Does The Vitamin Shoppe pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Vitamin Shoppe employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Vitamin Shoppe. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Vitamin Shoppe?

63% of The Vitamin Shoppe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Vitamin Shoppe 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Vitamin Shoppe?

Store Manager (244) , Key Holder (189) , Health Enthusiast (176) , Assistant Manager (164) , Assistant Store Manager (115) , Sales Associate (88) , Sales Lead (87) , Manager (43) , Keyholder (39) , ASM- Assistant Store Manager (27) , Sales Associate/Key Holder (25) , Sales Associate/Keyholder (13) , Retail Store Manager (11) , The Vitamin Shoppe Sales Associate (11) , ASM (10)

What are the pros of working at The Vitamin Shoppe according to real employee reviews?

"Many great people shop there and co" ((in 94 reviews)); "Flexible hours and 25% discount on products." ((in 57 reviews)); "Benefits were good (free supplements)" ((in 52 reviews)); "Good work environment and coworkers" ((in 46 reviews)); "Coworkers were great" ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Vitamin Shoppe according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low and there are not many hours to be shared among employees." ((in 203 reviews)); "Poor management; set unrealistic goals." ((in 90 reviews)); "Managers don't stick up for you when they know a customer is not only wrong but wrong and harassing you." ((in 66 reviews)); "Assistant store Manager does EVERYTHING a store manager does without the pay." ((in 48 reviews)); "Little to no work life balance" ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Vitamin Shoppe layoffs in 2026?

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The Vitamin Shoppe reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,953 total reviews)

Sharon Leite

64% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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The Vitamin Shoppe has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,953 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Vitamin Shoppe 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Aug 15, 2009

What they pay is crap compared to what they want from you

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you lerarn the vast amounts of information, you should be able to prevent many medical conditions and make crude diagnoses before having to run to a hospital or doctor. There are many cool customers which make the day fun.

Cons

Product rotation, endless "projects", constant schedule changes, ignored time off requests (made weeks in advance, approved by the store manager, then Surprise! I am scheduled on the day I thought I had off with no one willing to switch shifts) These may not accurately represent all stores, but my branch is horrible.

2.0

Jun 15, 2009

this better be your second job

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the vitamin shoppe is great if you're interested in supplements and nutrition and have the drive to actually know what you're talking about. you meet some great people and feel like you get to really know your customers! when you create a relationship where your customer trusts your opinions on supplements its a really cool feeling.

Cons

Senior management at the vitamin shoppe is a complete joke, if youre lucky enough to have a manager who is mildly interested in health and fitness it could be an alright place to work, BUT like others have said; they hire young people at minimum wage for a job requiring MASSIVE amounts of knowledge about specific health conditions and supplemental interactions. Management is pretty much told not to trust their employees and hardly ever help maintain the store or listen to ideas from part timers to improve efficiency. Not sympathetic to family/personal issues and time off requests challenged even when made in advance (two weeks prior). this job is often tedious because of expiring products and management does not help with these tasks nor make it easier by throwing away the inventory expiration charts THE EMPLOYEES are making.

1.0

May 28, 2009

Vitamin Shoppe customers have more knowledge than Vitamin Shoppe employees.

Assistant store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I started this job because, I have a real passion for nutritional supplements. I enjoy helping people and really enjoy that part of this job. I have learned so much from from people who come into the store to shop.

Cons

The Vitamin Shoppe hires young people who they can pay minimum wage. They put them through an on line training coarse, that most of them cheat their way through. Even if they didn't cheat they still wouldn't know anything. Then they give them pins and call them experts. The advice I have heard given in these stores makes me cringe. I can't say that I am proud to work there. The new corporate people are some of the most miserable people I have ever met. They never have anything good to say just always complaining.

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