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    Victoria's Secret Reviews

    Updated 24 March 2019
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    • "Takes up your life , no work life balance" (in 314 reviews)

    • "No work life balance yet that's what they preach" (in 110 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. "Visual merchandising Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

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

      Pros

      Great work environment, amazing team

      Cons

      Managers can be overly demanding to meet goals

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    3. "Senior Visual Merchandiser"

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      Former Employee - Visual Merchandiser in London, England
      Former Employee - Visual Merchandiser in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      free bras and fun, busy environment to work within

      Cons

      very bad management and general communication and organisation of the company

      Advice to Management

      don't just play the role of a manager, set the example!

    4. "Average"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Victoria's Secret part-time

      Pros

      Good staff discount
      Commission
      OCCASIONAL free merch

      Cons

      Management are awful
      Ridiculous targets
      Minimal rewards
      Favoritism
      Pressure
      Wore the same uniform for months and months as we had to pay for uniform ourselves. 'Free uniform' was never in stock.

    5. "If you want to have a stable mental health, don’t work there."

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

      I worked at Victoria's Secret full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The monthly gratis. That’s literally it.

      Cons

      Where do I start! Too much cons. I would rather be jobless than work for this company again. Extreme Toxic working environment which is why they have the HIGHEST Staff turnover you’ll ever see.

      Advice to Management

      The worst management. Management needs. Whole revamp. Less pressure on employee. Promote people that works hard instead of people that sucks up to management. Be professional and do your jobs.

    6. "Visual Merchandiser"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Associate discount including gratis every month

      Cons

      Staff rotation and lack of organisation

    7. "Good Benefits, Staff Can Be Difficult"

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      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

    8. "okay short term job role"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate
      Former Employee - Sales Associate
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      great product,
      lovely co workers,
      good pay,
      good discount

      Cons

      long hours,
      expected to start very early,
      unsympathetic

    9. "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

    10. "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!