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    Victoria's Secret Reviews

    Updated 15 January 2019
    5,670 reviews

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    • "Could improve work life balance of associates" (in 310 reviews)

    • "No work life balance yet that's what they preach" (in 108 reviews)

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    1. "PART TIME SALES ASSOCIATE VS"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Victoria's Secret part-time

      Pros

      I regularly get free VS bras/ panites/ lotions etc
      good hourly rate
      like minded girls
      management support

      Cons

      not very flexible with the hours, especially for students

    2. "Good Benefits, Staff Can Be Difficult"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Sales Associate
      Former Employee - Sales Associate
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good Discount
      Company Progression Routes

      Cons

      Staff Can Be Cliquey
      Management Favour Full Time Staff

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    3. "Trainee sales assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret full-time

      Pros

      Didn’t had any for the Pros

      Cons

      Very fast could improve- blned

      Advice to Management

      Improve on your interviewing skills

    4. "A great beginning that very soon turnt the opposite"

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      Former Employee - Sales and Support Generalist in London, England
      Former Employee - Sales and Support Generalist in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good pay is the only positive but again they give you few hours

      Cons

      I worked for Victoria’s Secret at Stratford store in London and i was really really excited in the beginning. Everything seemed wonderful the first period. Unforunately, this didn’t last long. Very soon i realised that things are truly different.
      It was simply the management team against all the rest! They started being rude to me and asking things that are out of my responsibilities like going to the post office in my breaks and no pay for that. They never gave me a proper training. They just throw you in the store and expect the best from you. They embarassed me a lot of times in front of customers. The cherry on the pie was a time when a really rude customer was yelling at me and they did nothing. They were just looking. And they did nothing to support me instead they put me into troubles. That was when i said ‘enough is enough’!.
      Of course i realised very soon why staff was always changing in the store. Nobody could suffer them!
      They give you a good pay but most people worked a few hours so it doesn’t worth it. You will not have enough money to live. I was among the ‘lucky’ ones who worked full time. They care only about money and not for their employees. They treat you like garbage. So you will find something better for sure!!

      Advice to Management

      Change your attitude to your employees. Without them you re honestly nothing. No money in your pockets! So simple! The funniest thing is that you self promote your store as the ‘best store to work in the UK’! Excuse me? The staff has totally the opposite opinion. I don’t think that this was even true!

    5. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Victoria's Secret part-time

      Pros

      Discount and good pay better than most

      Cons

      Long hours and short breaks

    6. "Sales specialist"

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      Current Employee - Sales Specialist in London, England
      Current Employee - Sales Specialist in London, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Victoria's Secret (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Employee discount
      Individual sales incentive bonus
      Colleagues

      Cons

      Motivation from management is poor
      Progression is highly based on if you are liked by management
      Recovering store after full 7 hours of attending to customers

      Advice to Management

      To be more unbiased

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Shifts were too long"

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      Former Employee - Seasonal Sales Associate in Manchester, England
      Former Employee - Seasonal Sales Associate in Manchester, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good atmosphere
      Friendly work colleagues
      Good music during shift
      Good discount

      Cons

      Long repetitive shifts doing the same thing
      Very cliquey
      Seasonal staff don't get any free items
      Put down to work on days you said you weren't available

    8. "Worked here from 16 years old to 17"

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in London, England
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in London, England

      I have been working at Victoria's Secret (More than a year)

      Pros

      When I first started the management were lovely.
      Decent pay
      Nice lunchroom
      Good staff benefits e.g free items a month
      You move to different floors which makes it more interesting.

      Cons

      New management were not very kind.
      Can be freezing upstairs.
      You will neaten a stand and it will be ruined in seconds
      Boxing day

    9. "Awful company"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Stratford, London, England
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Stratford, London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Gratis was decent, plus some lovely well trained members of staff

      Cons

      Some of the worst leadership I’ve ever worked for, management don’t care if they forget breaks, some incredibly rude members of management and staff, favouritism is incredibly high, rude horrible staff

      Advice to Management

      Stop belittling people over the radio and talking down to people, stop being so rude

    10. "Awful"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Birmingham, England
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Birmingham, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good discount, pretty work environment

      Cons

      Horrible colleagues who think they’re better than you because they’ve worked there for longer. Bullies! Management have favourites and speak to you in a demeaning way in front of everyone.

      Advice to Management

      Stop being so cruel