lululemon reviews

The pay for the workload is wildly unacceptable. Educators (entry-level employees) are expected to pull the most weight for the team, with intense sales tactics, practices, and goals. It is aggressive, but not rewarding. Most educators start at $12-$13/hr in Arkansas, and they are solely responsible for the financial success of the company. As a Key Leader, you make a couple dollars more hourly than the educators you are leading, which honestly feels wrong, as they are the ones busting tail on the sales floor daily. You are expected to take on all other assets of the business and fully "own" areas like community, social media, product/merchandise etc. For $15/hour, there is an extreme amount of behind-the-scenes work expected of Key Leaders. Assistant Managers and Store Managers do not actually care about your well being or the fact that you are only guaranteed 25 hours weekly as a "full time" employee. Everyone Key Leader and below who works at this store has a second job, just so they can break even on bills. The bonus structure for Key Leaders and Educators is based on how well the store financially performs compared to the goals set by lululemon for that store. The bonus structure for ASM's and SM's is based on how well they have "managed" the store, which basically boils down to making sure they don't give their employees too many hours (or honestly barely any hours at all). The ASM's and SM's almost always receive a large bonus each quarter, along with being guaranteed 40 hours of work each week. The Key Leaders and Educators get maybe 6 very small bonuses each year, if they are extremely lucky. Don't even get me started on how this company has exploited people, practices, and cultures for its impressive capitalistic gain and success. lululemon is responsible for changing the face of yoga from something that was once free, and offered to all as a life practice for personal growth and healing, into a wealthy, white, American stereotype, all because of corporate greed.