Pros
- Driven, intelligent workforce - Great brand - Fun events - There is a great opportunity for success at this company IF you play the game - This company has a great outlook in terms of product and sales. However, the cost is to their employees who are overworked, and are constantly fixing operations on the fly overtime.
Cons
- You either fit the culture and love it, or you don't match the "Aritzia image" and get squeezed out. The exception to this is in the IT teams with a very different (and much friendlier) sub-culture. - High turnover in all areas of the organization means everything is always in a state of transition, people are continually covering for others, and knowledge is constantly being lost. - Operationally, things always break down, and there is a new 5-alarm fire almost weekly requiring "all-hands on deck". - Considering the caliber of people hired, the ideas, tools, processes, and techniques they bring to Aritzia are often shutdown in favor of the existing status-quo. - Industry best practices are not followed, and often, ethically questionable decisions are made. - Extremely political environment where seniority trumps reason. - You either love it, or hate it. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground at this company.