J. Crew Visual Team/Sales Associate reviews

Almost zero work-life balance. As management, you were expected to come in early (7am) on your days off for meetings. The opportunity for creativity in the store environment is non-existent, even as the visual merchant, I got little say in what I was allowed to do. The amount of work was always more than could be tackled in a 40 hour work week but if you went over on hours, you would receive disciplinary action by the management. The schedules are inconsistent, lots of close/open shifts which make it hard to prepare for the next day. Huge communication gap between upper management and lower management.

Daily work load is unrealistic. Not enough payroll available for sudden shifts in daily duties. Upper management doesn't seem to plan concept book correctly because every month they change what you've just done within a week. In other words you end up doing "rollout" over every time.