door activities, that involves everyone.
They are a very diverse company and are willing to give everyone a chance.
The over all mission and goals of the company are great if i was to say anything they should change would be the salary/benefits.

My co-workers, and communicating with customers were the only exciting part about working for this company. Though my manager was excellent and treated us with respect the polices of the company itself are flawed.

Typically I receive and shelve stock on a weekly basis. I learned how to work the sku system and how to work really fast because we get a lot of stock. The hardest part would definitely be that it's very physically demanding, but I don't mind. My co-workers and management are absolutely amazing; great people. My favorite part is that it's all run by – more... young people! – less

We have a great team at Journeys. I think in a workplace that is very important. I enjoy leading my team, and helping them with different Sales Marketing strategies that will help us improve. The key thing about success in my mind, is strong management. With strong management, it pushes the team to be the best they can be, and we all want to work harder. – more... Journeys is a positive environment. I enjoy dealing with customers, and meeting new people everyday. Some customers can be tricky, but those are my favourite ones. I like a challenge, and pushing myself to achieve goals in my day to day life. – less

A typical day volunteering was meeting new people, traveling new places and experiencing new cultures. I helped different people ,brought joy into there life. I had great fun with working with my other volunteers, two of them were classmates from school. What I learned from the job is people in different parts of the world people have different expectations, – more... and culture norms. The Hardest part of the job was saying goodbye, as I did not want to go I was having so much fun and making people smile giving them gifts and making there day more enjoyable. The most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people and experiencing new things. – less

I loved the job but was thrown into a posotion i wasnt ready for. I tried to tackle everythign that came my way but not having enough employees and not being aloowed to hire didnt helo out my store or our numbers. I wouldnt ever go back to the Paradise Valley Location after my experience..

Great 1st job for anyone looking into going into retail. You learn how to help many different people in many different situations. Co-workers and managers and very nice and helpful. The only downside is hours are constantly changing, never a repeating set work week,also depend on what season it is hours can go from frequent to sparing. But you are mainly – more... going to have a good time while working – less

I loved working here. It was seasonal but every time you walked in that place the employees were everywhere and they were helpful. I loved because of the energy and the people.

Journeys has an upbeat atmosphere. I manage about 10 employees in the non-peak season. I enjoy working with customers and developing new staff.

It was a fun place yes, but when it came to the DM Jeremy it turned into hell, getting screamed at daily feeling useless. The turn over rate there is through the roof! If your working part time your okay anything above that get prepared for screaming from the DM, they don't work around your schedule at all, I was told I couldn't go back to school if – more... I wanted to stay a manager. – less

no hours,but easy going, you just sell shoes
i learned im good at sales

Journeys is a fun loving company, however at the time they were going through turmoil. The store i was working at, the entire management team was fired along with 75% of the workers. Me and three other people stayed and with it they were able to find work for me. Unfortunately they were short on hours and i ended up being laid off but never fired. The – more... experiences i had were great, i was able to to travel to different stores and train different employees. – less

A typical day consisted of making sure the store was in order, including but not limited to; sales goals being met, shipment was unpacked and organized, transfer outs were being completed, and SELLING!
I learned how to really motivated my staff members and how to manage a store.
Management on the corporate level was helpful in teaching you skills needed – more... to be successful.
My coworkers were amazing, and by the end were like family.
The hardest part of my job was reaching sales goals when it was a slow day.
The most enjoyable part of my job was helping people find a perfect shoe for themselves or a gift for a loved one, and watching them leave the store happy. – less

Yeah its cool cause you can be your self ! But at the same time its absolutely the worst job I've ever worked at in my 5 yrs in retail. The pay sucks and not FAIR and for a fact over time is always time and a half or at least time how the (excuse my french )over time at Genesco inc. less than minimum wage as a manager. SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THEM 2 CHECKS – more... I WAS OUTTA THERE !!!! Educate thy self with class action suits & lawsuits! – less

A great atmosphere of creative and sales driven people, making a typical day a very competitive, yet relaxing time. The management is friendly and the staff is personable, but the hardest part of the job is the downtime when there are few customers in the store. The best part of the job is being able to have conversations with the customers as you help – more... them in their shopping experience, forging a bond of continued sales and service. – less

Journey's was my second job after high school and I was there for awhile and I really enjoyed it! Working there for a few months and putting a lot of work in I was promoted to Assistant Manager. It was a big accomplishment to me because I was able to prove I was a dedicated employee and willing to learn.
I was a team leader and supervised up to 9 employees – more... and socializing with customers made me enjoy my job. – less

sales and staff management were my daily goals, I learned alot about running a staff and promoting sales goals to push them to excel. My upper management was great, they left me alone for the most part and let me run the show as long as i was able to make our sales goals. the hardest part of the job was staying long hours on slow days so that you could – more... cut partimers to save payroll. the best part of the job was just having the freedom to move around the store talk and joke with customers. It was a laid back job if you let it be. – less

It was a difficult job and much was expected of you early on. They have a four on the floor motto where even if a customer asks for a pair of osiris shoes, you also have to bring them three other pairs that they will most likely decline and look at you like "dude, I only wanted this pair" which makes you do unnecessary and tedious work. And then management – more... complains when you're not fast enough, but how in the world can you be when you have to find a show that's similar to the one they asked, a popular shoe brand it something different, and something on sale, in addition to the pair they initially asked for. Too many sales goals and difficult to reach. You need to sell socks and the truth is, hardly anyone buys their overpriced socks when they can go to any place else and get them for cheap. The entire group of employees had been there for years and were all close without much room of letting anyone else in their clique. Pay was next to nothing minimum wage, coworkers were annoying with the exception of a few, and the backroom can take months to get the hang of. Quitting was a wonderful idea. – less

- Very Long hours
- Pay was based on commission for management
- Every other week were entitled to either one or two days off
- Open and close twice a week was required
- co workers were good
- No personal time

60 hour work weeks get old when you're not going anywhere. Almost no coaching or mentoring from managers.