the good, the bad, and the brutal - Anonymous employee lululemon Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

you get to work with other yoga people, which is great because you get to know so much of your community. you also get a discount, which helps if you are are yogi, crossfit runner, or yoga teacher. the majority of people at your store are usually inspiring and awesome.

Cons

whatever the company is doing at their headquarters is totally different than what happens at the store. they are in serious denial about what it is like to work on the ground. they say they want feedback, but if you actually give it, they don't really want to hear it, or you get in trouble. they celebrate themselves constantly, but where are the real benefits? the company is endlessly focused on "pipeline" and "successors" and making lululemon a career... except they pay on the very low spectrum of retail pay, especially for what is asked of you. if you think you're going to move from a store level to a corporate level, that's a joke. there is almost no movement from store to the SSC, because the upper echelon makes it really clear that your value is only in speaking well about the company, and you are definitely a looking down upon. regional managers talk down to you and barely get to know you. they are not in reality about the fact that poor pay, no growth, disrespect and placating teams with empty promises does not a career make. nor does it make a business worth committing yourself to... especially when you are going to be working all hours of the day and night, working without getting paid, and never seeing any real changes made above the store level.

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Cons

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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