F21 - Visual Assistant Forever 21 Employee Review

3.0
4 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The job on the surface was very fun, cool clothes, nice people for the most part but the upper management styles are in need of a major overhall. Overall, I learned a lot about how a retail business works and was given opportunity to display leadership through the training of employees.

Cons

At the same time, I also saw the negative effects of bad employee morale, bad management and do-nothing people in corporate. I was told that I was not good enough to be a manager. Despite the fact that the majority of management in this location regularly showed up late, left the training of employees to cashiers and sales associates (like myself), hired their friends, displayed poor communication to employees and showed rampant favoritism. I worked here while juggling a school schedule.

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5.0
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Pros

Schedule provides flexible hours s

Cons

Minimum wage salary, short breaks

5.0
12 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was decent, managers were nice, & was scheduled to work every day

Cons

One of the cons was that if you had closing shift during peak season, you weren't allowed to go home until everything was organized (around 1 am)

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