Pier 1 Imports reviews

too many management tiers, difficult to staff, company constantly in transition- does not stick with what works. analysis paralysis- too much paperwork/data which does not contribute to results. Slow and resistant to change. Unrealistic and unattainable sales goals. Very long hours during peak times (holiday, quarterly store transitions, meetings etc.) . Physical demands of the role- moving furniture, fixtures, unloading trucks, loading customer's vehicles - no stock positions, all of this is accomplished by store associates, store managers and RM's.

Pier 1 made it a point to promote from outside the company and not focus on training and developing store managers to move up. It felt very stagnating. The corporate office would lavish benefits and incentives, activities, free flowing alcohol at company meetings, etc. for the home office workers and give next to zero budge for stores. Every year as store managers we would get a whopping $5 per employee for a xmas party. Employee appreciation week meant nothing for store managers and an expectation that store managers go out of their way both personally and financially to make the week special for their teams... often times scheduled during some crazy time like inventory week. The company just seems to go out of their way to not value the store teams and the managers efforts to drive sales but the store teams were the first to be blamed with lagging sales even though just about every aspect of the store sales depend upon the success or failures of the corporate distribution systems, marketing, supply chain inefficiencies, etc.