No room for advancement. - Store Manager Vans Employee Review

2.0
18 Oct 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Store atmosphere is up beat and fun. Benefits for full time management are top quality with good choices between companies and plans. Company history is awesome.

Cons

You will work harder here than at other comparable retailers. Upper management is disconnected from the store level and reality of task work. There is no career path in place for store managers. You will not be promoted past store manager because management knows this problem exists where they are not creating in house district managers. New programs are rolled out poorly with weak training and little support from the corporate and district manager level. Your effort and time are not appreciated. You can never do enough to succeed. The company is going away from it's founders ideals.

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5.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was so nice and the job was very fun! I miss it every day.

Cons

Sometimes I didn't like the shoe designs.

3.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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