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    Updated Jan 24, 2020

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    3.6
    61%
    Recommend to a Friend
    63%
    Approve of CEO
    Urban Outfitters Chairman, President, and CEO Richard A. Hayne
    Richard A. Hayne
    781 Ratings
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    • "Long hours- if slow day can get boring but at my store we rotated every hour which helped" (in 140 reviews)

    • "Was only making slightly above minimum wage" (in 76 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Great company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Manager 

      I worked at Urban Outfitters full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Appreciative of hard work and will recognize and award that. Management is pretty easy to talk to, and the ceos also feel easy to reach. Training is good and thorough.

      Cons

      Sometimes the work is really really hard, and I think people that aren’t always customer facing can forget just how hard they work the staff.

      Urban Outfitters2020-01-19

    2. "Good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Sales 

      I worked at Urban Outfitters part-time

      Pros

      Good co workers and good management.

      Cons

      No place for moving up the ladder.

      Urban Outfitters2019-11-27
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    3. "Great place for retail!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Kingston, ON

      I have been working at Urban Outfitters part-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Great manager and team. Fun employee contests, events, and nights.

      Cons

      Sometimes understaffed, but otherwise not bad.

      Urban Outfitters2019-11-12

    4. "Great People, Limited Growth"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Sales Associate 

      I worked at Urban Outfitters part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      -The people are amazing! I loved all of my coworkers

      Cons

      -They judge your cash register expertise by how many emails you can get from people - Minimum wage with little incentive to move up

      Urban Outfitters2019-11-11

    5. "Good people, cute clothes, good vibes, cool clients"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Montreal, QC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Urban Outfitters full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Co workers You can dress however you want Open-minded people Fast paced but not in a bad way Good energy Humane boss Discounts

      Cons

      Not enough hours sometimes The store would be mess at the end of the week Rude customers

      Advice to Management

      None, y'all are bomb.

      Urban Outfitters2019-11-11

    6. "Terrible company but great co-workers"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sale Associate in Quebec, QC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Urban Outfitters part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great creative people at my location and easy to get days off

      Cons

      Too much hierarchy terrible company that steals people designs, poor values Stupid yearly review about your "progression" in the company (I was a part time sale associate so....)

      Advice to Management

      Cut down on those useless hierarchy title (team leader)

      Urban Outfitters2019-11-17

    7. "Job overview"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Sales in Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Urban Outfitters part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great discount , exceptional employees, and clean organized environment

      Cons

      Pay , unprofessional manager.

      Advice to Management

      Communicate better.

      Urban Outfitters2019-10-11

    8. "Great place for work during school year"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Sales Associate 

      I worked at Urban Outfitters part-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Flexible, fun, young environment, good company

      Cons

      A lot of standing, occasional heavy lifting

      Urban Outfitters2019-10-11

    9. "Good Company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Department Manager 

      I have been working at Urban Outfitters full-time

      Pros

      Good restructure to keep the company from going under like other retail stores

      Cons

      Hard to make transition from sales associate to management

      Urban Outfitters2019-10-04

    10. "Good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Urban Outfitters

      Pros

      Good environment to work lol

      Cons

      Not so much bad things

      Urban Outfitters2019-09-26
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