Guess? reviews

3.2

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,260 total reviews)

Carlos Alberini

59% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Guess? has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,260 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guess? 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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1.0
Jan 29, 2014

Eye Opening

Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount on clothing - if you're into this brand of clothing (pretty much copying all the competitors in the market anyway)

Cons

-no room for advancement -pay is lousy -up until this last Nov it was all about who could give the most money under the table to the senior directors/VP of each division, which is how they decided who would manufacture the clothing (had a huge shake up & fired some senior employees that had been there for about 20 years, however I doubt this has changed the methods internally) -HR dept is a joke

3.0
Mar 28, 2016

Talks the talk - struggles to walk the walk

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Good compensation/benefits package -Casual dress code, -Training in non job specific skills (software, languages) -Excellent onsite cafeteria. -Close to major freeways. -Knowledgeable and responsive IT staff. -Attempts on paper to foster a positive and cohesive employment atmosphere/structure. -Diverse workforce at all levels

Cons

-Departments too segmented: Attempts at cohesion listed in "Pros" above fail miserably because nobody in any individual department has any clue what the other departments do. This resulted in burrowing-in and "not my job" mentality in many departments. -Conversely, other departments had a high turnover ratio, so it was difficult to know who to ask about certain subjects, because the person you spoke to about things in the past might no longer be with the company. -Top-down management style where onus is on those below to produce, yet there is no structure in place to address issues with superiors. -The "accountability" principle is touted by the current executive management, but only lower level employees were held to account or expected to analyze their own performance. (at least to all appearances) -Diversity cited in Pros, did not apply to disability. In fact the company seemed clueless about what the laws regarding disabilities were, or who should be in charge of compliance regarding them - entrusting the legal compliance with state and local disability laws entirely to the Benefits department. -Terrible surrounding neighborhood - not at all a comfortable drive to or from the work campus in the dark.

2.0
Nov 19, 2014

Too Corporate

Recommend
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Pros

I had some great like-minded teammates. Our cafe was very good. Spin, Yoga, and a fitness room was added benefits.

Cons

Extremely structured. Everyone worked from 7-6pm where we had 2 scheduled breaks. I couldn't get coffee at a random time unless it was on a scheduled break. Work-Life balance was not ideal. Exec team had a few great members, but one was very intimidating and could be downright mean. It would make your job very stressful and ALWAYS doubting your work. Overall atmosphere made me very unhappy. Long hours, the room we worked in had no windows, LOTS of pressure.

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