Working at The Gap in Los Angeles, CA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Los Angeles, CA Area

Item: The Gap
Rating: 4.1
Author: Store Manager

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On average, employees in Los Angeles, CA at The Gap give their company a 2.1 rating out of 5.0 based on 2, whereas overall Average Rating of The Gap is 3.7 out of 5.0 based on 123 The Gap Review Ratings. The happiest The Gap employees in Los Angeles, CA are Store Managers submitting an average rating of 4.0 and General Managers with a rating of 0.0.

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Company Culture

3.6

Growth Opportunities

3.4

People You Work With

4.2

Person You Work For

3.7

Rewards You Receive

3.6

Support You Get

3.4

Way You Work

3.8

Work Setting

3.9

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"Pros: - Beautiful building. - Everyone is very nice. Cons: - You silently stare in the eyes of a co-worker for 10 minutes every morning (this is not a joke). - No flexibility with work hours. - Required to attend 3 day long pep rallies, work weekends, and sales meetings after hours with no pay compensation. - Whether or not you are a consultant you must go through an extensive consultant training program. - Things move at a snails pace, everything requires the approval of a lot of different people. - You are forced to share your feelings and personal life, with a microphone, in front of 250 people. - Overbearing environment. - It feels like a bunch of kids are trying to act like adults and play office (doesn't feel like real work, you constantly do things and think "why are we doing this..." with the answer always being "it builds connectivity/affinity). - You do exercises and attend meetings more than you actually work. - You are encouraged to take on new roles and accountabilities and are not compensated other than a pat on the back. - People tell each other "I love you" way more than is comfortable (this started after my first month, very uncomfortable). - They want to enroll your friends and family into their programs, they never stop asking. - Starting pay is well below the average. - A lot of workers (at least half) are married/ family, there is a heavy bias because of this. - Zero tolerance for working remotely/ flex schedule (very "breakthrough"). I have not felt this uncomfortable since High School."

Posted 9 years ago in Springfield, PA

Working at The Gap in Los Angeles, CA: 2 Employee Reviews

Store Manager

in Los Angeles, CA

"Was a great company, but the vision weas always changing."

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"I love to see people grow within a company. I love the passion people have when you have success"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You have to love retail,driving sales and working with customers to be great at what you do!!!"

What don't you like about working at The Gap?

"I did not enjoy the company constant change in leadership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think you need to build a strong core team and create an internal talent poll"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5

Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5

Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

General Manager

in Los Angeles, CA

"work and grow with a leader in the industry! a cut above all other retailers!"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"the people, culture, work environment, balance personal/work life, growth potential and great education around owning and managing a business."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"success and advancement will depend on how well one assimilates to the gap culture and ability to deliver results. be able to do more with less and run it like you own it."

What don't you like about working at The Gap?

"low payroll, hours not adequate in relation to amount of traffic, meeting customer demands and expectations.slowed opportunity for advancement into dm role"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"invest in your stores and customers through more payroll so they can deliver the best shopping experience possible!"