Does rue21 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, rue21 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at rue21. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at rue21?

31% of rue21 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated rue21 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at rue21?

Sales Associate (512) , Assistant Manager (310) , Store Manager (289) , Retail Sales Associate (92) , Manager (56) , Assistant Store Manager (51) , Sales Associate/Cashier (49) , FT Assistant Manager (43) , Part Time Assistant Manager (43) , Full Time Assistant Manager (40) , Part Time Sales Associate (33) , Cashier (30) , Retail Store Manager (17) , ASM- Assistant Store Manager (13) , District Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at rue21 according to real employee reviews?

"I love the people I work with and the job is great!!!" ((in 113 reviews)); "Coworkers were nice" ((in 86 reviews)); "Flexible scheduling since my sophomore year in high school until my second year in college." ((in 54 reviews)); "Benefits and discount are good" ((in 50 reviews)); "fun work environment" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at rue21 according to real employee reviews?

"Low Pay and Management isn’t the best" ((in 274 reviews)); "Poor management the GM can hire all their friends and push out anyone they don’t like by having everyone pick on them." ((in 142 reviews)); "District and Regional Managers have a god complex." ((in 117 reviews)); "Long hours and pushing credit cards" ((in 83 reviews)); "There is no work life balance here and lots of micromanagement." ((in 58 reviews))

What are employees saying about rue21 redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about rue21 redundancy and their outlook for job security at rue21 in 2026.

rue21 Reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(2,547 total reviews)

Bill Brand

33% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (2,547 reviews)

rue21 has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,547 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The rue21 employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews

2.0

25 June 2026

Supportive manager but toxic environment and unrealistic demands

Email & sms marketing coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Amazing direct manager, always pitching in and helping since we were understaffed

Cons

Everything else: lack of structure, taking on the responsibilities of a more advanced role and not being compensated for the additional work, upper management’s unrealistic expectations, toxic leadership/environment.

4.0

8 May 2026

good start to retail

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

they provide lots of training

Cons

always having to push frag nobody wants

1.0

14 Apr 2026

!¡!Run!¡!

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

there is absolutely none, if you’re asking about the discount it’s 20%

Cons

requires professional references, which is fine, but then won’t respect you schedule when needing to finish out your two weeks. No communication up the line, you have to answer to a list of people but none respond or work with you. Ancient pos systems, takes a whole 90 seconds to get a receipt to a customer, refuses refunds. you can issue one but you have to fallow up with emails which would be harmless if it weren’t for the scoldings you get to make the customer happy when that’s all they want. Low quality training, we went over how to read a list for 3 days, but then when it came to actual fictions of the store you just had to know what do do with prior experience. it’s actually just a huge mess from the top down. the store i walked into had the whole prior team on strike and left.

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Supportive manager but toxic environment and unrealistic demands

good start to retail

!¡!Run!¡!

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