Best first job I could have asked for! - Sales Associate Vans Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company encourages you to be original and so it doesn't matter if you have a clean look or if you're all tatted up. There's always good music playing and it's a fun environment! Living in California I've been lucky to get to work some major Vans events and so if you work hard you get to be part of some amazing things!

Cons

Hard to get a raise or to move up in management. You often get told you're going to get promoted and then nothing happens for months and months.

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5.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was so nice and the job was very fun! I miss it every day.

Cons

Sometimes I didn't like the shoe designs.

3.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The environment is absolutely amazing with my coworkers and they are always supportive. Any issues that arise are met with a high level of humanity - on the base level of the people I work with, because I haven't really delt with corporate. It genuinely feels nice to work here when you have a team like mine. The culture of skating is absolutely amazing to learn about at VANs and be a part of as well. I like the history behind some of the shoes, but that's probably just because I'm a history nerd.

Cons

Part time doesn't get many hours or enough pay to survive off of. However, you can't become full time unless you get a higher position. Sadly, they are incredibly hard to get, due to the fact people seem to stay with VANs if they get that promotion, just because it seems to be great to work here once you have that higher position. As well as the usual shift is 4 hours, and sometimes you only get one shift a week. It's just incredibly hard to stay here when it can't even give you enough money on your paychecks to get a small amount of groceries that'll last one person two weeks.

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