Big Lots Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Cashier stock furniture recovery its a good experience for a first job."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"One thing I like about the company that I work for is the teamwork."

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

"A tip that I have for others interviewing with this company would be to be experienced."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"One thing that I don't like about working at the company is that there is no set schedules."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A suggestion that I have for management is that the schedule needs to be more organized."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"The store was very challanging and lots of work never a dull moment."

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

"Ask lots of questions and dress up for the interview."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"Most of the associates spoke very little English, somewhat of a communication barrier."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The managers should give associates more responsibility so the management team doesn't have to work so hard."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"I get to work with people. Seeing people smile because you were able to help them is a huge plus."

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

"Negotiate for everything. Don't just take what they're offering. If you have good reason and can back it up, they can do it."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"How little control I have. There is no grey area. If something is done different, it is wrong."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do more for associates. New associates don't have any sick or personnal time, or profit sharing and can only get 25 cents more than minimum wage."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"The constant interaction, and communicating with the customers and employees."

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

"Be on time, dress nice to the interview, and always be ready to work."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"Such a great company, not much I can say bad about this place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I was part of management here, so I know it can be stressful at times, so my advice is just to take on one task at a time."

"Was a great position in a not so great company."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"The freedom of the position to operate the store as I saw fit."

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

"I would recommend shopping the store and reviewing the history of the company (any company) before applying."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"Limited product, low corporate support, poor product quality, dilapidated facilities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Most importantly, I would say to operate your store to the best you see fit, regardless of the absent corporate presence and inconsistent policies."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"There was nothing enjoyable about the job. It was high stress and they did not give you enough payroll hours for what they wanted done."

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

"Ask about the amount of payroll given. Ask how long it takes to unload and put out a truck. They will tell you two days but most stores work on it all week. Ask about task Manager and how many projects corp. office puts on per week. On top of running the store I was getting 100 extra tasks that had dead line dates. I didn't have the payroll to get them done. Noone did. People ended up signing off on tasks they didn't do to stay out of trouble. Every store manager has all these problems. If you suck op to your Dist. Manager they will give you extra hours. Some store managers who lived near the Dist manager and saw her all the time, would get 150+ extra hours a week. Hours that should have been shared with all the stores."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"Everything. They don't care about the employee's or the tools you need to get the job done. Most of the Dist. Managers on up have never worked in a Big Lots Store. They have no idea. My first year my Dist. Manager spent 4 1/2 hours total in my store. Only saw her when she thought her boss was going to visit."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure the stores had the hours they needed to get the job done. Make sure people were trained. Bring in Dist. Managers and LP managers that know what there doing."

What do you like about working at Big Lots?

"I enjoy having a paycheck. Some of the workers are easy to get along with."

What don't you like about working at Big Lots?

"Rules that come down from corporate make no sense. It's as if they do everything on paper and never even visit stores."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get corporate to actually work in a store for a while before allowing them to make decisions."

"This is an excellent interim place."

"Lack of any advancement opportunities."

"The whole time I was working this seasonal job I was miserable because I was getting paid minimum wage and worked harder than I should have been."