Proceed with caution - SSC lululemon Employee Review

2.0
29 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lululemon sounds great from the outside but once you get inside, the culture is toxic. - Prepaid debit card to pay for fitness classes for the month - Work from home benefits - Casual work attire - Discount on clothing - Multiple offices: Cornwall, Burrard, Homer & West 4th - Fun summer outings: Seawheeze, Sunset Festival, Summer outings

Cons

- Disorganization : For a company that is achieving to reach $5B in business in the next five years, invest more in your infrastructure and long term goals for the company. Stay consistent in your messaging and don't say things just to drive the share price up. - No sense of direction : Lululemon doesn't know where it stands in the marketplace right now. Comps and traffic are down and they are trying to gain marketshare by getting involved in the shoe and bike industry. I thought we were supposed to be a mindfulness business? - Poor management : My director didn't know how to manage a team and the responsibilities required of her position. Although there is manager core training classes, HR needs to be honest about who is fully equipped to manage people and make actionable decisions based on feedback. - Outdated systems. The systems are so outdated its embarrassing. There is no consistency amongst record keeping or reports. - High turnover. In my current tenure, The longest tenured individual on my team is 2 years. Out of the five individuals she has been managing, there is constant turn over. My business partners seem to change every 6 months due to company "reorganization"

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Cons

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The benefits with the sweaty Pursuits is good and the insurance is good too! You get a team that you get to put together and get to know them and see what works for you guys to be successful in a processing shift!

Cons

The nights are long and very overworked. They ask a lot from you and usually they put the business before you. It’s always we need this and that from the managers but not actually taking time to help or to actually see that we are trying our best and if they actually worked a shift with us and saw the struggles they would understand more. They think it’s easy, when the weight of the store depends on us. You are also qualified as a Guest Experience lead since you have to do both trainings so the management do over utilise that and you will be doing two jobs. Even though it says in the description to support the floor but there’s a difference between supporting from time to time and doing it all the time where you are running the floor and the back at the same time but they’ll say “oh why isn’t this done?” Maybe because you’ve told me to help you out ? The are also very selective about who moves up to be a manager. No work life balance at all!

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