23 Jan 2024
prAna Living
Part of Columbia Sportswear
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prAna Living reviews about "work life balance"
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7 reviews
4.0
8 Aug 2014
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This has been one of the best jobs I've had. Personally, I was surrounded with great management and a wonderful sales team. I could not speak higher of the employees at the store I was in. It really felt like a family environment within the store. Pleasant to go to work everyday, boosts and encouragement when you needed it, etc. Benefits were great and the company offers a good deal to buy current seasonal products. The discount is also very generous and almost unheard of within retail companies. Work life balance was a little tricky during holidays but overall, very understanding of personal life situations. Pay is very good for retail (we were paid once a week during my time here) and the bonus incentives are attainable and a great add on to your paycheck. Most everyone from corporate that I met was pleasant and knew your name.
Cons
No major problems during my time here other than typical retail woes. Sometimes it's slow and you can't make your personal goal for the day. It depends who your manager is but mine understood that we were all hard workers and tried our best everyday. I can see where the personal sales goals would become a problem for others with the wrong team and manager. Close to the time I left things started to change a little bit. Home office lost a bit of it's friendliness and started to become the "corporate" environment that I don't think it wanted to become. We had a visit from some people at home office and not one of them bothered to introduce themselves to me or the sales associate on duty. While the store manager was on a phone call in back, they sat in our comfy chairs and kept to themselves instead of interacting with us or even just shaking our hand. It was like we weren't good enough to talk to. In the past during these visits, everyone was warm and wanted to talk to you and get your opinion on the store, on foot traffic, on the product line. It was very off putting. This same scenario happened again before I left and it was just...well... it made me feel like I wasn't part of prAna.
3.0
3 Jan 2024
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Pros
Benefits, internal team, supportive coworkers
Cons
Work life balance, hybrid schedule, non-transparent leadership, owned by a corporation
4.0
6 Sept 2015
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Emphasis on maintaining work/life balance, focus on the positive customer experience, mostly fair trade and organic product inventory, relaxed corporate culture that truly encourages maintaining personal wellness and living life outdoors, open communication about all company goals, benefits after 30 days as a full time employee, cool perQ's (perks) that include discounts, bonuses, and gym memberships
Cons
It *could* be a "Dream Job" provided more training and development happened at the retail level - some employees seem frustrated that their position feels as though it's staying static, and some employees who hold management positions have things that they could fine tune in order to create a more positive work environment
5.0
5 Mar 2019
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Amazing people, the company always cares about there employees and rewards them with increase of pay, great work/life balance
Cons
Warehouse moved to Portland, super bummer!!
2.0
13 Sept 2021
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Pros
-relaxed, casual environment -my boss was flexible, and always understanding
Cons
-lack of career path/growth -hr is for the company, not the people -"family" culture is no longer there -work/life balance is not really balanced
3.0
2 Jul 2024
Recommend
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Pros
Working on great product and great coworkers
Cons
Not a lot of opportunities for advancement
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