COS reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(630 total reviews)

Helena Helmersson

41% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

COS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 630 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The COS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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630 reviews
2.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Brand culture, Brand vision(old vision), values and culture, teamwork, people, design(decreasing yearly, but still sometimes it is good and surprising)

Cons

Salary is below the lowest competitors. Micro management is growing, Clarity of brand direction is getting lost and less clear every year.(Good marketing team though) Lack of local decision making opportunities, Yearly decrease of employee per customer number(connected to cuts and economy) - means service quality is as well dropping because of this lack of hands. VM Strategy is more and more micro managed, though outdated. Heavy works time to time at the window or with layout moves. (Company does not provide proper health care, it is always as minimal as local country law allows.) No development, many talent programs which are actually just free hands for higher responsabilities. Only few higher management people are open for feedback

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