Low pay and a lot of work. - Sales Associate Vans Employee Review

3.0
Jan 14, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good hours during the holiday times. All other employees are very easy to get along with. Managers are professional and can be laid back at times. Great discounts.

Cons

During non-holiday times very low hours. A lot of work for the pay given. Constant moving around and very little rest time.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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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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