Good Fashions, Bad Corporate Culture - Assistant Manager Forever 21 Employee Review

4.0
15 Jan 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work if you are interested in learning about the latest fashions. New product comes every 1-2 days. The people you work with are usually motivated and hard-working. It's a great place to start a career in Fashion, whether it's merchandising, buying, management, or sales because everyday you will learn something new about each of these aspects. The type of work you will do changes from day to day so there is no monotony. And management is usually good about granting time off.

Cons

We were always understaffed. Especially when immature younger sales associates would call out sick. But somehow they were still on the schedule, week after week. No commission to motivate them to work their shifts. All positions in corporate are located in California so the highest you can expect to work in your area is a store manager. Regional manager positions are available as well. The wage was not competitive and trying to get a raise was like pulling teeth, even when you consistently received good reviews. Benefits are not offered immediately. Heaven forbid you break a leg on the broken tile...

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