Pros
There are a lot of smart, creative and hardworking people at Vans- it’s a solid resume builder. Interesting work and problems to solve. Well stocked office. The hiring process favors creative/unique personalities over business acumen, so there are diverse perspectives at every table.
Cons
Based on how leadership acts, it seems like vans is speeding towards financial disaster. Almost every other day for several months there have been 911 calls to add brand-degrading promotions or to completely change the marketing approach overnight, despite no real movement on business trend. Senior leadership members seem misaligned and routinely undermine one another. VPs micromanage teams even at the lowest level to push forward these exhausting power struggles. To make matters worse, promotions merit raises transfers wellness days etc seem to have been repeatedly frozen, leaving employees burned out. The constant emergency environment and unrealistic requests cause rifts between teams who used to collaborate well, leaving everyone on edge. I’m sorry to say that Vans/VF is not an engaging place to work anymore.