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Build-A-Bear Workshop

If your a full time student looking to have a job that will bend around your school hours and exam times than look no further! Build a Bear is a great place to work with all of the happy and friendly co-workers! I mean that everyone that works there is friends! So if your looking for a great part time job and love children and have lots of energy than look no further this is the place for you!

A typical day at work is : min 3.5hours all the way up to 8 hours depending and the amount of energy that you show on floor. YOu switch stations a lot so that no one gets boatd and everyone interacts with the guests to develop a picuture in their minds of the store to make them want to come back. You usually get your brake at the 3 hour mark so that your do not burn out by going on a brake to early.

The Best part of the job: The people that not only work there but the guests and the children !

The hardest part of the job: doing at 80 kids party and having the daycare staff not telling us! But don't worry we can still handled it

I really loved my job when I used to work there, but upper-level management above the store manager is where it became the issue. They seemed to have no interest in truly appreciating their workers, and no respect or care for their well-being either. If you succeed well in the job, you could get promised a raise, promotion, and other positive things and never get it. It is really truly difficult when you love a job so much but management at the higher level who runs the company just does not seem to care about you, and only really counts you as a number. I know that a lot of big-scale companies do this as well, but a company that prides itself in 'having heart', does not really show with their own employees, only the store manager. 
They also seem to care vastly more about their image than anything else. 

The customers are fantastic people generally go in wanting to have a great experience. The issue with Build-A-Bear though is the district manager/ head office has unrealistic high standards that nobody follows unless someone from head office is there. As soon as someone isn't really watching them all the standards go out the window. So I would say the hardest part about this job is dealing with head office. But overall your day today is going in greeting guests getting to know them up selling them as much as you can and then on to the next. The people that work in the stores, the bear Builders the management are fantastic they're like a family and as soon as you have a preposition you are welcome with open arms.

I really enjoyed working here! The team was excellent! We always supported one another, everyone is very kind/generous, and we all loved to help! Depending on the time of year, it can be slow, intermediate, or really busy. Management was excellent. My favourite part of the job was seeing a child smile after making the bear of their dreams! It is very rewarding to see and always made me want to go into work with a smile on my face! The store was always kept clean. It is easy to do well in this environment. I learned a lot about reading people and speaking/engaging with them to provide the best experience possible. It is a lot of fun working at Build-A-Bear!

I loved creating special moments for every customer that walked in the store! It’s very rewarding when you can make someones day like that! Although this company has lots of flaws. Poorly managed, not a lot of hours and a low pay but expected to be top notch employee. Some employees were over worked while some called in sick constantly with no repercussions forcing the ones who actually cared about their job to pick up the slack, higher up management would offer little to no support and ignored in store issues even if they were brought to their attention.

A typical day at work would've been coming into work and going onto the floor, making yourself approachable to customers who might walk in. Most of the time, you're assisting customers with personalizing the bear they picked out, stuffing it up for them, helping pick out clothes, etc. At that job I learned that making sales is easy when you have an approachable attitude towards the job and the customers. I had a wonderful head manager there who really cared about her workers. My co-workers were mostly friendly and fun to be around. The hardest part of the job was keeping up with the chaos (especially on weekends). The most enjoyable part of the job was definitely meeting all the little kids and helping make their day.

The good: 
Working with kids is a blast, and most people are excited and happy to be there. You get to make fun experiences for babies, kids, and even adults. If your coworkers and management team are good, you will have a great time! However….

The bad:
This is the worst managed company I have EVER worked for. In my time there (only 5 months), the store went through 4 different managers. The district manager is unhelpful at best and maliciously negligent at worst. I left this job with legitimate trauma that future employers noticed. Glad to be gone, but I wish it wasn’t the way it was. 

It has been my dream job since a small child. I have always collected plush toys and worked with kids all my life. It is so so nice to have a lovely mix of the two. 

My manager is AMAZING and though we are a small location in a mall, there is always something to do. She keeps us in line, and is motivational when we do need to improve!

My co-workers are so lovely, it truly is enjoyable going to work.

My only critique is I would love more hours (but I never took the job expecting 40 hours a week it would just be nice ya know!) and that is it! I work another job and honestly look forward to my shifts at BaB!

Loved the staff and managers, felt like a family. Working with kids and teens was fun and refreshing but wait times can be long on weekends and holidays so the parents accompanying them can get very nasty. It's a minimum wage job with a raise once a year. Should be a higher pay for the amount of energy it takes. It is not a regular retail job, prepare to be drained and lose your voice by the end of the shift. Takes a special type of person to put on the performance this company requires from it's employees. But their high standards give you good work habits for your future jobs.

After working alongside this company for 4 years I can honestly say it is the most toxic work environment I have ever been associated with. Due to poor communication on behalf of head office representatives and district managers I have seen some incredible men and women leave the company due to not having adequate resources to complete tasks, minimal work/life balance and unrealistic expectations for minimal pay.

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