Barnes & Noble Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"It has it's ups and downs."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"I love to read, and it was a pleasure being around all the literature that you could imagine. I loved being able to interact with different types of people every day. Working in Los Angeles gave me the opportunity to meet so many celebrated authors and celebrities, which was a blessing as well. It was a wonderful 5 years with the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know your literature! Have a passion for people, a lot of patience and understanding."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"I did not always enjoy the retail lifestyle, which was sometimes difficult to deal with. Working on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years every year was somewhat disheartening, as I never got to spend it with my family. After 5 years of working at a company, the most vacation time I had was 2 weeks a year, which was difficult as well."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management was different at each store. I had a wonderful store manager in Texas. He was the epitome of what a store manager should be. He was a hard worker, passionate, and he made work fun. That needs to be present in every store manager, because it can trickle down to the rest of the management team, and in turn, the employees."

"B&N is a great large company with a small company feel."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"I like that I am able to have an influence with senior management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"I don't like that there aren't any predetermined career paths."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think management should increase technology's budget."

"It was a great place to work while doing my master degree."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"It had a flexible schedule for me as part-time staff, and it was a very welcoming environment for staff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and be confident about the position you applying for."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"I do not have any regret working there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest they improve their database of keeping inventories."

"Good company to start off with."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Creative, always different every day."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stable company with good benefits."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Hours/days off change weekly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Level out schedules."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They must not enter to become an EBook hardware company and concentrate on digitizing their books."

"Retail is a rough working environment. Barnes & Noble is the best of it!"

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Access to great products and materials."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You must have a love for the product. You can't be a champion of the B&N values unless you are a true believer."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Poor training and used a lot of my personal money to influence promotional material to make financial numbers. These expenses where not reimbursed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Roll out new programs with vigor and well thought out training, as opposed to spending the money to revisit the programs after failed initial rollout. Listen to their managers and what they know of their demographic before rolling out programs."

"Good."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"The friendships made with my fellow coworkers and being surrounded by one of the few things I love... books!!!"

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"The pay wasn't satisfactory."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"For the work done, the pay should be compensated."

"Event planning and community outreach experience combined with my love of books, dedication to promoting literacy, but not a place for career in sales/account management."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Book checkout program and discounts."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Christmas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promote your hardest workers."

"I felt that B&N was a good place to work but they wanted cookie cutter management."

"It's a decent job to have if you live with relatives and you're working your way through school."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Wonderful coworkers and the chance to see all the books that were coming out. Also, the employee discount was good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Relax and try to be friendly. A personable personality is very important when working with the public."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Nothing, it just wasn't my field of study."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep promoting a tight group among the booksellers."

"Good place if you like to work, they will keep you busy!"

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"People."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be upbeat, positive, easygoing personality."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep it up!"

"This is a great place to work and very flexible to work with however, is not a career for me."

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Flexible managers and compensation for a personal life, as well as learning new positions and getting new experiences. This job also allows you to work with many different people and learn the professional lessons when dealing with individuals and the corporate world."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and take pride in your work, because customers can see it when they come in contact with you."

What don't you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Unfortunately, the business has declined and has not allowed me to work as much as I wanted and this is not a place for me to build a career out of my degree."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care about the employees and what goes on in their lives as well as the wellbeing of the employees."

"Barnes & Noble is a good place to work if you are interested in working retail and have a passion for books."

"Average specialized retail working environment."