A company that used to be fun to work for. - Anonymous employee Old Navy Employee Review

2.0
15 May 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It has great employee benefits still like health benefits and PTO, etc. There are still great advantages like benefits for same-sex partners and other great things that have made this company an advanced and thoughtful company to work for.

Cons

They have recently taken a down-turn because they are focusing on the bottom dollar in the bad economy. They have lost the focus on the employee and turned their focus towards the all mighty dollar. They say they are focused on customer service, when really they will do anything they can to berate and stress out management to do whatever it takes to "force" and "cheat" to get the right customer service numbers in, or else they will be threatened with their jobs or be put under corrective action. This is simply a shame. I have seen people with decades of experience (DM's and senior management) leave the company recently due to these changes and it's sad. Don Fischer, who founded the company, and just recently passed away, would be so saddened to see this happening to his legacy.

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Cons

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