Corporate is starting to feel very "corporate" - Anonymous employee Vans Employee Review

3.0
Jul 3, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great brand, lots of great people, was a great culture

Cons

Things have changed and I don't know if more VF influence, the CMO (if you don't know who that is, wait five minutes and she'll let you know), or the empty offices, but the culture seems to have left the building. It's been replaced by corporate speak and a distinct lack of care for the people who made this place what it is. I'm not one of those people who thinks you need to bleed OG Navy to work here, but most of us came here because we love the brand, not because we saw it as a stepping stone to a bigger job somewhere else. We've lost a ton of great people over the last couple years, lots of them with a lot of tenure, and I am pretty sure we'll continue to if we keep going this route. I am currently looking and know a lot of others in the same boat.

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Cons

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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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