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      rue21 Reviews

      2.7

      31% would recommend to a friend

      (2,547 total reviews)

      Bill Brand

      33% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity and inclusion

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.7

      Culture and values

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Senior management

      2.4

      Compensation and benefits

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      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.

      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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