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Updated Jun 1, 2023

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Found 2,225 of over 2K reviews
3.4
52% Recommend to a Friend
Pacific Sunwear President, CEO, and Director Gary H. Schoenfeld
62% Approve of CEO

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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Pros and Cons after 9 months

    May 30, 2023 - Sales Associate 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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

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  2. 4.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Good PT Job

    Jun 1, 2023 - Customer Service in Tallahassee, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good pt job as a college student

    Cons

    A little far from campus if you have no car

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  4. 4.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Pretty decent

    May 31, 2023 - Temporary Sales Associate in West Hartford, CT
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    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.

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  5. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great Atmosphere Low Salaries

    May 22, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    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

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  6. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    easy going job

    May 23, 2023 - Sales Associate in Oklahoma City, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    awesome staff always things to do employee discount

    Cons

    hard to get promoted 10 an hour

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  7. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Pacsun

    May 24, 2023 - Sales Associate in Minneapolis, MN
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Not strenuous at all. Easy work

    Cons

    Managers think that your job is your career.

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  8. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Rating

    May 23, 2023 - Sales Representative in Orlando, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good employee benefits/discounts, good work environment

    Cons

    Heavy expectations, strict management, not friendly

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  9. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Fun and young

    May 22, 2023 - Retail Sales Associate in Danbury, CT
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Employee discount, friendly employees, flexible hours

    Cons

    Inconsistent hours, can get repetitive

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  10. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Lots of turnover

    Apr 19, 2023 - Store Manager in Las Vegas, NV
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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..

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  11. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Assisstant Manager at PACSUN

    May 29, 2023 - Assisstant Manager in Ventura, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - Employee discount - Improvement in social skills - Improvement in management

    Cons

    - Underpaid and overworked - Constant criticism from regional manager

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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.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pacific Sunwear employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pacific Sunwear. This rating has been stable over the past 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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