Athleta reviews

4.0

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,960 total reviews)
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Maggie Gauger

80% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Athleta has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,960 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Athleta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Nov 20, 2021

Smoke and mirrors

Recommend
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Pros

They create and are at the forefront of marketing campaigns toward diversity and inclusive of different women sizes, skin tones. Also shows women's athletes are more than one-dimensional people.

Cons

The reality of this company is very different at a store level. They will only open locations that cater to white affluent neighborhoods. Where they do not need to put into practice what they preach. I have never once felt seen and heard as an employee and felt at times psychologically unsafe. They only see employees as a name and number. Where it is how many credit cards can they open. Not what they can bring to the organization. Upper management would rather be on a zoom call or working from home. Then connecting with their people, customers, and community.

2.0
Sep 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very sweet, kind humans working for the brand. Everyone feels a natural sense of joy coming into work. Clothing is great. Employee perks, health-plan and PTO are great.

Cons

There are a handful of leaders, whom have been at the company for an extended period of time (15+ years) that add to a toxic work culture. Opinions are not shared and when new ideas are brought to the table they are oftentimes shut down by these individuals. They also hired (surprise, surprise) an interim (white, male) CMO for a company and team who was predominantly 90% female-based and requiring better diversity. Talk about a lack of proper representation.

1.0
Oct 19, 2016

So Sad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There once were some very wonderful. collaborative, respectful and caring people who worked there, most are gone. Culture was great, no longer.

Cons

Mean, callous, political, devious new management brought the absolute worst of The Gap to a once vibrant retailer. Employees are treated badly, lack of respect equals lack of motivation. Management has blinders on, they don't and won't see it. Turn over of great people. Stay away, maintain your humanity. Blunt but true.

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