Belk Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"I worked at Belk for 2 years and 2 different times. Each time was completely different as the first time I was a temporary contract employee and during my second time, I was a full-time W2 employee. The company is a family environment but can be a bit clique-ish. In some departments forward advancement is based on the favoritism of the supervisor. It is a great place to begin a career in retail, but I am not sure if I would recommend them long-term."

"I worked at Belk over 3 years and have quit 3 times. This time I'm over them. They worked me for 6 days in a row even though I have a full time job. There was always a sob story to please work and help out. The sob story was everyone was quitting. This company pays you minimum wage and tells you to increase your salary get customers to sign up for credit applications. You get between 3-5 per app per their policy at the time. One person who got the most apps was paid 9.98 and received a .02 raise to meet the 10.00 minimum FL wage. Really!!!!"

"I’ve worked with Belk during my early 20’s. I’ve seen the company go through many changes and improvements. This company is growing exponentially in the Omni Area of sales. Belk has always been very family oriented"

"I've worked with Belk for 3+ years. In the time that I've been in my current role, I've experienced more growth and opportunities far from one's imagination. The company truly cares about its employees and always seeks suggestions for improvements. I have had an amazing experience learning from this company and I would recommend them to anybody!"

"I have worked at Belk on two different occasions, and in two different states. Work life balance is a struggle. It’s easier on me since my children are grown. Hourly pay and commission is great but full time is only an average of 30-34 hours. As with any retail job, your store manager sets the tone for the moral of the store. I’ve worked under three different managers at Belk and at times it’s been difficult. But there has been some great times as well. You gotta take the good with the bad!"

"I was a store manager for years, then Belk was sold to sycamore partners and things started to change, first very slowly, then in 2017 and 2018 they made drastic changes, my regional manager wanted to pay new employees $11-$12 an hour which made it impossible to hire new employees, and the employees we did hire were the bottom of the barrel, and the customers started to notice this. Other eye opening things were the changes in upper management, HR, regional/division executives would come and go like a revolving door, then long term employees in my store started to quit, one by one, until I had a store of new hires and customer service, store presentation, execution of duties/directives started to slow down, the STM's were told to pick up the slack on a $35,000 salary working 50 hours, then they started to quit, that's when I threw in the towel and realized I was in a sinking ship, So sad what Belk has become."

"This is an excellent company."

"I have worked for Belk for 8 months and I loved it when I started. However, as of late, my job responsibilities have been spread out and it's become exceedingly difficult for me to do the job I was hired for. From what I've been able to gather, the work environment has gone downhill since Belk was sold to an investment company. They manipulate the number of hours that allowed to be used when scheduling, so associates' schedules and hours per week vary greatly. (In an effort to squeeze as much profit as possible.) They also don't like to follow the availability you gave upon hire during their Blackout dates, so be aware of that. The people working in Roanoke are good people, all the staff is wonderful. Management has good days and bad days, like any workplace. Working in HR, I have noticed some cliques, but mainly with management. If you are hired as a keyholder or HR, you are considered "management" and expected to be the manager-on-duty. Your schedule will be very inconsistent. The discount is great, but has fine print. Overall, it's still the best job I've had so far in my career."

"Nice company to work with."

"Belk has made a concerted effort to progress with the changing technological world, however has experienced issues with developing a focused identity."