Good Company, Lost their identity somewhere along the way - Assistant Store Manager Operations Vans Employee Review

4.0
Nov 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and schedule flexibility is great, especially as a retail job. No commission, which provided the opportunity for fair pay which was really nice. And the company culture from what I can remember was really great.

Cons

Once they stopped doing Heartshare regularly, the "fam" aspect they push on you feels fake.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great job to work at

Cons

Other than talking to people, there are no cons

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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