Yankee Candle Company Careers and Employment

About the company

CEO
Lisa McCarthy
78%
approve of Lisa McCarthy's performance

Founded
1969
Company size
1,001 to 5,000
Revenue
$1bn to $5bn (SGD)
Industry
Retail & Wholesale
Headquarters
South Deerfield, MA
Link
Yankee Candle Company website

The Yankee Candle® Company—a true American success story

From humble beginnings ...

Christmas 1969. Sixteen-year-old Mike Kittredge, too broke to buy his mother a present, melted some crayons to make her a candle. A neighbor saw it and convinced Mike to sell the candle to her. With that small stake, he bought enough wax to make two candles—one for his mom, and another to sell. That was the birth of Yankee Candle.

…to America's favorite brand of premium scented candles

Yankee Candle has become...

The Yankee Candle® Company—a true American success story

From humble beginnings ...

…to America's favorite brand of premium scented candles

Yankee Candle has become the most recognized name in the candle business and the country’s best-selling candle brand. Today, we offer over 150 fragrances, a wide range of seasonal and specialty scented candles, home fragrance products, car air fresheners and candle accessories.

The majority of our candles are made by master chandlers (candlemakers) in Massachusetts. Our candles and accessories can be found in our nationwide base of over 475 company-owned retail stores. We also have a vibrant catalog and online business, and an expanding North American wholesale customer network that includes over 19,000 specialty retailers in the U.S..

The future looks bright for new growth and expanding opportunities as we continue to write new chapters in this true American success story.

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Sales Assistant in Tampines

on May 11, 2022

Productive and friendly

Took a part time job after graduating from secondary school. Workers were really nice and patient with me. I do enjoy serving customers and recommending candles to them. Work is manageable most of the time unless it is during Christmas period.

Service Crew in Singapore

on January 25, 2020

fun but bias environment

colleagues is all nice and fun but my manager is bias. my interview with her for the first time was bad as she do sound racist. such like " malay always have late and like to take mc and urgent leave. some malay I work with a bit lazy"

Sales Assistant in Jurong East

on July 11, 2018

Emjoyed working

I was working only on weekends and public holidays, so it definitely a busy weekends. I learnt about their product, cashiering duties and also how to handle customers. Staffs were really nice to work with, which includes my store manager. The hardest part of the job is to check stocks however the enjoyable part to convince customer to buy our product.

Retail Associate in Singapore

on November 26, 2017

Fun and considerate workplace

Job scope: • mending the cashier • serving customers • in charge of the overall maintenance and visual display of the store • opening and closing of the store Overall my colleagues were really helpful, they helped me to adjust and maximise my full working potential. My supervisor taught me professionalism, and since it was my first time learning how to mend the cashier, learning about diff...

Sales Assistant in Singapore

on April 6, 2016

Resourceful

It was my first job taught me the basics in how to deal with customers, arranging products and overall increased my confidence in a work enviroment.

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