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    American Apparel Reviews

    Updated Nov 10, 2019

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    3.4
    59%
    Recommend to a Friend
    28%
    Approve of CEO
    American Apparel CEO Chelsea Grayson
    Chelsea Grayson
    75 Ratings
    Pros

    • "50% discount on all American Apparel merchandise" (in 107 reviews)

    • "fun, team, flexible, free clothes, uniform" (in 104 reviews)

    Cons

    • "horrible upper management as of recently" (in 61 reviews)

    • "Low pay, no commission unless you make past a certain sales goal" (in 40 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Love"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Liverpool, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Apparel part-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Great company to work for

      Cons

      It went into liquidation

      American Apparel2019-10-29

    2. "Lovely place to work at."

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in London, England

      I worked at American Apparel part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      50% Discount ! Flexible

      Cons

      N/A loved working there

      American Apparel2019-10-18
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    3. "AA"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate 

      I worked at American Apparel full-time

      Pros

      Great team, discount and clothes

      Cons

      Salaries were very low for everyone working in the shops

      American Apparel2019-08-27

    4. "Great"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at American Apparel full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      fun, team, flexible, free clothes, uniform

      Cons

      stressful, nothing else really to say

      American Apparel2019-06-16

    5. "Very poor organization"

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      Former Employee - Finance Manager in London, England

      I worked at American Apparel full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Discounts on clothes and quarterly social events

      Cons

      Poor communication and lack of direction

      American Apparel2019-06-06

    6. "Sales assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Apparel part-time

      Pros

      Staff discount Shop in town, so I didn't have to travel too much. Selling good quality/sweatshop free clothes

      Cons

      Minimum wage Can be stressful, especially when it gets to sales season

      American Apparel2019-04-12

    7. "Why do all good things come to an end"

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      Former Employee - Visual Merchandiser 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at American Apparel full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      nice people, and some diversity

      Cons

      big egos coming from HO

      American Apparel2019-02-21

    8. "Store manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at American Apparel full-time

      Pros

      People were motivated and fun. The UK head office team were incredibly hard working.

      Cons

      The head office in LA were totalitarian.

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      American Apparel2018-02-02

    9. "Laid back work environment (for the most part)"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at American Apparel part-time

      Pros

      Laid back friendly staff for the most part

      Cons

      noticed some racial profiling amongst co workers, Managers treated sales associate like property one of my coworkers was throwing up sick with the flue and was forced to forced to work anyways, she risked getting fired if she did not come in.

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      American Apparel2018-01-22

    10. "Very"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      I worked at American Apparel

      Pros

      discounts great team members Decent pay rate in London

      Cons

      lack of organisation among management

      American Apparel2017-12-18
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