BBW: The Work Experience

If you haven’t figured it out based on my Twitter yet, I recently gotten a job at Bath and Body Works.  I love BBW for the candles and the home goods that they have, so I was super excited when I got the job there. 

While I’ve had previous sales jobs before, nothing compares to the BBW experience.  For starters, training was 9 hours long.  And I’m still not register trained.  (YIKES!!!)  Though I did appreciate that training was done on your own – you simply watch a dvd that walks you through everything and anything you need to know and have several workbooks that you complete as you watch.  Then, when it was time to start working, I was trusted enough to be out on the floor without someone over my shoulder the entire time, something that I would not have had at any of my previous jobs.

Besides the interesting training experience, what really makes the experience working at BBW is the fact that I’m selling products that I actually love.  Unlike my other jobs, I actually use and like the products at Bath and Body Works and it makes doing my job a lot more interesting.  Having the ability to talk to people about the products and give them my own personal accounts is not only a big part of what BBW wants you to do, but it makes the work experience so much more enjoyable.

Overall, while the experience at BBW is different than what I’ve had at most of my other jobs, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working there so far.  This job is definitely an improvement from my job at Target, and even though I’ll be working at both jobs this summer, I definitely know which one I’ll prefer.