Fun job but limited opportunities for career advancement - Sales Lead Vans Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Fun job, like honestly if you are just looking for a part time job, this was my favorite job. -Make friends -discounts -Employee of the month gets 70% off the whole month -if your stores team/management is good then you will love the job -very inclusive -flexible scheduling

Cons

-Very little recognition for your work from higher management -You can work super hard for promotion but it rarely matters -SALES LEAD POSITION IS A SCAM. It’s like a glorified associate position to prepare you for supervisor but you’ll get stuck there. You also act as if you are a supervisor but without the pay or respect. ONLY DIFFERENCE is you don’t have a key and you don’t close register alone. -Inconsistent hours -pay is pretty bad -no commission -high corporate expectations sometimes draining

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great job to work at

Cons

Other than talking to people, there are no cons

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Depending on District/Store great culture. Awesome discounts and bonus incentives for full time management. Relatively lenient on being able to use your discretion with difficult customers, "What Would Van Doren Do?" - basically make the customer happy reasonably. Great position to learn retail and people management in - applied itself to any career field later on.

Cons

Job Security (retail and working in malls in today's landscape can be tough depending on location). Corporate can be corporate sometimes, DMs or RMs pushing unreasonable and ridiculous selling behaviors sometimes.

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