Forever 21: Nice 1st place to work. - Assistant Manager Forever 21 Employee Review

4.0
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's a fun place. Great for experience in a fast paced environment as a manager. Since you don't need and management experience to be an ASM it really helps you learn the basic principals of management. It's really not hard to get hired. All you need is good availability and good interviewing skills. The dress code is pretty easy to follow. You also get a performance evaluation every 6 months. Which in turn means you get a raise every six months. With most companies though, it's all about the people you with or for. Forever 21 is a nice place to work as long as you have a fun hard working staff.

Cons

They start your salary off low because they give a raise every 6 months. Disciplinary action isn't always taken where it should be. The discount isn't that great because once you buy something you can't return it. It's final sale, period. And only the store manager can ring you up and she's not always there. When you're a manager it's nearly impossible to fire someone and you have to give them at least 4 hours a week otherwise it prompts you to separate them. The return policy is not very customer friendly because we only give store credit or exchange. So trying to work with customers with that policy makes it fairly difficult to appease people, especially when they're SCREAMING at you.

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5.0
Apr 29, 2025
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Pros

Good work life balance, was able to get time off whenever I needed to.

Cons

Sometimes wasn’t relieved from break

2.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Clothes, coworkers, flexible hours, fun set ups, good start

Cons

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