Pros
Admittedly, for a retail job, the pay is impressive (at first glance). Also, because the company is still growing it’s easy to make a name for yourself with those at the top if you’re looking to advance your career. There are also interesting and really great opportunities (especially for those at the flagship stores).
Cons
As said before, the pay is impressive but only at first glance. Once you realize that Uniqlo expects managers to do the job of running the store PLUS corporate work (allocating product, deciding layout, covering costs in store), you understand that you’re being underpaid and overworked. There tends to be rampant favoritism (not uncommon in any workplace), that allows those who conform to the company’s insanely strict policies and toxic culture to move up but only after they’ve begged for the opportunity for anywhere from 1-5 years. There’s people throughout the company who waited literally 10 years to get to a store manager position. The work life balance concept is nonexistent, and putting your personal life before the store is a guaranteed way to kill any successful future with the company. There is also a serious problem with constantly providing thinly veiled and harsh criticism as “feedback” that simply demotivates everyone from striving to do better. *If you’re reading this as a prospective UMC (Uniqlo Management Candidate), save yourself and TURN IT DOWN. The experience will almost certainly not be worth the mental and emotional toll the job will put on you, and the vast majority of all UMCs quit the minute their contract is up.