r/casualiama • u/Loud-Formal1170 • 6d ago

I Worked at Ross For Four Years AMA

I worked at a fairly busy Ross for four years. I mostly kept to the fitting room, stock room, and floor with only sometimes being on the register. You can ask me anything about working there and I’ll answer to the best of my abilities!

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u/sexhitsthestreets 6d ago

What's the most common item return scam?

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

I’ll be honest I don’t know. I don’t spend a lot of time on the register and when I do it’s a last resort. However on the floor I’m specifically told to watch the purses and luggage. 

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u/theflamingskull 6d ago

I've shopped at Ross. What's your best fitting room horror story?

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

I was about 16 at the time and it was my first prom season working there. We had a line of mostly women running all the way to the front of the store. We are always understaff so I had no backup. I told this one girl she needed to hang up her clothes and could only bring in eight at a time but could switch them out. A group of guys started yelling to just let her in which caused the entire line to go into an uproar (probably because they’d been waiting for hours.) I’m surprised I didn’t burst into tears on the spot and stood my ground. 

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u/Leelois 6d ago

How do you handle working there so long? I did 3 months and had to get the hell outta there

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

It was my first ever long term job so that helps. I also had a really good management team and some nice coworkers so that really helped. I left about a year ago (so did a large chunk of people) because of new management. 

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u/Leelois 6d ago

My manager was toxic as was the back room supervisor

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

That sucks management usually makes or breaks a job. 

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u/Leelois 6d ago

So true

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u/jeannedargh 6d ago

Are Ross employees in general aware of the work of Delta Work?

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

No I’ve never heard of her before I looked her up just now. If any of my coworkers did know about her they never brought it up. 

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u/Hot_Hair_5950 6d ago

What surprises you about your work?

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u/Loud-Formal1170 6d ago

When I first started it was how an area could get it in so little time. Sometimes id had to go walk a manager to the money room 10-15 minutes  and by the time i’d go back my section was a mess. 

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u/imostlylurkbut 5d ago

Of the premium brands whose excess supply made it into Ross, which ones did you think had the best quality? Were there any notable deals or disappointments you saw?

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u/Herdnerfer 5d ago

Whats Ross? Is it anything like Ross Dress For Less?

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u/Loud-Formal1170 5d ago

It is Ross Dress For Less

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u/Herdnerfer 5d ago

Ahh, never heard anyone just call it Ross before.

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u/Loud-Formal1170 5d ago

Really ? We usually just shorten in where I’m from 😅

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u/Electronic_Sir8178 3d ago

You actually say “I think I’m going to go to Ross Dress For Less today!” ??? Wtf bro that sounds like a commercial

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u/Herdnerfer 3d ago

That’s their name though 🤷‍♂️ sometimes we say RD4L

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u/evil-fucking-ghoul 5d ago

what's the dumbest thing a customer has said to you ?

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u/sitmonkey 3d ago

How do they choose what to mark down and to what price?