Stylist in a 28 chair salon. Really upset about being demoted from Master stylist to Senior Designer. Went from new price raise in Feb. to being demoted to Senior. We all are felling they will probrably get rid of the salons at JCP within aYr. There are no products on back bar and the retail shelves are bare also. What does everyone else think??????

jcp needs to let employees know the facts so we can make our own decision to stay or leave. When i told our store manager what "my clients say about the salon, her response was, "then why are u still here?" I am a new employee at the salon and brought my clientele with me from being a booth renter looking for a rewarding career with benefits. Not happy about the way I am treated by management. Be positive or go home

I wouldn't have minded working at JCP so much except that we're out of stock / only getting a few in, not to mention the prices going up drastically, since people demanded the coupon system. You really aren't saving money, people; if anything, they're really ripping you off going back to the old system at the rate they're jacking the prices.

I don't like representing a store like that, and I'm tired of all the stress that filters down to us "peons". Constant rearranging... And the construction. The dust (and moldy smell) makes us all sick to our stomachs.

I'm sorry, but I need a drastic pay raise with full time hours and benefits before JCP becomes a place to really work for anymore... Not to mention the schedule coming out at a decent time and not changing at a moment's (or no) notice. The store I work for is pretty much constantly hiring, at the rate people are leaving. I'm joining that group.

Hate the Libbies, associate has to walk all the way across the store to get receipt - customers want a hard copy receipt, not an email. Half the time they do not work Hard to carry a walkie hooked on your belt, a Libbie, and still bend over to fold and recover floor without dropping them a dozen times. They have closed 8 registers in store, so lines back up where there are still registers. And if you get busy with a catalog order or a credit app, line backs up. Have had many customers get frustrated and give up, dump their merchandise and leave. Computers freeze as you go from sale screen to the "enter email or zip code" screen. Takes forever. Also, managers forever going on about ICAPS, but if you work in a department where there are no longer registers, hard to get ICAPS. Now customers have their sales and coupons back, great, but outrageous price increase. Pair of dining rooms chairs when from $175 pair to $380/pair. Same chair! Ridiculous.

The company it self is not that bad. But with recent changes their raising the prices and ripping off people in the process. The manager's don't know what their doing, and ask the associates (that are not being mng trained or been then less then them) for advice on situations they should have the authority on, one mng says to do one thing, another Mng a diff thing, making it harder to do your job and make a fair and right choice for the customers. Besides that the MNG are mean, and talk down to the associates. Not a good work environment.

Want to buy something awesome?
NOPE. Out of stock.

JCP has recently returned to commission but at a much lower rate (42%) at the low end & the high end(60%) is very hard to achieve within most stylists scheduled work hrs.Stylists are tiered by title of designer,senior designer & master. The two lower titles make less commission for bringing in the same amount of service money. Commission is figured weekly but pay checks are every two weeks. Instead of combining the two weeks, percentage is figured weekly,so commission pay varies from week to week. No full time insurance under 35 hrs & JCP does not give any stylist that many hrs. Stylist must meet minimum productivity standards hourly or be terminated. Must also meet productivity standards of their title (designer,senior or master).Must attend classes or not be able to be promoted. Which is only twice a year.Front desk has been eliminated. Replaced by a position that has to be a licensed cosmetologist. Doing front desk duties, assisting stylists,selling retail, can only do hair if requested or a walk in & no other stylists are available, must build a clientele & move to floor within 1 yr or you will be terminated. Retail commission has been eliminated. With Ron Johnson gone & different CEO changes are likely.Very little stability with JCP in this state of constant change.

I am a former Jcp salon manager demoted to leader then elminated because I didn't want to lead two salons in two cities 45 min apart. I loved my job until they started making me lie to my team of talented stylist. I started seeing retirement age people being fired or offered severance pay. I too was offered severance pay or take the job of leading two salons with no pay increase and truthfully a pay cut!!! I worked outside the salon when the store was short staffed and my stylist did too during busy seasons. I was so disenfranchised with Jcp by the end that I left the job and people who over time I had come to think of as a family. There were people who under Rons direction were eliminated After 30 plus years. Benifits were lost and stylist left some quit their career and moved to new careers the disrespect of treatment they endured was sad !

I basicly like the look of the new store, opened. I don't like the fact they are getting rid of all the registers. It is a pain to be checked out with the Libbies and half the time they don't work. I also hate the fact they got rid of the receptionist in the salon. When you call there you get a different person if you get anyone at all. When you do get someone they act as if you are bothering them.

I used to shop at JCPenney at least twice a week but not anymore. I want the salon receptionist back and also the registers.

Hey Ron what goes around comes around.I know how proud you were of cutting 19000 jobs.I guess you could careless that we had families and cared very deeply for JC Penney Company.We were committed.You never even moved to Dallas....
Oh you dont have to worry about money you made millions at Apple
remeber???
Well Ron your name is already forgotten , but what you did to a GREAT company like J C Penney is horrible.Mr. Penney is looking down .not happy he would not have wanted to destroy peoples lives like you did with your start up business.concept...another way to trim work force..nice concept.Im not sure if you realize that RETAIL is a People business...Im sure you dont beacuse you live not in the real world....