Vans reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,236 total reviews)
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Kevin Bailey

57% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Vans has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,236 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vans 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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3K reviews
2.0
Oct 18, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Store atmosphere is up beat and fun. Benefits for full time management are top quality with good choices between companies and plans. Company history is awesome.

Cons

You will work harder here than at other comparable retailers. Upper management is disconnected from the store level and reality of task work. There is no career path in place for store managers. You will not be promoted past store manager because management knows this problem exists where they are not creating in house district managers. New programs are rolled out poorly with weak training and little support from the corporate and district manager level. Your effort and time are not appreciated. You can never do enough to succeed. The company is going away from it's founders ideals.

4.0
Sep 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are willing to work with you to promote you through the ranks if you show an interest and willingness to learn. Corporate granted our store a lot of freedom and rewarded us for high sales.

Cons

It was a base hourly rate with no commissions. No benefits were offered until you were in corporate. Product was not replenished enough with corporate assigned orders.

2.0
Sep 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The great discount on shoes, accessories, and apparel, the fact that everyone thinks its cool that you work at vans.

Cons

Expected to perform at a level that doesn't correspond to the pay. Lack of Respect towards employees at my location. The worse part is that while Vans puts this facade of a laid back work environment you pull back the veil of awesomeness to reveal an extremely demanding sales policies.

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