L'Occitane reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,111 total reviews)
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Reinold Geiger

78% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

L'Occitane has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,111 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The L'Occitane 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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1K reviews
2.0
Dec 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Beautiful product, loyal clientele! Some of the best I've worked with, on both accounts.

Cons

Waste! Monthly window changes with props that were rarely kept. Waste! 3 year shelf life of product & then it's to be THROWN AWAY. Does soap really expire? Could it not be donated to hospices or shelters (which I did as a store manager...very hush, hush). Frequent shipments of already expired merchandise from corporate to stores. Unsafe! Some business practices put employee safety at risk. Unprofessional! Regional/Corporate management is completely ridiculous, worrying more about the color of ribbons on boxes than actual ways to increase sales. No Product! Basic stock and promotional items were frequently out. Outdated systems! Promotions for customers rarely rang up correctly in the POS system. Inventory system was painfully inaccurate. Frequent "freezes" or "crashes" of the POS. Poor communication! While some TOTAL falacies were told during the interviewing process, the lack of listening/poor communication on a daily basis is unmotivating, frustrating, and ultimately leads to seeking employment elsewhere.

2.0
Mar 31, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Employee discount in both L'Occitane & O&Co. - Would be fun to work for... it's all depend on who is your manager...

Cons

- Less or no trainings for the new hires & leave them open or close the stores without any help. - Unfair bonus. Some managers didn't put much effort & still get their bonuses because of their hard-working associates. - Some managers tended to steal other associates' sales. - Unsure if the HR dept. check people's background before they hired the person. There are a few dishonest people worked there.

3.0
Aug 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice colleagues, nice office, convenient location, flexible working hours, free staff goods

Cons

12AL+1 birthday leave, only 1 day WFH per week, low salary compared to market The financial year starts on 1 April and ends on 31 March. Employees would receive discretionary bonus in July, i.e. 3 months after the year end date. The company's SAP system primarily serves for monthly closing tasks. Many reports require manual copying and pasting, involving a lot of manual adjustments. SAP is not available for certain brands and countries, resulting in common data misalignment issues. The finance team bears the responsibility of locating any errors and promptly informing the IT or BI team to rectify the situation. Retail stores of key brands use Cegid for sales data transmission while some newly acquired brands require the finance team to manually upload monthly sales figures. This inconsistency in data transmission methods adds to the workload and potential errors. Poor and inadequate IT support and reliance on manual work, as the internal systems are unreliable. This deficiency means that finance team would spend additional time on manual work to bridge the gap and rectify the errors. It is worth noting that the company has reduced IT permanent headcounts while expanding the HR department, exacerbating the IT support issue. In the past three years since the outbreak of Covid, the company's Hong Kong office has not replaced middle to senior management positions across all departments after they left the company. This absence of replacements may be attributed to cost-saving measures, potentially impacting the efficiency and effectiveness of various teams.

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