Pros
Excellent employee discount across brands. Creates a very good networking opportunity. No Christmas music during the holidays. Excellent learning experience.
Cons
I worked as a supervisor for Vans, for over two years. My experience is limited to my district, but I absolutely would not recommend investing into this company. Corporate Vans would like you to believe in "Heart Share", which is essentially a lure to convince you that although things are not great, they could be worse. In my opinion, the things that are most problematic with Vans, is lack of opportunity for growth, and an incredibly high turn-over rate. Management for Vans is quite extensive and you are usually demanded to perform tasks outside of your job description and above your pay. Going the extra mile with lack of incentive and no hope for promotions is draining on the employees. Vans is probably one of the most disorganized companies that I have worked for. Nearly every operational task falls on the same week, every month. The tasks are manageable, if you are experienced and provided with adequate payroll. The poorly made operational schedules create a high-stress environment which often leaves employees feeling discouraged and unmotivated. Although they would like you to believe otherwise, the company does discriminate. There are rules and guidelines that are applied to certain employees that are not applied to others. For instance, I witnessed my SM commit theft multiple times and was asked to keep quiet by LP. The reasoning behind this is simple, it costs more to replace a SM than it does to take the loss of merchandise. There will be issues at every single company that you work for, however, I do not believe things will get better at Vans. If you are unhappy, I would suggest that you get out as soon as you can. Do not continue to hold out for hope, invest into a company that in return, will invest into you.