rue21 Employer Reviews

customer service being a sales person, team work and how to create style and fashion great employees management poor and lies way to much fun environment get to wear what you want hardest is trying to get your sales up on selling your product for the company cause each person has a quote to hit.

If your looking to be challenged as a manager, than this job is for you. This company is heavily task driven. Although some days are better than others, expect having to execute floor visuals on top of doing a multiple page markdown. Other days expect any kind of item pull to be done that requires the use of one register out of two to complete all while – more... you are open for business. Good luck if you are a high traffic store because while these tasks are simple, sometimes its nearly impossible to complete while providing customer service and selling fragrance that is expected of you. The payroll they provide is a joke and the higher ups wonder why you have shipment still sitting in your backroom. There isn't enough floor coverage and time to do the simplest of tasks. You do get 50% monthly discounts and having great employees and fun customers around you makes the days alot easier to get through. There is amazing opportunities for growth within the company at a fast rate, however with the workload given the pay and benefits are not worth it. – less

I was finally glad that a company took my background seriously but was really disappointed when I discovered that there were over 6 Assistant Managers even though they just hired me in as one. I spent more time in the cold, boring fitting room than performing management task and became very discouraged and bored with my position. I also left because – more... I was only scheduled to work one day a week! – less

The company is growing so fast and it really is a great place to advance, but it is very hard to balance your workload and personal life as a store manager sometimes. They expect you to be available at any time. They will and do expect a lot out of you and our never concerned with your life outside work. There is always way too many tasks to get done – more... and not enough payroll. The training is also very rushed and not very thorough. You pretty much have to just figure it out on your own. The higher up management can be pretty pushy and intense about sales and those awful fragrances. Its not all bad though, I've learned a lot working here and have really learned how to drive sales and marketing events and have gotten some great time management skills. There is always something to do. Never a boring day at rue. – less

I love working for Rue21! It is a very upbeat and fun environment to work in.

I loved my in store team during my two years working at rue21. However, Corporate is very much about perfume sales and require employees to harass every customer as they walk into the store.

As a manager the pay is TERRIBLE and the work load and tasks per day is high. LOTS of busy work! There are no bonuses for managment, unless you are a SM, and even then it is small. If you are looking for a good source of income and not wanting to live check to check, this is not for you.

Wow a typical day would be to come to work have a nice little conversation with staff laugh figure things out,then go straight to work rocking out shipment till about2pm.I then start cleaning my mess up dumping the trash,and putting things up by the time im done its 3pm time to clock out.

This is a great place to work! I started off as a seasonal worker and now I'm staying on past the holidays. A typical day includes folding clothes, selling fragrances, assisting customers with their needs, and cleaning the store. Management is great and understanding as long as you do your job. I enjoy working with my co workers simply because we can – more... joke around and still be productive. we also engage in a friendly competition to see who can sell the most fragrances. I would say the hardest part of the job is cleaning up after customers when they rip through tables and GOBACKS- if you don't know the store, this will be hard. But my favorite thing to do is put out new stuff! This is quite easy. – less

If you like fast paced advancement, Rue21 is the company for you. However, if you have a family, they expect you to work 6 days a week, work past your 40 hours and do not get any compensation for the extra time. They expect you to do what corporate wants you to do and plus more. Corporate may seen 4 tasks to complete that day, plus we get shipment every – more... day. They expect us to sell fragrance as a measure of customer service and service the customer and do shipment all at the same time. The job is really stressful and they do not equal the pay according to what the job requires. – less

I love it here the girls I work with are awesome and so are the customers.

A typical day at work is for me would be helping customers and processing shipment. I have learned the different techniques of merchandising a store, changing promotions for sales, completed markdowns, redoing floor plans, knowing the sales for the day and what goal our store is to reach.As far as management there it needs a bit of work. My co-workers – more... are wonderful people and I enjoy working with them. There is no hard part to this job if you just come in and get your wok done. The most enjoyable part of the job is coming in to work and working with customers. – less

First of all, this job is really easy. Your three main objectives are: 1) Sell fragrances; 2) Make daily sales numbers; and 3) zone (clean the store). I tried really hard and excelled in this company. After less than a year, I was promoted to manager. That's where the problems started. This doesn't reflect on the company, but simply my situation at – more... the time: the manager was unethical and power-abusive. The managers were constantly trying to get people sacked in dirty ways. It was an exhausting environment for me, and I left shortly after. The actual job is fun; I liked meeting new people and personal shopping with customers. – less

I leanred a lot of things working for this corporation and was run downed a lot. Over worked. Underpaid.

Great place to work if you are not a single parent trying to support a family.

I really enjoyed the customer base I created but the company on a whole has no care for what you are bringing to the table. They would rather listen to the drama starting management instead of seeing how well the good managers are doing. The company would rather keep bad managers because they see good managers as a threat. Very discriminatory company. – more... The lp manager looks like a drug attic from the crack corner in Tennessee. Worst company you could work for! – less

Lazy managers and non committed workers! Not a place I would consider working its a horrible organization .

I was hired on as a part time assistant manager, since then i had two promotions in the past two years, i was promoted to full time and received the title as a etc-era specialized having my own department in the store is a challenging but rewarding position. I enjoy the people i work with, the hardest part about my job is making the time for every department. – more... The most enjoyable part of my job is interacting with many different people. – less

My take on the company...
This is not a company for the worker who is NOT up for a challenge. It is hard work and yes, there is a high expectation. This is something that needs to be put on the table from the onset. It is perfect for an individual who is able to make sacrifices in order to achieve the end goal in a retail future. You will be challenged. – more... You will grow. You will be successful. You will have take responsibility for your success with this company. They will not just had it to you.
They work hard at fostering a family, team oriented culture. The corporate support is top notch!
I have the utmost respect for this Company. I completely enjoyed my time with this company.
My personal life threw me a curve which made my time less flexible.
If you just want a "status" position and paycheck , you should probably look elsewhere – less

- very young
- very energetic
-fast pace
-good benefits
-good hours