Because they want us to run as lean as possible.

to Wet Seal.

The Westcoast RM left!!

Why can't they figure out how to allocate hours to the stores? Seriously, they get it wrong every week. Do they have any clue what they are doing. Things have gotten really bad recently.

There is too big of a disconnect between the stores and the home office for this company to ever succeed. We are doomed. Time to update the resume.

We are so low on inventory, we have too few hours to clean-up, the merchandise is not what the customer wants, our denim sucks, and leadership is non-existent. These are not normal challenges, its time to find a new job.

R2 The apple isn't falling to far from the tree. I could probably guess who you are actually. Were you the one in the meeting that couldn't stop talking about how great all the changes have been? The reality of no product, cut hours, little to no... — read more 

if you honestly think Gail is not a liar, i have stock in the holland tunnel to sell you. everyone knows she is a ass kisser, who dumps on anyone who cant give her something. she steals peoples ideas, misleads her people, and makes her team run R2... — read more 

If you don't like it shut the f*** up or get the hell out!! No one wants to hear your bitching and complaining! No one is making you stay go find another job if it's so horrible.

Region 2 D28, you are too stupid to understand what is happening. Go back to folding clothes and greeting customers. I will find you a message board for other minimum wage workers for you to post on how awesome it is to find shoes in a particular... — read more 

IDK about everyone else, but our Regional Director and DM here is awesome. They keep us informed of the good and the bad, we pilot a lot of programs, and they dont lie to us..... The company is doing fine, its just doing what it needs to do.

HI everyone! I am a DM for another juniors retailer and have interviewed seversl managers from CR. You all are great managers who clearly have a great work ethic, and are under appreciated. I have found that managers from CR are so harworking and... — read more 

Does anyone know when Jenny is out?

Are you serious?? The hits just keep on coming! Charlotte gets no luck!

I heard Diane Neal backed-out after seeing how bad the financials were. Guess she does not want to be on the Titanic when it sinks.

John - right on!!! The DMs do what the hell they want.....run you over, throw you under the bus AND pass you over when you've been told repeatedly your in line for a promotion. Not once, but 5 freakin times!!! what a joke! this company doesnt give a... — read more 

I here all the time that the "Cowboy" DM is such a lame ASS.. Always behind sending paper work - emails - follow -up etc. Never returns your calls. Shows up and disappears without notice. You discuss being promoted only to be pass-over by a... — read more 

Unfreakin believable! That's all I can say. My DM craps on us all the time, no one in peeps gives a crap - she's covered by her BFF like a blnket on a baby, but she'l throw us under the bus anytime. If that don't work she'l pull out her Nazi SS books... — read more 

That's what they get for letting someone with absolutely no true stores or field leadership experience make the decisions. The two people in control don't have a clue.

I recently left CR. I had been with the Company for many years and became the worst most unethical place I've ever worked. The DM in the has thrown many managers under the bus and manipulated the situation to save their own ass. The People dept had... — read more 

A lot of the blame for the companies financial issues has to rest on HR. They forced too many changes too quickly without understanding the nature of the business or the financial implications. How's the talent treating you in San Francisco? F***ing... — read more 

It's unreal how unprofessional and ethically challenged the HR team is. Where did they all come from? All Old Navy? Were they ever in leadership positions prior? Or are they even considered leadership here?

There is no chance that Jenny is still running this company. She is a lame duck CEO waiting for CR to announce they have hired a new CEO so they can transition without having to have an interim CEO. So sad that she ruined the company, too bad she did... — read more 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/chronstyle/detail?entry_id=90853

What Charlotte Russe should of never did so many relaunches. Relaunch a new brand that steered our customer away, and then our new marketing... who cares and then having us throw out all the old marketing not even recycle it. Then they bring store... — read more 

I know a former Charlotte RM and she told me the manipulation, undermining, and butt kissing some of them do is overwhelming. She said it is a joke what they will do for attention from Jenny since the SVP left. And the Corporate executives play them... — read more 

He visits stores if the RM for the area is around. Otherwise he can't be bothered. Don't forget, none of them travel alone. Its more cost effective. LOL

Some interesting reading of who really put Old Navy on the Map. The genius is Mickey Drexler, former CEO of Gap and brainchild of Old Navy. No, not Jenny Ming as she takes way too much credit... In fact she embellishes her qualifications just like... — read more 

You think the company would figure out if the human resources department is so terrible, then they probably should not be working from home. They should be based in the office where they can be supervised. They are not above the rest of us. I agree... — read more 

No wonder we never get answers!

Yeah it's true that the People Manager works from home. He lives near a few of our stores but is never in any of them.

Are there any openings on the HR team? I want to be non existent for 3 weeks, get paid a salary and get to go home early on Fridays...or wait...never leave home at all. Where are earth is that acceptable business practice?

I know my DM was saying that my RM is never in stores. That she has been visited since the last RM had us.

Which RD was lacking ethics? No surprise.

There is no love for the people team thats for sure. I feel like every day we hear something negative about what they are doing or aren't doing. There has to be someone wondering...

Charlotte is coming back! We are getting merchandise and we are getting better!

The People team is lacking ethics too, they really goofed with not firing one of the RDs after she had several lapses in her moral jubdgement and caused the firing of a great employee. They don't get it, but when you let people get away with what she... — read more 

The start of financial hardship was the moving to San Francisco because we wanted to "tap into the talent". Definition, Jenny lives there. Then paying severence to the talent we let go (Non-Old navy) and big sign-on bonuses to the Old Navy unemployed... — read more 

You hit the nail on the head!

There are 2 types of people that work here now. The first group are the CR veterans that hate their job but are tied to a 2 year relocation agreement and cannot afford to quit because they have to repay the relocation money back. The second group... — read more