Abercrombie & Fitch Reviews

Pros

Promotion happens within the company! They genuinely want to groom and strongly encourage the growth of their management! They actually look forward to the day that your in their shoes! We work our asses off! But lord they really do want to see you succeed. They do not support an individual who is comfortable with staying in the same position and showing no passion for themselves nor the brand.

Cons

The hours are dreadful at times. But its retail. What do you expect???

Advice to Senior Management

We need raises. The salary should increase if we're able to continue to open so many stores internationally. We really love the brand. That's why we stay. But our compensation sometimes is not enough to get us through one week sometimes. You guys should really think about the little guys. Its really hard down here. Think about us too. Love you tho ;)

Pros

Good looking people
Good benefits
Cool atmosphere
Store discount

Cons

Low Salary
Long Hours
Reek of AF cologne everyday
Standing/walking a lot

Advice to Senior Management

Increase salary commensurate to work involved

Pros

The discounts are ok if you like the companies clothes, its good for college kids who want some extra money. management will work around your class time just be prepared to give up your weekends.

Cons

if your good you'll always be working, hours can be very long during the holidays and management can be as lost as you are sometimes.

Advice to Senior Management

Give your associates a little more training and study the product yourself. start promoting the people you want to stick around.

Pros

Learn from others who may inspire you
Fun environment
Learn ins and outs of running a business
Valuable experience for recent grads

Cons

Favortism hurts you
If disliked you will eventually feel bad about yourself
If you are disliked in any way or if you are struggling with something you will be pushed out and in some circumstances you will not be given help/tools to help you improve
If your stuck in the doghouse as listed above, don't expect positive praise often. Even when you start to feel proud of your accomplishments and want to talk about those positive experiences

Advice to Senior Management

Teach, Coach, Motivate! Provide balance of feedback. Peple want that praise...a blend of good and bad. Hearing praise/feedback makes you a better leader! (Learned/Shared Experience)

Pros

- Amazing co-workers that will probably end up becoming your close friends
- Very simple and easy tasks at work
- Customer interaction makes the day go by faster
- Flexible hours

Cons

- Low pay (But the job is pretty easy)
- Repetitive or boring tasks such as taglining or staying in the fitting rooms
- Low discount, only 30% off, with the exception of a few "Triple A" items that are 50% off.

Advice to Senior Management

- Try to be friendly to employees of all levels, including models and associates.
- Improve discounts, 30% off is slightly low considering the overpricing of A&F.

Pros

cool kids, discount, funtimes overall abercrombie and fitch is a fun cool place to work i really enjoyed my time there

Cons

Dress codes was a little annoying along with the fragrance headaches and only worsened with the loud bumping music woah

Advice to Senior Management

Take time to acknowledge your employees and give credit where credit it do lots of kids working hard they deserve apreciation

Pros

-Extremely flexible hours
-Fun work environment
-No extremely demanding tasks
-AAA Discount is good
-Regular employee discount is fair
-Never have to buy cologne...you can't work there without smelling like the store
-You get to say you got past the look filter used during the hiring process

Cons

-Sometimes you have to fight for hours
-Minimum wage (expected)
-Limited/no opportunities to advance into management
-No benefits/stock options for non-management positions
-They hire too many employees
-There's no set training program
-If you have a store manager that's not fun...you won't have a good experience.

Advice to Senior Management

Must give store managers more hours to work with per week. Must be more flexible with look policy concerning dress code. Store managers need to learn to make good working relationships with employees.

Pros

Loved everything about it. Home Office is beautiful and has a great vibe. Only quit the job because my husband got relocated overseas

Cons

The massive parking lot makes the walks into your building 10-20 mins.

Pros

Diversity, the brand name, the campus environment, exposure to senior executives on-campus

Cons

Repetitive work in some positions

Pros

- Discount is good if you really like the brand (if you work here, you probably do)
- Flexible hours

Cons

- Minimum wage
- You get tired easily
- The perfume might kill you
- The music is repetitive and makes you want to die