Good place to work if you like the style - Sales Associate Vans Employee Review

4.0
Sep 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great 50% discount on full priced items. Very easy to get time off. Customers were always friendly, more or less. Reasonably simple shifts if you do your job right.

Cons

Expect to stay an hour or two late after closing, you will most likely always be waiting for the manager to finish their tasks. The back stockroom can get very hectic and co-workers very seldomly put shoes back on the rack in the correct order of size and color. Expect a workout, the shoe racks are heavy and you will be climbing to get a shoe sometimes.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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