Gap reviews

For the location I worked for anyway, not to judge the entire company, I recieved very little to no hours as my time working at the store "progressed". I was hired for what was supposed to be a part-time, permanent position. At the beginning, it seemed normal as I averaged around 20 hours/week. However, as time went by, I would get one shift every couple of weeks. Then it got worse and I didn't receive any shift in months. I wasn't a bad employee, and I did what was asked of me, so I have no idea what happened. Since they didn't give me a single shift in months, they have a policy where they terminated me after not working for months. The reason for this lack of shifts is because of overstaffing and overhiring, which was apparent at my location. They also did not provide proper training, as it seemed like all the new hires were just "thrown into the situation" and you kind of had to learn on your own through observation and sometimes asking management for help. In terms of wage, it was very basic at minimum wage and they don't give any or very little, if any, raises.

Gap is not likely to return to their former glory of the nineties. They were too slow to adapt, and the apparel retail industry has left them behind. Expect to wait a very long time for a supervisory opportunity. Gap makes it easy for you to work anywhere, anytime - which isn't always a good thing! Some of the worst leaders I've ever known were people I met while working at the CSSC. There are a great number of supervisors who were promoted into leadership roles a decade ago, but still have zero leadership skills.