Vans reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(3,241 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 3,241 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
5.0
Jul 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people employed are hard workers. There's nothing that you won't learn here. Some of the nicest people you'll meet, work at Vans. And along with the great environment, the company is ultimately based on expressing yourself. There is no guidelines as to who can and can not work here. To top off the great environment and great people, the employee benefits that Vans gives, is absolutely the best. I've never worked for another company that gave their employees such great discounts on their merchandise. You seriously can't go wrong with working here.

Cons

Being in the company for almost 5+ Years, I've seen less people get promoted internally rather than externally. It's a sad thing when someone who has never had retail experience, yet has "credentials" gets outweighed on employment opportunities. I've seen people with experience who know the ins and outs of a store yet get pushed to the side when a position is available, in the higher echelons of this company. Also, as much as I'd hate to say it, unless you have previous retail experience or have a friend currently in the company to vouch for you, getting in is kind of difficult.

4.0
Jun 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great family, amazing products, great benefits, fun environment. My vans experience was great after 2 years I took another job and turned down a promotion to SM due to money and that the new job wouldn't be an hour commute each way. Coming in with product knowledge and retail management experience this job was a walk in the park for me. I adapted quickly and learned the vans way. Over the 2 years I got to go away 5 times to open new stores across country for GO TEAM that was the most fun to travel free and have it all paid for. Health benefits are cheap and really good. Pay is decent and discount is out of this world no other store can come close. Love the Company so much I still work part time.

Cons

Crazy customers screaming at you from time to time just like any retail store, sometimes it get a little task crazy, back room gets cluttered easy with old window displays but you need to keep for future sometimes.

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