During seasonal periods such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and other holidays several businesses strive, especially retail stores. Since there will be lots of customers trooping in and out of the store for shopping purposes, to meet a particular sales target, and to increase sales, several stores hire lots of sales personnel to enable them to achieve their aim. Macy’s as of 2015 prides itself to be the largest retail store in America, so during seasonal periods, they hire lots of staff. However, there have been lots of controversies regarding Macy’s retail store keeping seasonal employees or not. Let us address this issue.
Does Macy’s keep seasonal employees?
According to one of the current worker’s reviews, as of June 2017, Macy’s does keep seasonal employees, since they always have open positions after seasonal holidays, and such seasonal staff would become permanent staff and occupy those positions. Another former customer service employee at Macy’s store reported that if one is hired as a seasonal worker there are high chances of retaining the person as permanent staff.
In addition, a compiled summary of reviews regarding the question of whether Macy’s keeps seasonal employees or not shows that about 16% of answers showed that at Macy’s seasonal workers are normally retained for a permanent position. However, there are important steps you must take if you really want to become a permanent staff at Macy’s store and they are listed below.
Important Steps
Important steps a seasonal employee must undertake to assume a permanent staff position at Macy’s Store:
The steps below are a summary of the review of the past and current employees of Macy’s store. They include the following
1: You must be very hardworking.
2: You must ensure to comply with the dressing code and other necessary rules such as code of conducts guiding the business company
3: You must ensure to attract customers to the store. You should develop good customer-employee relations abilities.
4: Establish interpersonal work-relations with permanent staff and the managers.
5: You must be a quick learner and ready to complete your tasks as required.
6: You must be smart, intelligent, and have good interpersonal qualities.
7: Time management and being prompt to work are essential attributes required for the permanent position.
Different products sold at Macy’s stores
The following products are available at Macy’s store at their different respective positions worldwide.
They are organized into departments, they include :
- Women’s department: At this place, you can buy shoes, clothes, and every other accessory used by women.
- Men department: Here you can buy men’s wear, jeans, T-shirts, polo, shirts, and other products used by men.
- Kids and Baby department: In this department, essential products used by children from a day old to teenage age are available. Things used for pregnancy and delivery can also be found in this department.
- Home department: Accessories and products used in our home, for design, decoration are all available in this department.
- Other departments include; Shoe department, handbags, and accessories department, bed and bath department, jewelry department, sale, and clearance department.
They are organized into departments, they include
- Women department: At this place, you can buy shoes, clothes, and every other accessory used by women.
- Men department: Here you can buy men’s wear, jeans, T-shirts, polo, shirts, and other products used by men.
- Kids and Baby department: In this department, essential products used by children from a day old to teenage age are available. Things used for pregnancy and delivery can also be found in this department.
- Home department: Accessories and products used in our home, for design, decoration are all available in this department.
- Other departments include; Shoe department, handbags, and accessories department, bed and bath department, jewelry department, sale, and clearance department.
Bottom Line
Macy’s retail store is known to be one of the biggest retailer stores in America and can ship goods to different countries almost worldwide. Being an employer of this company is a wonderful opportunity. As some of the reviews mentioned above, almost all seasonal employees want to be retained as permanent staff. Therefore, carefully observing the above-mentioned steps is crucial if you want to become a permanent staff at Macy’s stores.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many employees do Macy’s have?
The Macy’s retail store stores in 2017 had about 130,000 employees.
Do Macy’s stores accept Buy Now and Pay Later Services?
Yes, they accept Buy Now and pay later from Klarna. For you to use Klarna, here are a few steps
Step 1: Search for the Klarna app and download it. Using the search feature search for Macy’s and add your items to your cart.
Step 2: When you want to make payment checkout with Klarna
Step 3: In the Klarna app divide the amount into four and pay bi-weekly for six weeks.
Do Macy’s accept other BNPL services apart from Klarna?
No, they only partner with Klarna for now. Other major modes of payment they accept are cash and debit cards.