don't expect too much - Sales Associate/Cashier Vans Employee Review

4.0
May 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

When I applied I wasn't expecting much. I'm a high school student and this is a good first time job. if you're someone like me without any bills then the pay seems fine. You also get a new shirt and shoes on your first day. so that was pretty cool. Vans is also very generous with their discounts so thats pretty good!

Cons

I'm fairly new i don't have anything to complain about…yet other than my hours. they're not really consistent and you won't get that many…

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Pros

Depending on District/Store great culture. Awesome discounts and bonus incentives for full time management. Relatively lenient on being able to use your discretion with difficult customers, "What Would Van Doren Do?" - basically make the customer happy reasonably. Great position to learn retail and people management in - applied itself to any career field later on.

Cons

Job Security (retail and working in malls in today's landscape can be tough depending on location). Corporate can be corporate sometimes, DMs or RMs pushing unreasonable and ridiculous selling behaviors sometimes.

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