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Winners & HomeSense

A typical day at work
I get to work, say hi to everyone, sign in in the crew room, check day schedule see what register I'm on and my break times. check to see who's working in what department and than check week schedule for my other shifts.
I usually go to my locker and put on my winners uniform/ name tag
than off to the front registers. I get to the front and say hi to everyone. I get a key from the manager for cleaning my receipt draw every time it gets full.I make sure my area is clean. Sometimes Ill take a headset which is for us to communicate with the coworkers on the floor and in certain departments and managers. I sign in my register than take the next customer. For every customer I greet them,scan there items, take off hangers/sensor rags, ask them if they have a TJX loyalty card and scan it and tell them there total. If its a delicate Home sense item we usually wrap it with the big papers we have. I've deal with promotions example, 50% all Christmas items. I also deal with returns/ exchange. Asking them for proper IDs and signatures if needed. Sometimes Ill page a co worker from a department if the customer brings an item with no price. Sometimes same items have the different prices and customers try to get away with extra storage but if we see it we get an award. When there are no customers we clean and put away. hangers on hanger tree, sensor tags in organizers, stock anything wee need like receipt paper and staplers. For the return  items we make a price and attach a sensor tag than organize them in the right bins, shelf and hanging rack. Before closing we clean up the front and what ever we can do with the rest of the store. I worked in retail for a long time and its all the same concept but its a different environment everywhere. I've learned to do returns/exchanges. I learned to find the right price,category,department #, and style for any items. The management is great some times a little unorganized but always up to date with work safety quizzes every month.  
My co workers are great, very friendly and helpful. There is nothing hard about the job sometimes we would get stubborn customers who have a return that's either not from our store or ruined. usually if they are upset and wont cooperate with the terms than ill ask for the managers assistant. The most enjoyable part of the job is the environment. clean store, fun co workers, various customers.

This is the first place  I've worked  where they actually  care about the staff. We all  work as a team.  With SO many associates in one store, you'd think it wouldn't  happen  but everyone  steps up to help each other.   We laugh together  and enjoy out day. It's gets very busy but we all get the job done and are always  thanked and appreciated for our efforts. 
Best place  I've worked by far and I've worked  a lot of places  ( I'm in my mid 50s) . There are a  varying  range of ages and all are friends with each other.  They care about  you and want you to be happy and safe  at work. 
I recommend  working  at this location in Nanaimo.  It's a HomeSense/Winners. 

I was put in the homesence decoration department, and I didn’t like it. I wanted to work full time or at least close to full time, but instead they gave me 20 hours a week. The store discount is only 10% off which is lame, and minimun pay. The managers at the cashier area are always somewhere on the floor when you need them, so you have to wait minutes for them to come back. I had a hard time getting used to the machines because I have adhd, and the managers were a bit rude to me since I forgot a lot of stuff. 

Winners home sense is a great store to work for. especially if you are a high school or post-secondary school student because of the flexibility they provide. Though for older people seeking a stable job with good pay and good chances of promotions, this is not a preferable choice. it is a minimum wage job, that cannot be expect to offer full-time hours to all and rarely promote employees from within.

A typical day at work would be interacting with customers; trying to meet their needs;working with my co-workers in both the back and up front. I learned how to apply my skills in different areas of the store, and how to communicate with the customers better. The most enjoyable part of my job is seeing customers who come in often and ask for me so they can say hi and talk about their day with me.

Winners is a fun and great place to work. Flexible scheduling and fair amount of hours are given. Working efficiently and fast paced as well as with the public can be difficult at times, but at the end of the day meeting customer satisfaction is key and enjoyable. Co-workers and surrounding environment are positive and encouraging and give a familial feeling.

I met some great people working here at Homesense. However pressure from the supervisor made this job more intolerant. For example reaching goals that are far out of reach. I've seen people come and go because of how management treats them. Luckily I did my time and got out.

It was fun working there I had a great time with my peers and made a couple new friends but I wouldn’t go back it gave me good work experience and made me learn how to really work under pressure and how fun it is to sometimes actually work 

Enjoyed co workers and social aspect, but employees are often on the verge of burnout and compensation is far below the living wage. Even part time, time off requests are not garunteed.

I have been working at Winners for the past 3 years and I have learned so much working in the retail setting. Winners has provided me with so much knowledge and has been such a great experience! The people there are amazing to work with and I really enjoy it. 

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