Vans reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,251 total reviews)
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Kevin Bailey

60% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Vans has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,251 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vans 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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3K reviews
3.0
Jul 3, 2022

Corporate is starting to feel very "corporate"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great brand, lots of great people, was a great culture

Cons

Things have changed and I don't know if more VF influence, the CMO (if you don't know who that is, wait five minutes and she'll let you know), or the empty offices, but the culture seems to have left the building. It's been replaced by corporate speak and a distinct lack of care for the people who made this place what it is. I'm not one of those people who thinks you need to bleed OG Navy to work here, but most of us came here because we love the brand, not because we saw it as a stepping stone to a bigger job somewhere else. We've lost a ton of great people over the last couple years, lots of them with a lot of tenure, and I am pretty sure we'll continue to if we keep going this route. I am currently looking and know a lot of others in the same boat.

4.0
Sep 3, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Fantastic discount -Great people -Heavy focus on growth and development early on -Very supportive managers

Cons

-Well below par pay -Favoritism runs rampant -Difficult to move up after hitting ASM level

1.0
Feb 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good discount -Sweet coworkers -Free shoes sometimes

Cons

-No commission -Incentives are laughable and unfairly cater to high-volume locations only -Pay structure favors new outside hires over loyal employees because it doesn't adjust to inflation fast enough. Especially in management. There is a huge pay disparity where assistant managers at one location can make as much as store managers in another location in the same district.

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