Know what you're getting into - Category Manager Vans Employee Review

4.0
Nov 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vans culture and heritage is amazing. Fantastic mix of "family owned" vibe but with perks of a large corporation. CEO is a top notch leader. Travel opportunities are great.

Cons

Divisions are drastically different. Footwear and marketing offer dream opportunities. Apparel is a nightmare and Retail is hit or miss. The larger this company gets, the more corporate and political it feels.

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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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