Pros
Competitive base salary above $120K, paid weekly, with solid benefits. Modern office space with access to the Alo gym.
Cons
The culture outside of the Beverly Hills office is nothing like what the brand promotes. Supporting Retail and field teams is often toxic, chaotic, and completely disconnected from the company’s stated values. Retail leadership functions as a closed circle of friends from past companies, and anyone who raises concerns or offers alternative viewpoints is brushed off, mocked, or labeled as “not a team player.” Both HR and Retail leaders can be openly condescending, and there is a clear expectation to say yes to everything, no matter how unreasonable. There is essentially no upward mobility within HR Operations, and multiple HRBPs have left because the constant Retail issues create an unsustainable workload. Stores frequently deal with internal conflict, inappropriate behavior, and recurring compliance problems, and HR is somehow expected to fix all of it remotely with no real partnership from field leadership. District Managers vary widely in professionalism. Some are fine, but many behave in ways that would never be tolerated in a healthy culture. I once escalated a DM making inappropriate comments about “pretty girls” being hired at a store, and it was completely swept under the rug. Incidents like this are not treated seriously, and accountability rarely exists because most DMs are part of the same friend group, protected regardless of their behavior. Hiring and decision-making can feel subjective, superficial, and at times irresponsible. Overall, the structure feels broken from the inside, and the longer you are there, the harder it becomes to justify how misaligned the culture is with the brand image.