Very Family Orientated - Retail Sales Associate Vans Employee Review

4.0
29 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- The staff felt like a family. The company is very big on connecting with employees and customers. - Awesome environment! Not much cleaning compared to other retail stores. - 50% off for employee sales was dope.

Cons

- You can achieve your sales goals but still get disciplined for not adding enough socks. - The concept of bringing three boxes of shoes to a customer every time quickly creates "go backs", which is not fun when there is high traffic

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5.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

Safe driving practices Delivery and route management GPS and navigation systems Customer service excellence Time management Vehicle inspections Leader ship

Cons

I am still work in USA O do not have full fluency in English yet, but I am actively my skill.

3.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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