Chico's FAS Reviews

Pros

Beautiful, clean boutiques Quality product - easy to sell Good management - they want you to succeed They work around your schedule, as much as possible Decent wages for part-time entry level work

Cons

No full-time work, even for managers Little room for advancement unless you relocate

Pros

The people in my department (sourcing) are genuinely pleasant to work with - other departments it's a mixed bag. The work life balance is pretty decent - can work 9 to 6 with one hour lunch (others choose 8 to 5 so there's flexibility). They truly do make an effort to promote from within and place emphasis on professional development/ quarterly feedback reviews.

Cons

There are too many separate systems that do not talk to each other resulting in a lot of data entry, questionable data integrity (due to other depts not updating their info), and new excel charts very frequently being requested by leadership precisely because there is no central source for information.

Pros

The gym and company store

Cons

Office politics. Finger pointing. Outdated strategies and mindset. Old moldy buildings. No work life balance. Unethical practices. Out of touch overpaid Executives... The list could go on and on. Every horror story of a typical toxic workplace trait is baked into Chico's company culture. Read old and new reviews this has been true about the company for a long time not just since COVID. The company hires many out of state employees locks them into a two year contract so they cannot leave once they see how much of a mess this place is. Its the only way they can survive as its reputation locally has been TARNISHED for a while, and those not in a contract with a leg to stand on leave as quickly as they figure out what is going on here. The lay offs are ever looming. No one's job is ever safe, and it is FELT in the atmosphere. People are constantly on edge to prove they should stay. The company has constant turn over at ALL levels and at the higher levels this makes it impossible to stick to a strategy. I've heard many say working here was the worst move for their career. If you value you your sanity or simply being respected or having career growth this is not the company for you. The company laid off hundreds of employees during the COVID 19 pandemic without providing them severance, unless you were high up enough then they gave you something. Leaving the lower level hard working employees high and dry in a time of economic down turn. This is something THEY CHOSE TO DO, Chico's only did this because they thought they could get away with it under the shield of the madness of COVID. The way the company's finances are situated they could have provided AT LEAST some severance to everyone, but they chose not to, just because they could. While the new CEO gets a raise, former employees are out of work after giving years to the company with nothing in return to fall back on. Any time this company has the opportunity to screw over its employees in favor of a couple extra $ it will.

Pros

None that I can say

Cons

Don’t let them lure you in with the money. Management changed 3x in 1 yr. Cuts of 150+ happen yearly now. Stocks are continuing to tank. The campus is like a prison where they don’t even let you leave for lunch. Worst of all, they make Fort Myers seem like an oasis but seriously, before you even consider for a moment-understand this is not a place to be with a sinking ship of a company.