Pros
Surrounded with some really awesome, like-minded people. You are always staying busy and no day is rarely the same. Does not feel like retail, which is refreshing.
Cons
Overall the culture is starting to decline - the company is doing great on paper and thus in the stock market because they are sucking every last minute out of their staff in the stores without compensating them extra (and in fact, making it more difficult to bonus). I left a professional company that had done this and unfortunately thought lululemon was different.. Impossible to get all of you work done in a 40 hour work week, but discouraged to work overtime. If you work at a high volume store or a store that is open from 11a-6p and very low volume, your pay and responsibilities are all the same. If you’re considering a position you should attempt to get into a low-volume store for lower stress level and a better trade off when it comes to work-life balance. Opportunities for moving up are very limited and very dependent on who you know, and sometimes that even doesn’t help. In fact, at times It’s difficult to respect those who you are calling/contacting higher on the ladder because they are so disconnected to what happens at the store level, even with the most basic details like what we need to run our bare-bones business.