Pay sucks, but the discount is awesome until you realize it actually sucks. - Sales Associate Vans Employee Review

3.0
Apr 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Discount is 50% off most merch -Great for experience -staff is young -flexible hours -Managers are awesome

Cons

-PAY SUCKS -No commision, next weeks hours is based on how you ranked the previous week but is capped at 20 hours a week -Usually limited to 4.5 hour shifts -Discount at other VF Family brands such as the North Face is a hassle -Even with a 50% off discount, most of us can barely afford our own products with the low pay and low hours -Did I mention the pay sucks?

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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