Where do I begin? I worked for Crate&Barrel for 4 years. I LOVED it. Great culture. Amazing product. Great opportunity to make a real living. And then Euromarket took over. Reorganization is what it was sold as. I had a dear colleague, 20 year veteran, was asked to reapply for her position. Once rehired, she was given the highest hourly available 13.00 and hour with no hope of real opportunity to make up the 25.00 and hour she had earned with raises over that time and was being snatched away by a greedy corporate overlord. She was 60 years old. How shameful.
So, I decided to give CB2 a chance. With my experience with the company and my vast experience after leaving the company. The best they could come up with was 10.25 and hour plus some made up unknown “store bonus”, which I never saw! The best they could do for someone of my top selling skills, is put me in part time fill in close shifts. And I still out sold full time employees. When I was scheduled to close one evening, I was assigned cleaning the public toilets. Ok, let me get this straight, you want me to provide world class service, check. You want me to dress to impress. Check. And then clean the public’s toilets when I’m done. For minimum wage. Also, here is tip for young managers, you don’t know everything. And a dismissive or superior attitude, very unbecoming. Well, it’s Crate&Barrel and CB2 who loses. Your not properly paying folks a living wage. Embarrassing. And makes me very sad. Please do not respond with your pretend we care about your opinion canned answer Crate. Do some soul searching and PAY you associates!!
