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Build-A-Bear Workshop overview
Build-A-Bear Workshop's mission statement
To empower kids of all ages to express themselves in a safe, warm space through services, experiences and, of course, furry friends! through our company's vision, our guests rediscover - and celebrate - the heart of childhood.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop employee reviews
Based on 5 ratings
lovely environment.
low pay, terrible HR.
seeing the smiles on kids' faces! .
I love my job and working with kids to make their days! Everything about the job is enjoyable. The hours are flexible
I don't like the toxic workplace where people try to gang up on others. Managers sit in the back and do nothing for most of their shifts.
Employee discounts!
It was my first job, I needed the money! I learned how to fake every emotion in the book at that place...
Haha! You get used to it. I giggled the first couple times.
Boxing Day. Dear...god... It was my first boxing day in retail. I was the one in my store who helped the manager with our Truck shipments so I was up VERY early, in the store at some ungodly hour to set up and change over all of our plannograms. Before we even lifted our gate (opening 1 hour before any other store in the mall), we had a 30-40 person line up and it didn't stop my WHOLE.SHIFT. It was crazy as hell, and I'm glad I was at Take Me Home the whole time, haha! This poor girl came in with her mom and she did NOT look well. She was pale, sweating, and I was pretty sure she was going to pass out. Her mother had dragged her to the mall while she was violently ill hit so he could spend her gift card. The poor girl threw up while in line (in the store). It was a million degrees, what with all the people, and smells like vomit. The manager gave her a pass to finish her bear before the rest of the line, and I can't remember one person complaining, haha. Felt so bad for the girl, she was pretty embarrassed. Shame on her mother, though :(
For birthday parties, yes. For the birthday song, only the staff sing to the birthday child. Well, that an a few mom's who are pretty into it. We try to help the kids sort of 'test their comfort Zone'. Had a lot of shy kids come in and happy, screaming, yelling, hooligans when they left :). Sorry Mom's XD
I had one little girl put a (fairly large) piece of her baby blanket inside her Sassy Kitty. One crutch to the next, haha. I had know a few employees that put ashes (in containers, of course) inside the bears. These ashes ranged from Pets to infants to parents.
It does happen. Sometimes a bow, a heart or some thread will fall in the stuffing bins and get passed through the machine. Our bins were always kept covered, so it didn't happen often. Some customers had some odd requests about putting things inside the animals, but nothing unusual ever accidentally wound up in them.
The team at Build-A-Bear Workshop
- The founders of Build-A-Bear Workshop is Maxine K. Clark.
- The key people at Build-A-Bear Workshop are Sharon Price John and Maxine K. Clark.
Build-A-Bear Workshop rankings
Build-A-Bear Workshop is ranked #38 on the Best Retail companies to work for in Missouri list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.
- #38 in Best Retail companies to work for in Missouri
- #9 in Best Retail companies to work for in Saint Louis, MO
- #68 in Biggest companies in Missouri
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Build-A-Bear Workshop diversity
- Build-A-Bear Workshop has 5,643 employees.
- 77% of Build-A-Bear Workshop employees are women, while 23% are men.
- The most common ethnicity at Build-A-Bear Workshop is White (62%).
- 18% of Build-A-Bear Workshop employees are Hispanic or Latino.
- 11% of Build-A-Bear Workshop employees are Black or African American.
- The average employee at Build-A-Bear Workshop makes $33,355 per year.
- Employees at Build-A-Bear Workshop stay with the company for 3.1 years on average.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop office locations
Build-A-Bear Workshop is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO
Biggest Build-A-Bear Workshop locations
| Rank | City | Job count | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Louis, MO | 16 | $30,747 |
| 2 | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | $31,555 |
| 3 | San Jose, CA | 3 | $39,645 |
| 4 | Nashville, TN | 3 | $31,501 |
| 5 | Aurora, CO | 3 | $35,741 |
| 6 | Saint Petersburg, FL | 3 | $30,018 |
| 7 | Eugene, OR | 3 | $35,527 |
| 8 | Milpitas, CA | 3 | $39,680 |
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| Rank | Company | Average salary | Jobs |
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| 1 | $67,887 | 0 | |
| 2 | $41,481 | 0 | |
| 3 | $37,239 | 0 | |
| 4 | $35,979 | 0 | |
| 5 | $35,771 | 0 | |
| 6 | $34,773 | 0 | |
| 7 | $34,645 | 0 | |
| 8 | $34,200 | 0 | |
| 9 | $32,679 | 0 | |
| 10 | $31,304 | 0 |
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