Loved the job, Hated upper management. - Category Manager Victoria's Secret Employee Review

2.0
11 Sept 2012
Recommend
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Pros

co-workers, contributing to customer's confidence, friendly competition. I want to be clear: The COMPANY is amazing- the things they believe in, their community out-reach, etc. However they drop the ball with upper management and not evaluating them properly from the viewpoint of assocaites and anyone under Store Managers.

Cons

pathetic pay for associates: go to a foodstore or bank and you'll make at least $2 more oer hour. No respect from upper management. Major favoritism- if they don't like you, they will force you out. They claim to care about a work-life balance, this is not the case. You are expected to drop everything and make changes in your day to accommodate their needs if someone calls out.

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Cons

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Pros

Have met some amazing coworkers. Brand itself is fun.

Cons

Sudden Return to Work mandate 3 days in NY or OH SIX years after COVID. Any current employees outside of those states are being let go if they don’t uproot their lives and relocate. Many employees in those states built their lives around what seemed to be a permanent remote flexibility arrangement (most companies went back in 23). When Hillary Super came on she even stated in one of her first Q&A’s on remote work that where people do their jobs wasn’t a big concern for her as long as we continued to drive the business forward. The business is doing the best it ever has in the last five years. Leadership reasoning for mandate is continuing to fall flat. Mandate came absolutely out of NOWHERE.

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