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    River Island Clothing Reviews

    Updated Oct 13, 2019

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    Found 955 reviews

    3.1
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    70%
    Approve of CEO
    River Island Clothing CEO Ben Lewis
    Ben Lewis
    289 Ratings
    Pros
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    • "Long hours, targets to meet can be hard" (in 50 reviews)

    • "Although the pay is slightly over minimum wage I don’t think the company do enough for their staff" (in 47 reviews)

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    1. "Good company to work for"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Floor Manager 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good progression Good benefits Friendly Team Never Gets Boring Great first job

      Cons

      Dont appreciate management instores enough Some store managers take advantage

      Advice to Management

      be more fair to your team! they're the ones helping you to make your store a success. Don't make them miserable!

      River Island Clothing2019-10-13

    2. "nice place to work for"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Adviser in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      friendly staff and mangement , nice clothes

      Cons

      not all management are nice

      Advice to Management

      be more understanding of employees and situations

      River Island Clothing2019-10-12
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    3. "Good place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Assistant Buyer in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Great training and learning / development team Nice office with good selection of food/ drinks/canteen Interesting / compelling work

      Cons

      Slow progression Fast pace can mean long hours depending on team Office is next to a tip so can be a bit smelly in the summer

      River Island Clothing2019-10-12

    4. "decent part time job"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Sales Assistant 
      Recommends

      I worked at River Island Clothing part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      discounts 40% discounts on sale items at the end good management

      Cons

      pay is rather low for london wage

      River Island Clothing2019-10-07

    5. "Good company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Retail Sales Assistant 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing part-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Great people to meet. Good hours to suit me.

      Cons

      Other people not pulling weight

      River Island Clothing2019-10-02

    6. "Good option if you are a student"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at River Island Clothing part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Worked with good people and the managers were easy going and supportive

      Cons

      Very repetitive Working in the stockroom, sometimes under staffed, the expectations of meeting targets was unrealistic.

      River Island Clothing2019-10-12

    7. "The 'People' (HR) Team fell apart at the seams!!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Head Office Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at River Island Clothing full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Discount, gym, In the past....the culture

      Cons

      - High turnover of staff - Clear and obvious favouritism - Unfair and unequal treatment across the teams - Very poor communication While working here I watched the company go from a people focused, successful, brilliant place to work to unfortunately .... a horrible place to be with no interest in its people and awful communication. It's hard to say why or when it happened but believe its partly due to a... revolving door in the role of HRD and the fact I worked in the People Team, most of who were thoroughly miserable. How can a company thrive when its 'people people' the core of the business ...don't want to be there anymore. Promotions are given based on personal feeling/preference rather than hard work, skill and talent. At one point while we had no HRD one of the Heads of within the team quickly promoted various people (their friends) into newly created roles they had minimal skill in without it be advertised internally or even spoken about....our own recruitment team weren't even aware of it. This action went against the internal process the company had in place and left a bad taste. There was quite honestly one rule for one and a different rule for others made worse by the fact that decision making in the team is not regulated as its assumed to all be above board...being that its HR- this was not the case. Bad, sneaky and childish behaviours which stemmed specifically from the top in that team left it a toxic environment beyond saving. Only the CEO stepping in would have helped, an unbiased view for once......you would hope.

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      Advice to Management

      Somebody senior outside of that team needs to take a long hard look at it and talk to the remaining team members to understand what is happening and address the max exodus of smart, committed, talented people

      River Island Clothing2019-10-11

    8. "Great company to work with"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Sales Advisor in Glasgow, Scotland

      I have been working at River Island Clothing full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      discount is great and the hours

      Cons

      Long days and hard hours

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing good

      River Island Clothing2019-09-25

    9. "Fast paced"

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      Current Employee - Part-time Sales Advisor in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      40% discount and free uniform of choice from the store's full price clothing

      Cons

      Sometimes management can be inconsiderate and no commission/bonuses awarded for continuous hard work

      River Island Clothing2019-09-25

    10. "Great 1st job"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Stafford, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at River Island Clothing part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great team environment and perks

      Cons

      Not enough effort given by management to acknowledge staff hard work

      River Island Clothing2019-09-24
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