Bed Bath & Beyond Employee Reviews for Store Manager

"Great in the beginning, but poor district support management forced me to leave."

What do you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Entrepreneur mentality, move your business, and have a hand in the company's success."

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

"If you receive an offer, make sure you fully understand what you're getting into."

What don't you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"No positive reinforcement. Only cover negatives, never the positives of the store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Positive reinforcement will go a long way in keeping your staff motivated and happy."

"Bed Bath and Beyond was a very eye opening and intriguing job."

"Do not work for this company, please."

What do you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Company security. Company is in good financial position. They run their stores with a manager short to save payroll."

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

"Do not work for this company. You will not have fun. You will have a decent paycheck as far as retail goes."

What don't you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Too demanding. No work-life balance. They don't care about you personally. Being afraid for your job because you do not want to work 11-12 hours a day is a form of manager abuse or desperate treatment. 10 hours a day should be adequate for any retailer, even though the rest of the civilized world has a work day based on 8 hours. But they want more. Good enough isn't good enough, extols the executives. District Managers are only in it for themselves or the few managers they have an interest in. One gives you a three page work list, then walks out at 5:30 pm every night. As a salaried manager, you are expected to miss dinner with your family to complete his list. The other stays late but on the phone the whole time wondering why you are not finishing his 3 page list with hundreds of hours less at your disposal than when he had the same store in the same position with the same workload. Really fair. I can't wait to come to work now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give the working managers a break. They are expecting to complete their own freight with marginal help and less hours dedicated to the same workload as those who came before you. More positive reinforcement to those managers who are in the aisles trying to please a demanding customer whose expectations are off the charts while trying to keep DM's and VP's happy with the floor sets, nightly recovery, and customer service every day. You don't know which way to turn. Give the store manager the tools to succeed. Threat of written corrective measure are over the top and not always the answer."

"Look elsewhere."

What do you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Pay was competitive."

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

"If you only plan on being there temporarily or you really need the job, then feel free to interview at Bed Bath and Beyond, if not don't interview!!"

What don't you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Just about everything else, forget about any sort of personal life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leave."

"The company is losing its culture, which is what made them what they are today."

What do you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Freedom to manage your store and drive the business according to customer base and trends."

What don't you like about working at Bed Bath & Beyond?

"Losing customer service culture by focusing on non-customer service areas that take away from the core basics the company was built on."