Victoria's Secret reviews

- Learning curve: When you first start working on the floor and aren't super familiar with the product, it can be overwhelming! But the best advice I have is to just go with the flow and ask as many questions as you can. You will learn so much about the bras, fragrances and other products from the people you work with. Don't be afraid to tell a customer you're not sure what the difference between a "Perfect Coverage" and a "Perfect Shape" is: if you ask a manager or co-worker, you'll be more informed in the future and the customer will leave with exactly what she was looking for. - Some very long shifts are bound to occur: On a Saturday in December, I worked over 12 hours! Being on your feet for that long can get really uncomfortable, so invest in some quality footwear. - Uncomfortable situations: Because of the specialty product we sell, sometimes the clientele that comes in to shop can be a little inappropriate. Be assertive enough to know when to call on a manager to ask someone to leave. I've had male customers make inappropriate comments to me, and have seen some CRAZY things! I have left each day on the job with plenty of stories: some heartwarming, and some totally shocking. - Retail kills your weekends and holidays: This job is no exception. Prepare for long Friday, Saturday and Sunday shifts (you can request one Saturday off each month) and as it gets closer to the holidays, remember that you will be working on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, the 26th of December and New Years! This job takes away a lot of time from family and friends because you will often work the hours in which the rest of your social circle is not.

In other ways, the transition that the company is making is very poorly executed. Their idea is that they want a majority of their sales associates to go full time and make a career out of it by doing the incentive- but its very difficult to do when they cheat you out of annual raises, and moreover decrease the amount of incentive money you receive when you are paid more per hour. Essentially company wide expects associates to do $300/hour in order to get a small percentage of sales going back to you. The reality is even when you do achieve those goals, it shows up differently in varied mediums: You might have a $350 on your store's green screen, but have a $290 SPAH on BlueDay and returns count against you. It is essentially an uphill battle working and competing as if we were cut throat sales people when the possibility of making commission isn't even guaranteed on the thousands of dollars worth of mercy that we DO sell. Company is becoming greedy and treating associates unfairly by doing this- on top of that sexual harassment by customers and management turns a blind eye. Just waiting for someone to file a law suit and 80% of women ever employed by this company falling in line. The trade off is a cheap one, however appealing it is, and it is why VS has a high turnover and why new people will always want to work there. Discounts, gratis, and prestige. And in turn you get low wages, long hours, sexually harassed or physically assaulted (happened in my store once), and the constant, looming threat of termination if you don't make a certain amount of money for the company every hour on the hour, you can and will be terminated. Just horrible, VS. If you are going to expect this much from your associates, at least compensate them or let them defend themselves.