Is Express a good company to work for?

Express has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 4,508 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 5% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Express to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Express have been left by employees working as Part Time Sales Lead , Sales Leader and Stylist .

Does Express pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Express employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Express. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Express?

60% of Express employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Express 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Express?

Sales Associate (1432) , Retail Sales Associate (215) , Sales Lead (163) , Store Manager (144) , Co-Manager (94) , Express Sales Associate (74) , Sales Leader (51) , Sales Associate/Cashier (47) , Assistant Manager (46) , Associate (46) , Stylist (46) , Manager (36) , Full Time Sales Lead (35) , Store Associate (31) , Brand Co-Manager (30)

What are the pros of working at Express according to real employee reviews?

"The discount that you receive is great and I love the people that I work with." ((in 257 reviews)); "Great coworkers and a decent starter job" ((in 181 reviews)); "Easy and flexible scheduling" ((in 81 reviews)); "The benefits are great if you can by chance move up with the company though." ((in 80 reviews)); "Great team and a fun environment" ((in 67 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Express according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and felt like I was doing too much for being paid too little" ((in 525 reviews)); "Management was poor and irresponsible" ((in 280 reviews)); "Some of the downsides is sometimes the managers don't talk to eachother when someone can't come in" ((in 202 reviews)); "long hours and no appreciation" ((in 181 reviews)); "The only thing that I disliked about working at express is the minimum wage, we work very diligently with the costumers and preform the best service, but get paid so little." ((in 75 reviews))

What are employees saying about Express layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Express locations?

Columbus , New York , Chicago , Miami , Los Angeles , Houston , Dallas , Atlanta , Orlando , San Diego , Las Vegas , San Francisco , Pittsburgh , Denver , Tampa , Boston , San Antonio , Paramus , Austin , Philadelphia , Saint Louis , Schaumburg , Bridgewater , Jersey City , Brooklyn , Charlotte , Jacksonville , Troy , Raleigh , Pembroke Pines

Express reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(4,404 total reviews)

Greg Scott

72% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.2

Senior management

3.0

Career opportunities

2.9

Compensation and benefits

Express has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,404 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Mar 30, 2011

It was a good part time job during college (flexible), but not as a full time career (poor work life balance, poor pay).

Fashion expert

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, work environment, decent discount and associates.

Cons

Poor work-life balance (working until 10-11PM during weekdays/weekends, 1-2AM during holidays and past 4AM during corporate visits and/or floorsets), work politics (favoritism).

3.0

Mar 21, 2011

Ok company, however management incompetent

Fashion expert

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Room for advancement Discounts Team oriented workplace

Cons

Management incompetent HR is a nightmare As you get promoted- more work and responsibilties without the compensation

3.0

Mar 3, 2011

A great way to get your foot in the door, and taught me to appreciate some of the other jobs I've worked in.

Sales associate/keyed cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All around training. At Express they will teach you the basic building blocks of working in retail. *Cash Register and Return/Exchanges (once you go through Cashier training) *Selling and basic loss prevention techniques *Customer satisfaction *Working relationships with other like-minded young fashion conscious individuals. =) I still have friends from when I worked there three years ago.

Cons

There is not a lot of room for growth if you don't have the time to back it up. *if you're a full-time student (like I was) a high paced selling environment in the long run will be emotionally and physically exhausting. *I knew many people who had worked there for multiple years without moving up in ranks. A lot of employees were dissatisfied. *Favoritism amongst upper management *don't get into retail if you can't handle stress. *the clean up at night. Big store=big mess!

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It was a good part time job during college (flexible), but not as a full time career (poor work life balance, poor pay).

Ok company, however management incompetent

A great way to get your foot in the door, and taught me to appreciate some of the other jobs I've worked in.

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