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Barnes & Noble Employee Reviews for Store Manager

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Store Managers at Barnes & Noble give their company a 3.9 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Barnes & Noble is 3.7, making them 5% happier than every other employee at Barnes & Noble and 3% happier than every other Store Manager on CareerBliss - the happiest Store Managers work for CashITUSA.

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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 5 Store Manager Review Ratings)
Store Manager
in Springfield, NJ

What do you like about working at Barnes & Noble?

"Working with books. Helping customers find books that fit their needs. Making suggestions. Selling."

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

"Be prepared for erratic schedules and conflicting, ambiguous direction from supervisors. Otherwise, there are some great people, and selling books is very rewarding."

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

"The hours were terrible. Frequent double talk from supervisors. Misguided budgets for payroll. Inconsistent direction."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be consistent in the day to day operational policies. Ensure that communication has reached all levels of the organization before making decisions."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Store Manager
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Average Store Manager Ratings in the Past 2 Years

Year Salary
2011 $3
2012 $3
Store Manager
Person You Work For 2.1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 1.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Store Manager
in Campbell, CA

"Great merchandise, zero business vision."

Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

Average Barnes & Noble Attributes by Store Manager

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.6
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
3.2
Way You Work
4
Work Setting
4.3
Store Manager
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.4 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Store Manager

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

Store Manager

"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."

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