The most stressful employment experience I've ever had - Sales Lead and Sales Associate Victoria's Secret Employee Review

2.0
Jun 3, 2010
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Pros

-decent discount -sometimes a fun atmosphere with fellow employees -the apparel is great

Cons

-you will work hours over your shift. NEVER expect to go home on time -management will often give you projects to do that should take days, but they expect it done in hours soooo you end up staying all night -you don't get a discount off sale items -Can be just incredibly disorganized -as a sales lead, I saw the way management hid things from the sales associates -like with any place with a lot of women, there's a LOT of gossip -there really is no respect. your first loyalty is to the store. I had a fever of 103 and was yelled at for calling in. -the pay is dirt and there is no commission -organizing panty tables and drawers will become the most tedious, annoying thing in your life

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

Sudden Return to Work mandate 3 days in NY or OH SIX years after COVID. Any current employees outside of those states are being let go if they don’t uproot their lives and relocate. Many employees in those states built their lives around what seemed to be a permanent remote flexibility arrangement (most companies went back in 23). When Hillary Super came on she even stated in one of her first Q&A’s on remote work that where people do their jobs wasn’t a big concern for her as long as we continued to drive the business forward. The business is doing the best it ever has in the last five years. Leadership reasoning for mandate is continuing to fall flat. Mandate came absolutely out of NOWHERE.

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