Victoria's Secret Stores Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time

Pros – It's a really great team of individuals and fun to work with/for. The hours are flexible and of course generous discounts at Victoria Secret & a lesser discount at Bath & Body Works.

Cons – There aren't any Cons I've experienced yet if at all

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time for more than a year

Pros – I loved the discount, and the atmosphere. We got a %30 discount for being Victorias Secret Associates, and every time there was a new bra that was launched we either got it for free or for %50 off. I learned so much about bra fit and size working here and an interesting fact over %80 of women are wearing the incorrect bra size. So ladies get yourself meausred.

Cons – I hated working the panty bar, any of you who have worked at VS before no what I am talking about. Customers would rummage through the neatly sorted lingerie, and tear apart displays. This made it difficult for associates to maintain during business hours, and also makes it diffcult for other customers who are trying to find their size. I wish it paid more.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow your employees to take their scheduled breaks on time. Often times employees wouldn't get all of their state mandated breaks in CO its a 10 min break for every two hours of work, and a 30 min lunch after 4 hours of work. Sometimes managers would try to get around this. Also, managers please rotate your employees more often. No one wants to get stuck going over and over the same panty table for 8hrs a day, and still be expected to greet customers while they have their heads and hands buried in drawers trying to organize them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The company provides a great deal of education and development for the employees to succeed. The employee discount is good, and ocassionally the employees receives products at a deep discount.

Cons – The associates are expected to be totally available to work in order to be scheduled for a lot of hours. It takes a very long time to close the store.

Advice to Senior Management – Moral takes a significant dive when the associates don't get scheduled enough hours. This affects performance.
Keep one more person on staff for closing so that it doesn't take 2 or more hours.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Victoria's Secret Stores

Pros – loved working here - very friendly and great discounts

Cons – pay wasn't the greatest but great summer job

Former Employee – worked at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time

Pros – Great people, good atmosphere, nice discount

Cons – Pay wasn't negotiable, always had to stay after shift ended

Advice to Senior Management – Be more in tune with sales associates and front line employees. It always felt as if we were an after thought

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Usually hire from within the company for management positions; Awesome management at my store

Cons – Sometimes managers are hired from outside the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Victoria's Secret Stores full-time for less than a year

Pros – Forward thinking company that looks for insight from its employees and customers
Networking opportunities for those that wish to advance in the company

Cons – Work/Life balance difficult with varying shifts and schedules (life of retail norm)
Expectation of commission-like selling behaviors without additional pay benefit

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Victoria's Secret Stores full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -Nice discount 40% on quality product
-Free or highly discounted bras/merchandise bundles every month
-professional company image
-customer connections

Cons – -Surprisingly as ethical as the company claims to be and wants to encourage, when faced with a problem regarding time theft in the store, HR took a long time to respond and the problem was swept under the rug.
-Required to work weekends and holidays
-Manipulative, slacking managers get highly-rated reviews if they suck up to the store manager
-Company is taking on a position to totally "say yes to the customer" and you feel taken advantage of when many people come in, trash your store, get free stuff with next to nothing in exchange for the business.

Advice to Senior Management – An issue regarding managers stealing time from the company (with a paper trail!) went unresolved and managers got away with it. How do you have a "culture of honesty" when those who try and report dishonest behavior are discouraged with HR/DMs ignoring the problem! It diminishes morale among honest managers and reflects badly on the company overall. Regardless of friendship between various managers and upper managers, LP and HR issues need to be handled with utmost fairness and integrity and better accountability for taking care of reported cases and issues.
Many managers aren't in fact leading by example and some associates and managers who really are trying don't get proper credit because of favoritism!
Stores large and small need constant LP and time clock audits to enforce honesty.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great atmosphere, friendly associates & managers. It was a good job to work at during college, and they work around school schedules. You could have 5 hours one week and 40 hours the next depending on the time of year. You receive monthly incentives such as free items or discounted items.

Cons – Minimum wage, little to no room for advancement, they do not prepare you for getting a real job. I transferred a few months before I quit, and I did not enjoy the new store I went to.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't promise employees advancement and then turn them down for a higher ranked position available at the company. Employees should make commission.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Victoria's Secret Stores part-time for less than a year

Pros – Discount, get new merchandise before it hits the floor, gratis, fun employees and work enviroment

Cons – call ins - where you don't know if you work our not which is very unpredictable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend