Pros

Overall the company is a leader in the retail industry and does many things very well. The store level leadership is strong and talented as are the senior leaders within the organization.

Cons

There is almost no work/life balance. While this normally would not be an issue for me the company tends to go out of the way to talk about work/life balance and then do nothing to back up the words. They are relatively generous with the amount of paid time off the allot their associates but it then give them a hard time when you try and take it. The issue lies within the middle managers, not the senior leadership. They need to either improve this culture or just stop talking about the work/life balance issue all together.

Advice to Senior Management

In Limited Brands culture a lot is done around Teach, Test, Trust and I think that the senior leadership trusts before they test when it comes to their middle of the road managers. The culture the company states that have and the culture the associates want to have are not represented in the middle level of management. They want to get things done no matter what it takes and/or who it hurts and I believe they suffer for it as an organization