Awesome company values, similar problems like all other retail jobs - Sales Assistant Lush Employee Review

4.0
Sep 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The products you're selling are genuinely awesome, especially if you are into cruelty-free, vegan/vegetarian cosmetics. Company vision, ethics of the production process, aesthetics of the shops are also really cool.

Cons

Specifically related to Estonia: some of the customs of the Lush shops clash with Estonian culture. We were encouraged to do the hands-on demonstrations to customers, but anyone familiar with Northern-Europe type cultures know that this is a definite no-no for us. People do not feel comfortable touching strangers or even siting down next to them and having a face to face, sustained eye contact conversation. Might sound a bit over exaggerated but most customers shopping in Estonian are already quite shy when a worker approaches them to offer help, so one-on-one hands-on demonstrations are too much. While people may be a bit shy if you approach them to offer help, if you are friendly and not pushy then it is totally okey and they do very often come up to you later with genuine interest in recommendation and a lot of repeat customers actually do come back because we are very knowledgeable about our products and are great at helping pick out something for yourself or others (especially men who have no clue what to gift their partners and daughters 😜). Any other problems related to this shop in Tallinn Estonia and classic retails problems that are most commonly related to impolite customers (they exist in every country) or management who makes the workers life...not enjoyable.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, lots of free products, amazing people. I truly love working here.

Cons

Pay is not fair for amount of work

3.0
Apr 14, 2026
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Pros

Excellent inclusive company culture, employee discount, learning about natural ingredients for skincare, genuinely great and engaged team members, flexible work schedule for part time or casual positions.

Cons

High amount of work, unreasonable "evidence driven" feedback and coaching models, and unrealistic performance metrics for comically low pay, especially for floor coordinators. No additional pay given for specialty roles, which is many enhanced responsibilities over a specific area of the business, and little opportunity for career growth beyond the sales floor unless you are hired from an external management position. Floor Coordinator seems to be the highest rung most people can hit before being driven elsewhere.

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