Pacific Sunwear Reviews
Updated Jun 1, 2023
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- "Sometimes take on managerial roles for a dollar raise and do the same work the Assitant managers do." (in 96 reviews)
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- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Depends on who you work with but easy to get hours
Cons
HR moved the issue from store to store versus dealing with the issue itself
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good pt job as a college student
Cons
A little far from campus if you have no car
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pretty decent
May 31, 2023 - Temporary Sales Associate in West Hartford, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Super nice and friendly management and employees
Cons
Not always a lot of things to get done- you may be standing around a lot doing nothing.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Great Atmosphere Low Salaries
May 22, 2023 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great working environment and most employees are genuine.
Cons
Salaries start lower that other companies and they’d rather use out dated systems for day to day purposes to pay influencers up to 6 figures on a regular basis
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
easy going job
May 23, 2023 - Sales Associate in Oklahoma City, OKRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
awesome staff always things to do employee discount
Cons
hard to get promoted 10 an hour
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Not strenuous at all. Easy work
Cons
Managers think that your job is your career.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good employee benefits/discounts, good work environment
Cons
Heavy expectations, strict management, not friendly
- Former Employee★★★★★
Fun and young
May 22, 2023 - Retail Sales Associate in Danbury, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Employee discount, friendly employees, flexible hours
Cons
Inconsistent hours, can get repetitive
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The store itself was cool. Really chill vibe and nice clothes you don’t feel like you have to “sell” they sell themselves.
Cons
I started as an ASM. Two weeks into training my SM left me the keys and told me she was quitting the same day. I then became SM after a few interviews. Over the course of my few years with Pacsun I had a new Dm almost every 3-6 months. The turnover and lack of training/consistency was huge. Payroll was a joke. I was also told by a Dm that during holidays I was suppose to hire “ethnic” looking people to deter theft..
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Assisstant Manager at PACSUN
May 29, 2023 - Assisstant Manager in Ventura, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Employee discount - Improvement in social skills - Improvement in management
Cons
- Underpaid and overworked - Constant criticism from regional manager
Pacific Sunwear Reviews FAQs
Pacific Sunwear has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 2,277 reviews left anonymously by employees. 52% of employees would recommend working at Pacific Sunwear to a friend and 44% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.
52% of Pacific Sunwear employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Pacific Sunwear 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Pacific Sunwear to be benefits, workplace, coworkers and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.
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