Great, but it all depends on the people around you and if you play into some politics. - Store Manager Vans Employee Review

4.0
May 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great discount and overall corporate to retail communication is strong. Good training programs for new hires and people looking to advance internally even if it might take 3-4 years to do so.

Cons

Obvious pay gap bias for women at the store manager and other senior management levels, hardly give out raises and they are .12 to .20 cents a year.

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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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