They wouldn’t hire a manager to save money - Sales Associate Victoria's Secret Employee Review

1.0
5 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

My coworkers were cool! There was a discount but it was 5% which didn’t make much of a difference considering one pair of underwear was about $35. Sometimes we would get given testers of lipstick and some perfumes

Cons

This job itself was fine, but the upper management was so slack and would expect so much. They wouldn’t even hire a manager, so they forced one of the long time employees to create the rosters and look after the store without any extra pay. We were all paid the minimum amount possible and forced to track the amount of customers that came in and out, then figure out the ratio of that number in comparison to our sales. If it wasn’t above some stupid percentage we would get shifts taken. The worst part was when we were forced into staying back until 1am doing a stocktake. We weren’t let out of the stockroom until we finished. This store has closed now, but if the upper management is anything to go off; please don’t work here. It’s not worth it.

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Pros

Environment in the DC, people, discount, job security

Cons

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1.0
18 June 2026
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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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