Build-A-Bear Workshop Employee Reviews

The actual workshop vibe is amazing. Just serving and helping kids is amazing. But the corporate blunders back to back with such rapid frequency really makes the ship feel like it's poised to sink. Resting on COVID sales and putting out greedy hikes and promos do not pass the vibe check at all.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

I love my coworkers and I have lots fun stuffing the bears, but the pay is too low and I feel like management hasn't been very understanding about my disability so I feel guilty asking for accommodations.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

It's alright just the pay isn't well

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Monthly bonuses and discounts on in store and online goods

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

My diector supervisor is a bully and lies to me about company rules. She plays favorites denying me requested time off weeks in advance for women she is friends with. She continues to give me 3-31/2 hrs a week only on Saturdays when i have given 5 days of availability. She has been openly rude to me

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Amazing! My boss is amazing, kind and supportive. The best DM ive ever had.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 4 meses

My direct manager is the best manager I've ever worked with. He feels more like a close friend than a boss

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

Wonderful team to work with

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

They are very professional and easy going

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

The communication to bear builders

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Getting in touch with consumers and inviting honest communication instead of rewarding people for buying into the kool-aid to enter the bubble. The movie was one of the dumbest ideas of all time. The price hikes in a recession is out of touch. The old school micro managing is backwards.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

Treating us like human beings. Maybe try threatening us less and being a kind. They could also get better at hiring people that actually do work.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Communicating with one another, handling disagreements within the store

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Taking accountability for their actions and holding proper HR investigations

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Trsining and putting what matters most first

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

The bonus because that's what pays my rent..

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

There are good bonus opportunities and benefits.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Affordability and choice of benefits packages.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 5 años

The paid time off policy is very generous.

Revisión Publicado hace 7 años

The option for medical covergae

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 7 años

The issue is that lack of autonomy makes every position worth about minimum wage. It also invites hiring the lowest quality people because that's what their skills are usually worth. So being an employee who works and has a functioning brain feels punishing as if the company wants them to leave.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

I feel completely undervalued as an employee. Management and others do not talk to me unless to harass and make me feel incompetent. I have tried to discuss this with her, but she does not acknowledge my concerns.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

Currently a manager talked to other stores in mall they make almost $10 hour more than me as an out of high school candidate than I do with multiple degrees and years of experience when asking for a raise im told I already make too much when they hire on new employees for more

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

More money. But even if just the sales associates and assistant managers got paid more, I'd be happier, because then we'd be able to retain people. When people stop showing up or quit because they got a better paying job, its the managers who are forced to work overtime to keep the store operating

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Getting paid to match my responsibility

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Well we all work at a store where we get to make people happy and make stuffed animals. My team is genuinely inviting and kind.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 4 meses

I'm friends with my coworkers. They're the only good things getting me through this job. That and maybe SOME pleasant customer experiences

Revisión Publicado hace 10 meses

I love everyone I personally work with, it feels like I go to work with a group of friends instead of coworkers.

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

My workshop team is full of go-getters, inclusive and cheerful people. Most of them are easily coachable and work together perfectly whenever motivation is high.

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

Fantastic attitude, smiles and desire to be actual friends, not just punch a clock. That said, that historically is rare for us.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

For the entire time I have worked for this company we have not had any meetings or collaborates. Communication needs to be greatly improved and policies should be discussed regularly.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

Communication between associates needs to improve

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

An HR chat to fiscuss bullying and appropriate speech.

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

The other bear builders are great. Management is a nightmare

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

They need to work on doing their part. The store managers run around like bear builders and the sales lead are stuck to do everything with little pay.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 7 años

We all care about eachother, encourage eachother to do our best everyday, and we foster a healthy environment where asking questions and owning your learning is encouraged.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 4 meses

Everyone's generally pleasant around eachother. Like I said, we're all friends

Revisión Publicado hace 10 meses

My immediate team. Anything above that level is micromanaged to death. And beware if you're a man. This company is a girl's club and they're proud of it.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

The good employees that show up and get things done

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Even in the occasional pressure situation, we are encouraged to remember that we make teddy bears/make people smile.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Everything. We can get paid better and also treated like human beings. Maybe have my opinions and concerns taken seriously versus looking at your apple watch every minute i am speaking.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Give back some success to the people who earn it.

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

They NEED to pay better. I am paid horribly. I only stay for how much i love kids, my managers are verbally abusive and manipulative. My Assistant Manager degrades all her workers, then cries because she does not feel that we respect her.

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

New managment and well paid staff go a long way.

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años

Follow our company philosophy and try and make the employees as happy as we try and make customers.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 8 años

The interview questions are more about your personality and your attitude towards life.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 4 meses

The welcoming environment and personal questions

Revisión Publicado hace 10 meses

I was hired at a low point for my store, so I was hired easily

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

Easy and hired on the spot

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Being rescheduled 3 times due to human error of supervisor.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

Remove the bureaucracy and learn some basic social skills. There's more to life than pondering how every waking moment would work as a Facebook post.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

the questions don’t apply to the position

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 6 años

Making children happy. Making their visits super special and memorable.

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 4 meses

My coworkers, the occasional 50% discount and christmas time

Revisión Publicado hace 10 meses

My coworkers are the highlight of any shift

Revisión Publicado hace 2 años

I love talking to customers and helping them stuff their bears.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

Giving children the experience and the wonder I had as a child walking into build a bear

Revisión Review del Departamento de Ventas · Publicado hace 3 años

Guests feel that the products they want are never in store. There's constant corporate mandated upselling and forcing socially shy guests into uncomfortable social scenarios. There's a lot of settling of differences through exaggeration, innuendo and passive agression and spiteful career sniping.

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

Better staff and management of said staff

Revisión Publicado hace 3 años

We are understaffed every single morning. There will be a line. You will be yelled at because you are the only person on the floor. You will also have to use the washroom but cannot as you are babysitting the store. I would say the only way for improvement is to have the bathroom stall on floor.

Revisión Publicado hace 4 años

I am part-time. My manager does not give proper breaks, does not let us go home if we feel sick, goes on her phone in the back during rush. Turnover rate for workers is very high, and three people have quit in the past two weeks alone because of said manager.

Revisión Publicado hace 5 años