Posted on 11/03/2019 9:27:42 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
If you're looking to make some extra cash this holiday season, listen up.
Williams-Sonoma is planning to hire approximately 2,500 new seasonal customer services associates through the month of November. The company is looking for people from all over the United States to help customers locate products, schedule deliveries, and process returns, among other things that may pop up. And the best part about this job is that you can do it from the comfort of your home — so say hello to working remotely in your most comfortable pajamas.
“Our associates are our lifeline so when they talk, we listen,” Josh Layton, Williams-Sonoma recruiting manager, told FlexJobs. “As we look to expand into new territories throughout the country, our target is to eventually provide our associates an opportunity to take their job with them wherever they go!”
As a seasonal customer service agent, you'll get paid $12 an hour and work five days a week for a total of 40 hours. If hired, the job will start with three weeks of paid training, and you'll have access to an employee recognition program, associate engagement contests, and events. You'll also get a 40% employee discount on any Williams-Sonoma products that catch your eye.
In order to be considered for the job, all you'll need is a desktop computer or laptop with high-speed Internet access, a web camera on the computer for live virtual interaction, and a compatible headset that works with the computer.
(Some will probably object; some dislike this Business Model.)
Full Disclosure: I LOVE this store and would LIVE there if I could!
Also: Thank You President Trump for this rockin' Economy! MAGA!
I know reporting on new hires is usually your thing, but I couldn’t resist. ;)
I worked at Williams-Sonoma and loved every minute of it! I don’t think I EVER really brought home money. I spent all my checks on WS stuff! And I would do it again!
Really fun if your connection to the customers was done Video Chat where they could actually see you drinking cheap wine in your pajamas.
Often wondered what FR comment section would be like if it was done as video chat
I used to do this for a different retailer as a way to get some extra money. I had to log a minimum of 15 hours a week and could work up to 40. It was a huge help before my career began to pay off.
There are may "gig" employers out there who pay about the same rate and allow you to work on YOUR schedule. You log on whenever you get a chance and log some hours. If you need to tend to baby or go to the dentist or run errands or drop the kids off at school, you can do that with a flexible schedule. You get back home, log on, and work two or three hours, then go tend to chores again.
Kudos to Williams-Sonoma for heading in this direction, but I think they would be more successful at it if they granted their new at-home employees to work when they want to work.
For other more flexible at-home customer service jobs, check out Browse Customer Service freelance jobs at Upwork.
SHUDDER!!
Lol, Yep. And it can indeed be like a real job too. I have a friend who does this from home for a customer service company. And they have a time clock with start time and quitting time, two strict set 15 minute break periods, and a set half hour lunch. And he has to be logged in and “active” the whole time he is on the clock. There really isn’t any personal flexibility and independence by working from home. He might be home, but he is still on a strict productivity time clock. But they are probably not all the same of course.
Some are like that and that seems to be the W-S model. Others are like Uber and Lyft — you work as much or little as you want at the hours you choose.
Love W-S! Unfortunately, in my new home and state, there is none. Thank God for the internet!
That would be the end of naked Freeping.
Read your posting re W-S hiring folks which caught my interest for some part time income for Christmas. Your posting did not include a “how to apply” or “go here to apply” info.
What good is your informative article if you do not include the “how to” information?
I keep telling my friend that. He thinks he has job security because he has been with them a long time. It is his only income and he is living paycheck to paycheck as a single father raising two younger kids and just can’t do a major change right now. Maybe if he can get caught up and ahead a bit.
I drove for Landstar for awhile. and while they didn’t pay the best you could get online and pick and choose the loads you wanted.
It’s at the end of the article in the link. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to use FR to pimp W-S.
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a29652601/williams-sonoma-work-from-home-jobs-holidays/
Direct link on how to apply:
https://www.flexjobs.com/jobs/telecommuting-jobs-at-williams-sonoma
Good luck!
When I saw her last, she finally left that company due to the pressure. But at that time, she said she was making over $100,000 per year and was consistently one of the top sales agents, getting to meet Joan Lunden several times.....
They advertise for that outfit around here. I found ‘A Place For Dad’ all on my own, but with our aging population, it is a needed clearinghouse, I’m sure.
And I can relate to the pressures of a job. When my then-husband found me in the fetal position on the bathroom floor, crying my eyes out, he said, ‘I’m pretty sure it’s time for you to find another job!’ ;)
There’s three weeks of paid training, so the job will probably last to February or later.
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