American Apparel Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked for this company for over two years. It has been a great learning experience."

"I have worked since Aug. 2013, it has been good."

"Really excellent career-starting piece. A lot of reward for top performers and those wanting to be more involved. Decisions can be made by junior-level employees. The downside is the higher you get, the more you will lose your work-life balance as you will likely be on 24/7 on-call status with the CEO."

"The company is filled with young people who have an entrepreneurial spirit. This is what drives the company.Company does not believe in operating normally, too many rapid changes."

"Managed five facilities and assisted the Human Resource Department in the new hires, also generated job descriptions for the facilities."

"I've worked for American Apparel for 5 years. They are a very innovative and exciting company to work for. The unique model they run on gives you an opportunity to gain experience in several aspects of the company/industry. This unique model (run similar to a start up) creates a bottleneck however since all work is overseen directly by the CEO."

What do you like about working at American Apparel?

"Autonomy, creativity, coworkers, working with people directly, not sitting at a desk"

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

"the people at the top have to like you all about favorites"

What don't you like about working at American Apparel?

"it's retail, I didn't get paid a lot, I didn't have any status,"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would be nicer to employees and let them have more of a say in how the store is run"

What do you like about working at American Apparel?

"I got to work with clothes, shoes and some great people I got to work in 3 different stores so I had a different envoriment"

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

"Be willing to travel between stores and willing to work hard and patientence with the publice"

What don't you like about working at American Apparel?

"nothing really, I loved it, different locations to work in"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be careful in promotoing managers when they r u young not in years but in matured"

"Interesting, surprising, shocking, potential for a lot of growth"

What do you like about working at American Apparel?

"Flexibility of schedule and the people that I report to and work with."

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

"If you are looking for an unorthodox place to work in the fashion industry, this is the place!"

What don't you like about working at American Apparel?

"Lack of sound judgement from management and a clear vision for the future."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Establish some operational controls and stick to the things that made the brand great...dump the rest."

"Danger, no one works here."

"Was a fun college job."