Loved it here - Sales Associate Sunglass Hut Employee Review

5.0
29 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Employee Discounts: Sunglass Hut offers substantial discounts on sunglasses, which is a big perk if you’re interested in fashion or eyewear. Flexible Hours: Often provides flexible scheduling, which can be great for students or those with other commitments. Training Opportunities: Known for good onboarding and product training, allowing employees to understand the brand and its products. Fun Work Environment: Many stores emphasize a relaxed, fashion-forward atmosphere, which can make it enjoyable to work in retail. Sales Incentives: Opportunity to earn bonuses or commissions based on sales, motivating employees to meet sales goals.

Cons

High Sales Expectations: As with many retail jobs, there can be pressure to meet sales targets, which some may find stressful. Standing for Long Hours: Retail often requires long shifts with a lot of standing, which can be physically demanding. Limited Advancement Opportunities: While there are growth opportunities, moving up to management or corporate roles may be limited, especially in smaller stores. Weekend and Holiday Hours: Retail often requires working during weekends, holidays, and busy shopping seasons, which may conflict with personal plans. Competitive Sales: Team-based sales environments can lead to competition among employees for commissions, which may not appeal to everyone.

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5.0
9 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

My location and Manager was amazing.

Cons

Typical retail job, not enough hours.

4.0
27 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Getting 1% of your sales commission every month + base play + bonuses depending on how well the store does adds up a lot. When I worked here, I was one of the best sellers in my district and my store was 14/21 in our district - which led to me making roughly $21-$23 an hour once you added everything up and divided by the amount of time that I worked. Stocking and pushing stuff to the floor is cartoonishly easy considering how small the sunglasses and that packaging actually is. AP is super easy because there's not that much ground to cover. The biggest thing is that this job basically lives and dies by how good of a seller you are and how much of a people person you are. 80% of this job is just about making sales and hitting company quotas and the other 20% is visual merchandising, operational management, making schedules, etc.

Cons

In my district, the district manager kept badgering us about our numbers and moving goal post for us even when we were off the clock and getting in touch with him was nearly impossible. They're also really nitpicky when it comes to how you allocate hours and how you schedule people - even when the store is already meeting company goals. There's also just a lot of straight up favoritism in upper upper management and a lot of nonsense decisions the DM just made because of "vibes" and nothing else. They pushed a lot of unrealistic goals for stores on super short notice and they came up with a lot of ideas that were just kinda trash - while forcing us to swallow it and to try to make it work.

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