If you can work at another retail store.. - Sales Associate Express Employee Review

2.0
Sep 12, 2012
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Pros

Most of the people I worked with were amazing, but of course Express has a high employee turnover rate so I got stuck working with other people that I disliked as well. I really liked upselling to my customers because I liked the clothes and knew it well..

Cons

The pay is not good. It's minimum wage and I believe it should have been higher. I also think Express, at least in its retail stores, has bad company culture. Didn't like it at all, and I would never want to do corporate.

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5.0
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Pros

Friendly work environment, caring manager

Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Could manage the business as I saw fit as through the lens of a business owner

Cons

Training was minimal and in a location very different than my future store. Staff I inherited was horrible and leadership was not transparent about the status of the store in regards to profitability and issues within the store or company for that matter. Company declared bankruptcy about 5 months after I started and closed my location. Not a great experience.

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