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ilovemyglo-
I actually got my manager in trouble too for revealing employee confidentiality. This past summer, I worked at Abercrombie for $6 an hour. It really sucked because I had worked at fine departments stores like Bloomingdale's in past for over $9 an hour. It was so hard to find a job this summer....it's Orlando so it's not that hard to find some college student who's willing to work for minimum wage. And, there's no Bloomingdale's in Orlando. So, I took the job at Abercrombie which was a 45 minute drive plus $4 in tolls. On top of it, my car eats gas so I was filling up twice a week. Abercrombie purposely highers 50 plus employees in their stores. Do the math: 50 plus employees...that means that each person will work a max of 15 hours that week. But, almost every month, the floor set changes and you have to buy all new clothes...Abercrombie does not allow you to wear sale items. Their clothes aren't cheap and the employee discount bites. So, I'd spend about $300 there every month just so I'd have clothes to wear to work! So, 15 hours a week, 4 weeks in a month, $6 an hour, $300 in clothes...I'm only making $60 profit. Abercrombie really doesn't lose that much money on their employees. Plus, that $60 went to tolls and gas to get to my job...I was making no money. I ended up in debt from working there and had to beg my parents to help me out! I called my manager and explained the situation to him. He was all pissed. He went and told my co-workers the reason why I quit. One of them came up to me on campus one day and said, "I heard you quit because you had all these bills and you were in debt...." Called HR that afternoon. I know that manager got a written warning for that. Hah Hah. And to those who even consider working for that company, here's a little phrase for you that all Abercrombie ex-employees know: "Working for Abercrombie and Fitch is not a job, it's a hobby."
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