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Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera
Current Employee – been working at Zara full-time for more than a year
Pros – Its honor of Time ,We have to work 8 hour not more than not less than,
Cons – There is not having its own principal......
Advice to Senior Management – To take care the downside management...........
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2012-07-15 11:51 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Zara full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Opportunity for growth if you work hard
Many women in corporate positions is a major plus at Zara
Many great coworkers
Trips for full time staff (to work and meet at other stores)
Business trips for full time staff!
Never a dull moment/ Always busy
Hard work pays off if you have the right management
Great benefits if you are full time
PTO, Holidays
Great vacation benefits!
Decent pay
A great company to work for if you love the latest fashion trends
Fun new collections every few weeks. One of the only great stores in Tampa
Cons – I would have liked to see more staff stick around, but that's retail.
The hours are those of retail always a different schedule
Advice to Senior Management – No comment at this time
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-16 07:26 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Zara
Pros – Good friendly work enviornment at Zara
Cons – no cons as it is a good place
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-10 08:53 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Zara part-time for more than a year
Pros – -Fun Co-workers
-Great atmosphere if you're into fashion
-Position allows for you to be creative in engaging with customers which makes it fun
Cons – -Standing around all day
-Hard to get breaks at a scheduled time
-Employee discount is basically nonexistent (covers tax percentage)
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-07 04:16 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Zara
Pros – Best pay in retail
Good quality product
Cons – Long hours - You do at least 5- 60 hours a week
High expectations
– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-07 06:42 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Zara part-time for more than a year
Pros – * Great coworkers.
* New items every week.
* Decent hours.
Cons – * Favoritism.
* No work/life balance.
* Not enough pay for all of the work.
Advice to Senior Management – Interact with your employees more often.
2013-05-07 11:13 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Zara full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Fashion forward. Good benefits for salary employees.
Cons – Employee discount. Pay raise. Unprofessional.
Advice to Senior Management – Communication is the key.
2013-05-04 22:25 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Zara full-time for more than a year
Pros – Learn how to manage a large staff
Develops your management and planning skills
Cons – Extremely long hours.
Poor recruiting process.
Advice to Senior Management – A more flexible and fair schedule for the store managers. Employees also have a personal life.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-03 15:03 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Zara part-time for more than a year
Pros – -Nice store
-Flexible hours
-I worked at Men's department at Michigan avenue and I loved it!
Cons – -It gets really busy since it is a very touristic area so weekends are crazy
-The discount you get in the store is just 15%
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-27 07:03 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Zara full-time for more than a year
Pros – multi-cultural environment, opportunities to grow fast in the company,
Cons – stressful working place, everybody talks behind their back, promising contracts(after potential programmes),but eventually nothing happens, rotation of the workers and managers very high, rude and lazy managers, poor 15% discount on clothes!!
Advice to Senior Management – appreciate more sales assistants and responsable (they are a huge part of your commission)!!!!!!!!!
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-28 11:33 PDT
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