Zara Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Zara

Pros – Good friendly work enviornment at Zara

Cons – no cons as it is a good place

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

Current Employee – been working at Zara

Pros – Best pay in retail
Good quality product

Cons – Long hours - You do at least 5- 60 hours a week
High expectations

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Zara full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – If you are the right person, you can have a career starting from sales assistant quite fast, good money

Cons – Long hours, must be very flexible, staff feel unpreciated.

Advice to Senior Management – More communication and more attention, appreciate staff more

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

Current Employee – been working at Zara full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – progrees very fast if determined, from a sales assitant, lots of internal promotion.
amazing clothes

Cons – heavily spanish influenced, very useful if can spreak spanish.
externals struggle going straight into a top store.
very demanding.

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

Former Employee – worked at Zara full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lots of opporturnity for career progression as people constantly leave unhappy.

Cons – It's too strict. Depending on the store you are walking on eggshells the whole time you're there.
You start at say 12.30. You have to be on the floor for 12.20. If you're one minute late they mark you down as late and tell you off. - But they will keep you up to an hour after your shift has ended, a lot of the time unpaid.
There's always favourites who get treated better.
A lot of the managers are on a power trip.
Bad atmosphere that's always tense.
They change the rota without asking up the day before your shift or day off. They expect you to beable to do it and know anyway.
One rule for managers, one rule for everyone else.
Everyone who has started in their first week wanted to leave straightaway, only some stuck it out. They snap if you do one thing wrong. A lot of people end up in tears. If you do stick it out you'll grow a very thick skin, but you'll still hate it.
The long term staff most have been there a year or 2. Most people leave after a few months.
They will heap lots of extra responsibility on your shoulders with no extra pay or title, when one thing goes wrong not in your control they will tell you off or call a meeting. Even though it isn't in your contract as your responsibility.
The managers will slack off and pass as many jobs onto you as they can.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your staff with respect.

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

Former Employee – worked at Zara as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Working in a highly respectable retail company, which does help when looking for another job, as people are aware of the well rated company. Discount on zara items when working after a certain period of time. There were a mix of people from different backgrounds.

Cons – The downside was the people I worked with, other cashiers, supervisers and bosses. I am definately not the only one who feels this way, as alot of people within the shop and around the centre were not happy about how rude the workers are there.

Advice to Senior Management – Realise that being a friendly approachable colleague is just as important. Treat other colleagues in a respectable manner.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Zara

Pros – promise of promotion/courses, the 'normal' people

Cons – long hours, all talk on promotions no action, management didn't appreciate staff, bitchyness

Advice to Senior Management – major overhaul on management needed, more training on how to interact PROPERLY with staff

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Zara

Pros – One of the best salaries in retail. Diverse team. Possibility to grow within the company is there if you want it.

Cons – During sale periods it can get crazy busy. The working schedule is unhealthy - one day you finish at 10pm and the next day you have to start at 8am.

Advice to Senior Management – Management should try to make the team diversity more even. Lots of people from Spain who will speak Spanish all the time although they're not in Spain. Can get on your nerves sometimes, as well as it's rude to speak any other language in front of customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Zara

Pros – sometimes we had a laugh and fun.

Cons – work under pressure, a lot of stress, people are not appreciable, no chance at all to grow up in company, people work as slavery for somebody else!!!

Advice to Senior Management – please, appreciable the managers and mainly staff who work hard in stores.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Zara

Pros – fashion leader in the industry, great opportunities with the company worldwide

Cons – limited working area in the shops

Advice to Senior Management – communication could be better amongst the managers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend