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Q&A With Macy's Employees

We’re inspired by our surroundings, and that inspiration shows in our work—inside and outside of the office. Our culture is formed by who we are, what we do, and why we do it—as individuals and as a team.

How employees describe working at Macy's

very fun and good friends

Very bad working here is not worth the small pay

Review from Sales Dept

Hourly wage is significantly lower than other retail stores in the area such as Target, Costco, Wal Mart, whose starting hourly wage is approaching $12 to $13 an hour.

A combination of good and bad.

Review from Sales Dept

Great company to work with great coworker.

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What it's like to work at Macy's

  • Macy's employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
  • Employees at Macy's report the work pace is comfortably fast
  • On a typical day, employees at Macy's have 0 meetings
  • 76% of Macy's employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Macy's employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 59% of Macy's employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Macy's employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
  • 62% of Macy's employees call their work environment positive

Q&A With Macy's Employees

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  • None of the employees are happy or optimistic about working there. You work 50-60 hours a week and are underpaid without management approving any vacation requests.

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  • Management is verbally abusive towards their staff and intentionally derails any opportunity to advance.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' Sales team rates their overall benefits a D and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 50% of Macy's employees in Sales say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Sales also get 0-10 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' IT team rates their overall benefits a D- and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 43% of Macy's employees in IT say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in IT also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $500 -$1000/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' Engineering team rates their overall benefits a D and most of them think the perks are Terrible. 57% of Macy's employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get 10-15 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' Product team rates their overall benefits a C and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 65% of Macy's employees in Product say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Product also get 20-30 days of paid vacation.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 48% of the same employees also feel like Macy's is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Macy's.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' Sales team rates their manager a C- or 63/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The sales team (57%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Macy's' IT team rates their manager a B+ or 74/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The it team (100%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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32% of Macy's employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 18% are neutral and 50% would not recommend working at Macy's to their friends.

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