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Updated Aug 10, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Flexible scheduling since my sophomore year in high school until my second year in college." (in 38 reviews)
- "The pay is low for the amount of tasking involved and constant moving of stuff (for no reason except to move it around)." (in 218 reviews)
- "Poor management the GM can hire all their friends and push out anyone they don’t like by having everyone pick on them." (in 103 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Share ideas with the whole staff.
Cons
Getting along with other coworkers.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Was my first job and had a lot of fun. Always had friendly staff. Expects you to work instead of sitting there on your phone.
Cons
Had credit cards that they kept pushing on us to make people apply didn't get commission of it either, made us sell fragrance which is fine... but if people don't want to buy it they don't want to buy it!, annoying things happen that make you stressed out
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
I love this brand. Very affordable.
Cons
Very affordable products, and good brand
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very nice employee discount on clothes
Cons
The pay was lower than competitors
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits Bonuses Good environment
Cons
Low pay for work No guarantee for a performance raise
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good people, life work balance
Cons
Pay is below what other companies around the area are paying
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Visual Merchandise, cute clothes and discount. They're slowly starting to care about their associates at least at locations that do well.
Cons
high theft, pushy with perfume sale quotas. If you are too good at your job, they wont promote you to keep turnover down, UNLESS they absolutely have to and if you speak up.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Employee discount and good sales
Cons
Working late when customers shop late
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Great associates, employee discount, cute clothes
Cons
Pay, no benefits if you’re not full time, hours are not consistent
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Fast pace, cool customers, employee discounts.
Cons
Low pay, no work/ life balance.
rue21 Reviews FAQs
rue21 has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 2,077 reviews left anonymously by employees. 50% of employees would recommend working at rue21 to a friend and 32% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
50% of rue21 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated rue21 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at rue21 to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be work life balance, compensation, management.
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