Barnes and Noble Booksellers Company Review By a Past Employee
Barnes and Noble Booksellers
Wheaton,
IL
www.barnesandnoble.com
Company Grade: F (36%)
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This Past employee has given Barnes and Noble Booksellers an Overall grade of: F (36%) based on Barnes and Noble Booksellers's business ethics, management, culture, pay, benefits, and training. Please see details below:
Barnes and Noble Booksellers Complete Company Review by This Past Employee
| Overall review of Barnes and Noble Booksellers by This Past Employee | |
| Date Reviewed: | April 28, 2005 |
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| Years of Employment: | 2004 – 2005 |
| Overall Grade: | F (36%) |
| Comments: | I would not go back to Barnes and Noble again. They amount of pay to amount of work is not something that I would want to experience again. I understand that retail does not pay much at all. But you should at least compensate for your employees worth. |
| Business Ethics review of Barnes and Noble Booksellers by This Past Employee | |
| Business Ethics Grade: | C- (53%) |
| Comments: | This company does not offer same sex partner benifits. They also do not follow the rules and regulations that they have set for thier employees. |
| Business Ethics Questions & Answers by This Past Employee | |
| 1. Was Barnes and Noble Booksellers ethical? |
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| 2. Were you proud of the goods or services provided by Barnes and Noble Booksellers? |
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| 3. Would you recommend a friend work for Barnes and Noble Booksellers? |
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| Management and Culture review of Barnes and Noble Booksellers by This Past Employee | |
| Management and Culture Grade: | F (33%) |
| Comments: | At one Barnes and Noble store, the management was rude, uncaring and indecisive. They almost always had a failure to communicate even with weekly meetings. |
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| 1. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers’s management make intelligent business decisions? |
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| 2. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers’s management have a good long-term strategy to keep the company profitable? |
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| 3. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers’s management have an open-door policy? |
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| 4. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers’s management care about employees? |
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| 5. Were you given freedom to perform your job at Barnes and Noble Booksellers without constant supervision? |
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| 6. Were there ample opportunities for career growth? |
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| 7. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers promote from within? |
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| 8. Was your job at Barnes and Noble Booksellers challenging and rewarding? |
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| 9. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers have a fun atmosphere/work environment? |
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| Compensation, Benefits, and Training review of Barnes and Noble Booksellers by This Past Employee | |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Training Grade: | F (27%) |
| Comments: | The compensation that is received is almost not what you would agree upon. If you were told 32 hrs a week and full time benifits, you were given 25 hrs and no benifits at all. The training was something to be desired. Since they are always talking about training employees but never seem to find the time to. |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Training Questions & Answers by This Past Employee | |
| 1. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers provide good compensation? |
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| 2. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers provide good benefits? |
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| 3. Did Barnes and Noble Booksellers provide training to maintain and improve your Job Skills? |
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| Past Employee's Complete Review of Barnes and Noble Booksellers's Business Ethics, Management, Culture, Compensation, Benefits, and Training. | |
