French Connection Reviews

Current Employee – been working at French Connection full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Short lines of communication
Motivates, values and connects with employees
Good benefits
Trust in the management team on the particular needs of the business
Constantly looking for ways to improve
Promotes from within
Positive outlook and attitude

Cons – No raises in three years but it's understandable considering the current economic situation
Very few stores in the US market

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at French Connection part-time for less than a year

Pros – 70 percent discount for sales associate, however there is a limit to how many items you can purchase
additional 30 percent off sale items
Small boutique style
Small and can be family style and inviting with the right managment

Cons – No growth opportunities once you are a keyholder.
Corporate and district managers are very condescending,petty and have indecent communication methods
No training for any positions
very unorganized

Advice to Senior Management – Work as a team instead of pointing the finger
Get to know you associates
You set the tone for the atmosphere of your store and depending on how well you treat your employees is how long they will stay.
Balance and equal opportunity is also very important.
Lastly, Do not judge a book by its cover, I think managers missed out on a lot of valuable team members because they were so caught up on appearances.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at French Connection part-time for more than a year

Pros – Feel very open and ready to be apart of what is next in fashion.

Cons – No true push for growth. Can feel stagnant in position.

Advice to Senior Management – Push for growth

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at French Connection full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great discount. 70% your first 3 items every month than 30% after that.
loved the energy at the store
great staff
loved the clothing there!
flexible schedule

Cons – customers trying on 11 dresses than buying 1....
go backs were out of control sometimes

Advice to Senior Management – Wish you would open more stores instead of closing them down like 2 years ago there was like 12 stores gone... :(

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at French Connection as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Lunch and parking expense included.

Cons – Not much opportunity to move up

Former Employee – worked at French Connection full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great costumer service, competative salaries, good products and encourage from coorperate to adnvance.
The company allows you to advance fast if your interested and ready. If your a hard worker, your definately going to see the pay.

Cons – Poor attitude by management to staff, constant changes in staff and dificult to get along with others do to fights about sales

Advice to Senior Management – Lead by example. Teach sales associates how to do thejob better instead of replacing them so often.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at French Connection full-time for more than a year

Pros – They encourage you to take ownership in your store because the compensation package is dependent on store volume. Generous bonuses and lax hours are a plus but can lead to frustration as if everyone is taking a break whose working?

Cons – A transitioning brand always has the lingering issue of solvency - will I be employed tomorrow? If you can get past that and want great opportunity it could be a good fit.

Advice to Senior Management – Take more personal responsibility for the company's shortcomings.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at French Connection

Pros – The discount was pretty great. 60% off 2 tops and 1 bottom every month plus 30% of sale all the time. You do have to wear french connection but they are pretty lenient, they allow you to have your own style. Just don't wear anything that obvious couldn't pass as french connection.

Cons – Sometimes they get way too crazy about sales goals, there was some serious micromanaging, evident favouritism, and management can be pretty catty. They don't allow you to hang out with coworkers at all (but who actually listens to that haha)

Advice to Senior Management – My advice to french connection management is to be a little anal about the sales goal. It's about customer experience guys! And get the men's line up to par!

Current Employee – been working at French Connection

Pros – great place to work. upper management is great to work for. closing stores is a drawback though. great job to network.

Cons – they are closing a bunch of stores in the near future. no real timeline as to when that is happening

Advice to Senior Management – prepare yourself for the next step

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at French Connection

Pros – A place to gain experience.. get in and get out.

Cons – Performance assessments seemed to be done in vain, despite exceeding expectations repeatedly there where no pay increases or incentives.

Advice to Senior Management – Field managers are not held accountable for results, there is no differentiation between performers and under performers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend