Opportunities are few. - Educator lululemon Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun people to work with (non-management). If you are young, out of college, want a discount and don't plan on being with the company longer than a year, two max (in a part time role) go for it. If you are full time, or above, the responsibilities become incredibly overwrought and you are barely paid a dollar higher than those working in non-management roles.

Cons

The internal surveys for employees are consistently mediocre at best. There is no difference of opinion and the management use the "feedback" system to regulate those who might disagree or cause "conflict". Lululemon performs and preaches a "progressive" culture, but that is more brand than it is reality. A fellow employee once reported a workplace violation to HR, and NONE of the people who witnessed it were contacted. The case was closed with no resolution, and THEY were reprimanded for asking why nobody was contacted. The company overall is designed along similar lines. Overall toxic "positivity" culture that is used to micromanage or target workers who don't fit the mold. Leadership (Assistant/Store Managers) can be, and are often, incredibly difficult to work with. I've never experienced such a strict hierarchy that is so resistant to change. The company is built upon a system of "feedback" which allows the company to micromanage performance and actively encourages leaders to document (seek out) "flaws" in their employees. Natural bias makes this a very toxic system, yet there is no accountability for the inevitable turnaround of workers. I have worked for the company 3+ years. With the exception of one, every single full time or "key leader" (lowest manager you can be) I've worked with has left the company because of their experience. It is incredibly difficult to get a better paying, let alone "office" job in the company. I have seen multiple people denied career opportunities (getting permanent status for health care benefits) because of management tanking their transfer or career mobility. Management roles are often contracted, precisely to micromanage employees and exhaust labor, or eliminate those who don't do well to their standards. This makes long term life planning, and over all career planning, depend entirely on highly variable and relative factors. If you have a difficult manager, you are at a more difficult vantage for career options.

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The nights are long and very overworked. They ask a lot from you and usually they put the business before you. It’s always we need this and that from the managers but not actually taking time to help or to actually see that we are trying our best and if they actually worked a shift with us and saw the struggles they would understand more. They think it’s easy, when the weight of the store depends on us. You are also qualified as a Guest Experience lead since you have to do both trainings so the management do over utilise that and you will be doing two jobs. Even though it says in the description to support the floor but there’s a difference between supporting from time to time and doing it all the time where you are running the floor and the back at the same time but they’ll say “oh why isn’t this done?” Maybe because you’ve told me to help you out ? The are also very selective about who moves up to be a manager. No work life balance at all!

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