Gap reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(10,065 total reviews)
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Mark Breitbard

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Gap has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 10,065 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gap employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Management allows you to have very flexible work hours. They are very accomodating of your needs outside work (i.e family and outside life). Gap Inc is also a very socially responsible company and they put in a lot of effort and resoutces to ensure that workers in their factories are treated fairly and are paid a fair living wage. Also, due to the huge workload that they give you there is really a great opportunity to learn a lot through doing. Leadership is very competent and we have a lot of trust and respect in the job they are doing. They are also excellent at comminucating information down to the lower levels.

Cons

Gap Inc runs a very lean workforce at the headquarters. As such they give a lot of responsibility to individual contributors. Workload is huge. This means that there are a lot of late nights and long hours during certain busy times. Also, although they let you work independently, because the organization is so lean there are not too many opportunities to get promoted once you get past an entry level position. Gap inc is a very merchant driven company. As such they hold a lot of power over what happens on a day to day business. At times it feels like they wield too much authority over decisions and processes while the other functions are just forced to go along with their decisions.

4.0
Dec 15, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

4 week vacation from the start, cool work environment at the new Old Navy building in Mission Bay, flexibility with work schedule and PTO, industry leader, strong presence in industry

Cons

Very strong culture is almost oppressive and brain washing. Must have passion for Retail Industry. Team mentality can sometimes hinder progress. Goals across organization are not aligned, causing energy wasted on internal battles rather than working towards the same thing. Needs to simplify, fast paced (sometimes too fast)

1.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For the name - but don't expect it to be a good experience.

Cons

It's all about how brown your nose is. It's not only prevalent but encouraged. If you're not someone's pet, you can forget about your chances of advancing.

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