Assistant Manager at Vans shoes - Assistant Manager Vans Employee Review

3.0
Sep 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product and branding. The atmoshpere is casual, incorporating the skater/surfer lifestyle. You work amongst like-minded people for the most part which is nice.

Cons

Very small increases no matter how great your work perfomance is. Caps on promotions increases making it not comprable in the industry. No benefits for floor supervisors. The pay and benefits are definitely the worst part of the job and make it unbearable after a while. I have been there two years with sparkling reviews and only received less than a dollar in increases.

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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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