Great place to get your feet wet in the retail industry, but it's difficult to advance - Visual Specialist Gap Employee Review

3.0
Jan 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Staff discount at 50% off is great. If you're a student, flexible hours make it easy to still go to school and work at the same time, great coworkers, fun place in general - good energy.

Cons

Corporate management fip flops on a lot of issues, which makes working on the front line difficult, because the message you give customers one day will inevitably change the next. Expect to work long hours& working over the holidays is mandatory. Depending on your store, management can be largely ineffective and don't always provide the leadership necessary to train new employees - this responsibility often falls to other sales associates. If you don't have a management position, forget about any sort of recognition or compensation (i.e., bonus) for a job well done - your management team will gladly take this on your behalf. Slackers and idiots are kept on staff, which means double the work load for those employees who are actually competent and interested in doing a good job.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Really good management. Very flexible with unexpected life events. Deally good discounts

Cons

pays below average for the area

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good gig as a student. Good team culture, flexible manager with schedules especially around exams, coworkers are nice.

Cons

Job requires you to be available both days of the weekend. Way too much of a push for credit cards towards people who've already expressed they don't want one.

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