Dysfunctional - Anonymous employee Vans Employee Review

2.0
Sep 13, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Culture -Discount -Decent pay for upper management

Cons

-Terrible hours for associates -Wants associates who are 18+, only give them a couple hours of week, but expects them to be 100% dedicated to the store making a second job nearly impossible -Talks about promotion from within, but in 3 months time I saw them outsource a DM, 2 SM's, Assistant Manager, and various other keyholders -Very hard to please upper management. You can do 7 out of 8 things perfectly, but that 1 imperfect thing will get you chewed out. -No positive reinforcement from DM or RM -Company boasts about their lifestyle and culture, but it is so far from the genuine, authentic feel they go for

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The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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