Do all the weirdos work at Motherhood?

arcook0307

Seriously....the three times I have been there, I get the narcissistic (sp?) sales clerks that can't shut up. It's a huge turn off from me even wanting to shop there and I always feel like they are pushing items on me to buy. Today the clerk felt it was necessary to tell me about the frequent phone calls she gets requesting the store to donate clothes to mothers in need and how she finds it annoying that they keep calling. Why is this my business? I had to literally close the dressing room door in her face and she kept talking! I am 38 weeks and had been on my feet for 3 hours finishing up my shopping before baby. And just what makes her think I care about her upcoming date night with her husband or how she and the guy cleaning carpets in the store that morning were joking about um....cleaning carpets? This is my second experience with this girl in that particular store. I feel tempted to let management know just how annoying it is.....not to mention unprofessional. From what I gather about her personal life (and I didn't dare ask questions for fear I would be there even longer) she doesn't have kids so the poor thing may not even know what it's like to just wanna buy your nursing tanks and get the heck out of there.

bbpb112

LOL. Everytime I go in to the Motherhood near me, the sales associate is talking on the phone and doesn't even look up to say hello!

I would call and just let them know that some of her topics of conversation are unprofessional and you would rather not hear about her personal life.

bpwife&mama

I have the same problem in that everytime I go they are SUPER pushy on buying stuff. To me there is nothing more annoying than that.  It's like they don't take "I'm just looking" seriously and don't care.  I went in there wanting a few bras and she like measured me in front of everyone and then sent me to the dressing room with like 10 bras.  Super annoying. 

missanna811

lol I used to work for Motherhood. One of the hardest jobs EVER, and I gave it up to make a dollar less an hour because I couldn't handle the stress or environment. They HAVE to push.

They have managers on the floor telling them what they need to sell, and then the ladies have the district calling every 2 hours checking to see what they've sold and how many credit cards they've had people sign up for, etc. Oh!! And those credit cards!! THOSE had massive quotas.

Didn't get someone's personal information? HUGE DEAL.

We'd cringe when we saw someone walk in for $10 panties because it'd throw off our numbers (which I of course felt bad for...we'd do the "not it!" for ringing them up because we didn't want it to blow our numbers). We had quotas per sale... Over $X amount and over Y amount of items. They monitor this, and if you're not doing well, you're told you're not doing well enough and threatened job wise. They had charts and files of everything.

They'd have sit downs with you, district management would get involved... it's insane what they put you through. We'd have daily conference calls, we'd have a steady stream of "to do's" coming in... it's really just crazy. 

You're right, none of us were mom's either... I actually REALLY liked learning from the moms... I'd never be talking about carpet cleaning with a customer (WTF?) and I read all the baby books. I'm a personable person though... I loved hearing the mom's stories, the "how I told my hubby", the happy "look, my bump is showing!!" etc.

If someone was unprofessional, by all means... file a complaint (I wish someone had done it with a few of my coworkers!). And some people don't have the finesse to hide the sales pressure they're under (we were supposed to be sneaky... You want to try on just a pair of pants, we find 3 tops that match it and stick it in your fitting room without asking).

But also know that it is by far one of the worst jobs ever.

BTW: You REALLY want to screw with their numbers? Just buy a sample lotion. Throws them off for the week.

Kristine Schilling

The motherhood stores hire based on friendlyness. Sometimes the managers dont get the difference between friendly and "crazy talk your head off." I have only ever been to 1 of those stores where the staff was friendly and helpful without being incredibly annoying. That, saddly, was over 3 years ago and when I went in last time (2 weeks ago), it seems the staff has changed. LOL

cecilyandgautam

I actually have had really great experiences with the Motherhood sales reps. The first helped me a lot - I had no idea what maternity clothes involved, what size I was, etc. Both times I've been, they've brought me a ton of things to try on but weren't pushy when I only picked a few.

kerischrader

OH MY GOSH!! I HATE Motherhood stores, I WON'T shop there anymore... I do however LOVE Destination Maternity.... Basically, it is Pea in the pod in front of store and Motherhood in the back of store.... but sales women are AMAZING, nice, helpful, and have fixed all my problems from a regular Motherhood store!

k_icenhour0711

I guess I should just feel fortunate! The Motherhood where I live has a whole crew of fantastic employees! They offer their opinions and give suggestions, but are not overly pushy. It would completely drive me nuts to have them act that way!

talentedmomma

Thanks missanna for the explanation. That is kind of what I figured. I can't shopping there either. DH offered to take me tomorrow after my ultrasound for something new to wear to a Christmas party, I said no thanks. I would rather wear something I already have than deal with the nutters that work there.

skibunny59

At the motherhood by my house they are not weirdos they just won't leave you alone.  It's a pretty tiny store and they are up your butt like every 2 minutes asking if they can help you find something.  Last night, someone from motherhood actually called me on my home phone and told me I could now start using my VIP savings pass.

sarahvarno

OMG I have the same problem. I don't even go into the stores I order online. The first time I went in the sales clerk was so pushy! She was asking me what I used for stretch mark creams and other places I had been shopping. She also wanted to sign me up for a personal shopper I wasn't looking to spend a lot of money. She sized me and pulled clothes for me and they all ended up being the wrong size which was frustrating. After I left I was exhausted from just holding off the pushy sales woman.

Lilena

I've had a crappy time there once, but the other handful of time's Ive gone were amazing.

I purchased a bathing suit there last year when I was 25 weeks along and the sales women (whom was actually prengnat too) was so sweet and I liked her alot. She was also there a bunch of other times I went in just to get some warm winter clothes since I had DS in feb.

I also had another clerk help me get the correct nursing bras (this was like 4 days after I delivered too so I was sore/tired and shouldn't have been in the mall in the first place but I desperately needed different bras because my boobs got SOOOOOO huge they didn't fit the bras I had already purchased for breastfeeding lol

One time I went in there and the girl left me alone.. but I actually needed help! It was super annoying she wouldn't get off the phone.

They do try to get you to buy stuff though, and I always just assume they "have" to do it and never let it get to me. I just politely say no thanks.