Nice company overall, but unskilled leaders. No room for new ideas/creative thinking - Senior Manager Vans Employee Review

2.0
2 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- If you are in the right team you will work with nice people - Family Oriented - Relaxed environment - Cool/fun culture

Cons

- Unbearable resistance to change. - Old mindset driven by old VP's with lame experience - Unqualified VP's/Directors, mostly because of their poor background and no will to keep learning - No room for personal growth or career growth, no learning opportunities, zero coaching - Judgemental tendencies - Demanding but not rewarding - Emotional / perception based decisions, especially in some Product departments - Nepotism - Lack of diversity

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5.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Everyone was so nice and the job was very fun! I miss it every day.

Cons

Sometimes I didn't like the shoe designs.

3.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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