Love it, but it's retail. - Store Manager Vans Employee Review

4.0
Nov 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing leadership in corporate. Awesome brand to work for. Lots of charity.

Cons

It's retail. People are mostly super laid back... And this means no sense of urgency in lower management. Training is EXTENSIVE and tedious. Lacking organization.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company and super flexible scheduling.

Cons

None. This was a great retail job and I'd recommend to anyone

3.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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