River Island Clothing Reviews

Pros

- Except of the Managers, the rest of the staff is amazing, making the environment vivid, supportive and productive - Its Fashion Industry, which is a (+) by itself. - River Island is a company with so much history and evolvement through the years, that you feel honored to be part of it. The overal Culture and Values of the Company, are no less than empowering, creating a sense of belonging and an environment which promotes employees' further development within the organisation. - The stores are lovely and if you love fast-paced working environments, this is the right place to be! - The RIVA (River Island Virtual Academy) is a great place to have both your skills and knowledge further developed, through a series of courses and workshops available to the staff!

Cons

- The Managers need to enhance their leadership skills, to get more organised and fair. - If you are close to the Management Team, you get promoted to higher level roles, even if you are not qualified at the mandatory level. Making it unfair for the other members of the staff or even for the external candidates. - You work way more than your contracted hours. - The Rotas are last-minute ready, on Friday/Saturday morning, which is bad for those working on Sundays. - Managers text you late at night (22:00-23:00) to ask if you are able to come at work the next day - No respect or understanding of having personal life. -Even if you have informed them that you need a certain day off, you will be still present on the rota and expected to be in store. Otherwise, if you can't swap shifts with someone else and you definitely need the day off, you stay unpaid. - The platform for Holiday Requests is not being used by the Managers, except if you insist. Which, again, leads to the employees choosing to stay UNPAID for a day off, even if it's a necessity.

Pros

Met some wonderful people and was a good environment until management was changed and everyone left because of them.

Cons

You can not grow. New management take advantage of you and are absolutely useless. Management isn't helpful and expects people to know everything without training.

Pros

Really enjoyed my time, fab place!

Cons

Sometimes shift times were awkward

Pros

Employee discount of 40% off full price Free uniform Nice colleagues

Cons

Little boring sometimes Management is main problem

Pros

During University, River Island were incredibly good at redeploying me to which ever store suited me best.

Cons

Dependent on your personality, some tasks within this role may seem dull.