Victoria's Secret reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(13,114 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Victoria's Secret has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 13,114 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Victoria's Secret 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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13K reviews
2.0
Feb 23, 2009
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Pros

Victoria's Secret Direct offers fairly decent benefits including dental, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid time off and family services. Good paid time off practices. Each full time employee gets up to 135 hours of paid time off, and up to 4 sick days every six months. Sick day pay does come out of paid time off. Decent, clean work environment. Starbucks coffee and full cafe experience complete with grill. I cannot think of anything else that's nice to say about this place. They do not respect employees and treat everyone like they are in preschool. Do not expect to be treated like an adult.

Cons

Very poor pay compared to similar jobs. I used to work for another website in customer service and I got paid $5 more an hour for performing a similar, if not easier job. Very discouraging environment. Management treats employees like cattle. Do not expect to be valued or treated with respect. Here, they can replace you almost quicker than they can fire you. I was not fired, but many of my fellow associates were, and for ridiculous, unjustified reasons. Essentially, once you start making over $12 an hour, they look for a reason to fire you. I'm only waiting for my turn.

1.0
Feb 17, 2009
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Pros

Starting salaries are current with industry and locale

Cons

Stunted innovation due to legacy technology. Some areas within the business are not as competitive as others but competition does occur depending on the department. Direction from upper management is not always based on knowledge inasmuch as it is more goal oriented and focused on short-range planning. Many very small decisions require the collaboration of several individuals which therefore requires an inordinate amount of meetings and discussions. The company is well known for the practice of hiring over-qualified people for lower-level positions which contributes to a general sense of dissatisfaction within the ranks.

2.0
Feb 4, 2009
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Pros

Free stuff. That was pretty much my only reason for staying with Victoria's Secret stores for so long.

Cons

The management was probably one of the biggest problems at the store I was employed. I felt unappreciated, unmotivated as well as unprepared to fully help the customers even after hours of training. Management seemed very annoyed whenever I approached them with any questions. Also, I was very frustrated that I had to trick people into signing up for the Victoria's Secret credit card (which is a bunch of crap) in order to keep my hours. Management based employee productivity entirely on the amount of credit cards sold- which makes zero sense since I never worked register; I would explain the "benefits" to a customer, the customer would think about it, then the girls at the register would get all the credit. 8.20 an hour isn't worth all the crap i had to put up with.

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