Toys “R” Us

A defunct brick-and-mortar toy store that opened in June 1957 in D.C. They had a million toys at Toys “Я” Us that I could play with. From bikes, to trains, to video games, it was the biggest toy store their was. Its hay day was in the 80s, when it dominated the toy industry. Toys “Я” Us started to decline in the late 90s, when online websites such as Amazon were launched and sold toys more conveniently and at a lower price. Charles Lazarus, the store’s founder, sold it to Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, along with the real-estate firm Vornado Realty Trust in 2005, for $6,600,000,000. Many people mark this as Toys “Я” Us’ official beginning of the end. The purchase meant that the toy chain was now $5,000,000,000 in debt, and struggled to pay it off for the next 12 years. On September 18, 2017, Toys “Я” Us filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, hoping to turn around the business. However, after a horrible holiday season in sales and the debt problem not improving, on March 14, 2018, Toys “Я” Us announced it would liquidate all 735 of its US stores by the end of June. Finally, on Friday, June 29, 2018, at 9:00 P.M., the last stores were locked up for good. The beloved toy chain was officially gone.

The toy store everyone thinks is more expensive then Walmart and Target but usually isn't, at least not by more then a dollar. But people assume anyway and so no one shops there.

Also the worst place to work. Managers only care about you asking every customer if they want a protection plan, batteries, a credit card, a donation for whatever charity the company is promoting at the time, birthday club sign-ups, and reward cards. If you don't as every customer for all those things you will burn in hell and never work more then 2 days a week with 4 hour shifts.

You'll work minimum wage, have to call customers "guests" and co workers "team members" and listen to customers bitch every second about the "no receipt no return" policy in place. If you make eye contact with a guest you have to ask "What can I help you find today?", so most team members try not to look at anyone.

Your managers will sit together in the break room eating lunch all day or computer office and chat about their kids or life while the store needs straightening or there's 1 register open and a huge line. Heaven forbid they do anything but come on their walkie every 5 minutes and tell everyone to sell more protection plans or whatever other add on isn't selling well. The store is usually understaffed every day between the months of january and august. After that they hire in anyone that can use a computer for Christmas season, then fire all of them come December 26.

Your balding CEO denies catering to adults but sells GPS units and adult halloween costumes (on the website). It's this sort of logic that leads the company in circles and ultimately fails at everything it tries to introduce: Pet supplies = mega fail.

It's basically a daycare for poor people. They take their kids to Toys R Us and let them open packages and ride bikes around the store, only to deny ever doing so when confronted to pay for the box they just destroyed while opening it.

They try to rope you in with pictures of how much fun you'll have working there, but it's all lies, there is 0 fun to be had working at a toy store, and that's sad.

A store that used to be good but now is only good for always sold out overpriced video games. Half of the store has baby toys and clothes.

a crap place to work as u get treated like a piece of poop

A store that sold toys for the youngen back in the stone age.

The worst place to work...IN THE WHOLEEEEEE WORLD.

the place little dick head kids get their toys