Declining pay and micro-management overshadow brand culture - Visual Merchandiser COS Employee Review

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 VM Strategy is more and more micro managed, though outdated.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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5.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

I had good coworkers to work with

Cons

There are no cons I can think of

4.0
Jul 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Quarterly allowance - hours of wellness

Cons

- Constant conflicting messages and unrealistic expectations from corporate

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