Arden Group Reviews

Pros

Stable company with long-time presence in Southern California. Small company feel, though there are over 2,000 employees. Pleasant store level staff, middle management and most senior managers. Well-regarded name in the area.

Cons

Have not opened any stores in 8+ years. Depending upon your position in the company, you may have some small potential for promotions, but they are rare outside of the stores.

Advice to Senior Management

Grow the company instead of issuing large payouts to stockholders. Reinvest in the company. Focus on growing sales and not only on cutting costs.

Pros

Great place to work if your a student who needs flexible hours. They are very family oriented. During this recission, they are struggling with sales, since it is a upper class store, however, they have not announced any layoffs. Everybody is just geting their time reduced. Futhermore, if you work hard stay positive, provide excellent customer service you will be promoted. However, making it to upper management is tough, some store directors even take 10 years to be at where they are at right now.

Cons

The management does not listen to new ideas from employee's about making the company more profitable and offering differentiating from competition.

Advice to Senior Management

Take some business classes. Listen to your employee' s suggestion of new ideas. Get advice from employee's who have direct customer contact.

Pros

Benefits are some of the best in town with full dental and health etc., the union contracts are fair and provide good pay for what position you have in the store. The management is good at scheduling flexible hours that can work around school or another job. Many of the co-workers are nice and actually like what they do.

Cons

Poor management skills lead to bad customers which makes everyone's day bad. Poor communication and organization make small problems into larger ones. Some disgruntled employees make bad days contagious.

Advice to Senior Management

Less management but provide better communication.