Payless ShoeSource Employee Reviews in Calgary, AB

My manager was so nice and quite helpful. Just one thing I didn't like was- usually they scheduled 1 person for a whole shift and there was no camera in the store for any accidents! Otherwise everything was good.

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Fun workplace

Manager (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 3 December 2023

Fun environment but also stressful at same time. Had fun trying out new products. Co workers were fun to work with and staff was nice. Management tried their best.

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Inclusive work environment

Fun

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 30 October 2023

Great place to be employed. Excellent discount and good work environment. Salary was not the best and shift work as well. Location was accessible and easy to get to

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Stressful

Multi store manager (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 13 February 2020

overall it's a stressful environment, often understaffed to offset the busiest times of the day, You can't schedule employees for a 3 hour or split shift every day. You have to be on your toes and often the workload is extreme.

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Relaxed environment

Customer Service/Associate (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 29 January 2020

I had fun working for the company. Its fast paced and time goes so fast. But its not stressful even though we're busy most of the time, because co-workers are actually helpful. We're working but at the same time we're having fun

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very good productive and fun place to work at

Customer Service/Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 4 September 2019

very good place to work at it was a great experience working there if the I didn't get into a car accident I would have stayed and worked more but ufortunately some things are unstoppable and we can't do anything over all it is a good store and anyone would love to work in a friendly environment.

Pros

good team

Cons

long hours

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Good Company but closing

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 12 March 2019

I loved working at Payless but I am now being laid off along with over 2,400 other employees across the country. The work enviroment was always great.

Pros

good customers

Cons

limited growth

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Great place to work

Assistant Manager of a Multi-Store (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 24 February 2019

I had a very nice time working here. Unfortunately due to the news about the closings i am out of a job . However in the time i was there i had a very nice experience.

Pros

great management, great staff, clean quiet work

Cons

minimal coverage due to lack of hours.

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alright

RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATE (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 13 May 2018

not that great to work with the management. the employees are good and friendly and can get along with some of them easily depending on the location, but others are hostile and rude . training is not great either.

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Good Starter Job

Part Time Sales (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 10 February 2018

This company gives you the tools to become a successful worker. The training structure is on point and everything is laid out by shift so you don't feel like you are being thrown into chaos right away. You are required to do a little bit of everything on a daily basis (customer service, promo tagging, shipment, cash register) It's a good thing to have experience in all of these areas if you want to move on to another retail profession.

Pros

training program, scheduling flexibility, associate discounts

Cons

outdated technology, repetitive tasks

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Fun workplace

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 25 January 2018

Working at this place gives a lot of customer service experience but never give any pay raise, doesn't matter how hard you work. The whole team works together to drive profitable results.

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Easy job

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 5 September 2017

NO security. Management is okay. Salary/wage is very low. a typical day at work consists of fixing shoes, doing shipment, garbage, sweeping floors, etc.

Pros

easy job

Cons

no security.

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shoe store with complicated and not so efficient upper management

Sales Associate/Key Holder (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 27 June 2017

payless is keen on doing a job well done, even though it does not have the proper motivators or tools to help employees do so. it does not have a good inventory or storage system, which further explains the previous statement. payless is good work experience, but i would manage and do things differently if i were given a choice/chance.

Pros

ok work environment and simple job

Cons

nothing comes to mind

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would not work there again even for double the pay

Full Time Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 4 June 2017

the company treats its employees horribly. the technology provided is still from 1980. the manager i had practically pushed every staff member that she didn't like for personal reasons out the door. constantly understaffed.

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Customer Service Specialist

Customer Service Specialist (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 31 January 2017

Helping customer all the time, doing stock, most of the time doing stuff on your own. overall good. management is changing all the time which is difficult to adjust to.

Pros

flexible environment

Cons

Short hours

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Slow.

Sales Associate/Cashier (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 2 January 2017

The work itself is ok but how the management in the higher levels works is slow and counterproductive in allot of cases. Its also nearly impossible to advance in the company.

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Productive company

Sales associate and cashier (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 19 October 2016

When I was working with Payless, I used to interact with different kind of customers, this gave me good experience and knowledge. Also, I improve my computer skill too

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Great Company

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 3 February 2016

I love working there as the team is filled with great people and we work well together. I want to stay there but I went to school so I could find a career and there for this is why I will be leaving here only when I have a career.

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Fun workplace.

Sales Associate/Shift Leader (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 15 May 2015

I really enjoyed working here. Quick advancement in the company if wanted to. Manager was fun, funny and really kind to everyone. Coworkers were fun and nice and everyone was a hard worker.

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