The Gap Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"I like that I can have a balanced life as a manager."

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

"Know your skills and what you can bring to the team. Figure out how to transfer your skills to the new team as soon as possible."

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

"I worked at the same retailer for 12 years and just went to Gap three months ago. I've felt a little lost, the onboarding was not good. I need more tools in my tool box to do the job well."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more feed back from the store, let our feedback get us the right product on the floor."

"I worked in Gap's Warehouse for 2 years. They have great employee discounts and the benefits are good. However, management staff and supervisors are two of the same type so they have to cover each other's backs. Racism is very strong in this warehouse; management and supervisors are playing a big roll in this. You will get heavier workloads because of your body structure and forget about rotation. Supervisors will harass you about productivity for your entire shift 10-hour shift. I went through some very unfortunate and terrible experiences working for Gap, and I'm brave enough to say ME TOO. I filed many complaints to HR and they did nothing to help me, but instead enabled it. Corruption is strong in this management team and with the supervisors as well. If you are black, you will be at the bottom of the barrel. I was sexually harassed, bullied, discriminated against, harassed, retaliated against...etc These people have no compassion and are very much heartless. The person who selected these groups of people, to operate and run this company needs to be evaluated. Employees look to management for guidance, but management is not doing a fair job at all. They are abusing their employees, especially blacks and some women. The Gap needs real changes in its company policies and to start communicating more with of its employees. Consequences for supervisors bad behaviors is a must."

"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."

"I've worked at gap for one year and I hate it, especially at the Southlake, TX location. 4 out of 5 managers are horrible and most of the sales associates are too! Nothing gets done, people call off all of the time, yet aren't reprimanded for it. The hiring and training tools for management need to be revamped or revised, especially when you have a college degree and you're passed up for a promotion by someone who doesn't and has less experience then you. It's really unbelievable!"

"Didn't care about training, no support, & released private information."

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"The Gap offers a great discount that allows you to definitely continue to shop the brands under the Gap umbrella. The work hours were usually very reasonable and typical of the retail environment. Some of the associates were usually very nice and easy to talk to."

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

"The manager always appears to be fun and interested in you. Normally this would be great, but in many cases the manager just wants you as the labor, and has no interest in you otherwise. When going in stand your ground and for your beliefs. If you stand strong in the interview then you won't be pushed around if hired."

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

"The training was horrible. I was given one day of training with another brand manager, yet was unable to be trained by this person because I was thrown in to do company standard flow for new items that I wasn't quite ready to dive into. I had not seen any papers beforehand and was never taught how to submit payroll, close registers, open and close the store, and etc. It was a nightmare. The benefits offered by the company are also some of the worst offered from any company I've been offered them. The pricing was very high which was a turn off, and there was nobody to talk to or go over the information with me and very limited resources to read about outside of the horrible setup on the employee website. The staunch attitude of the management team and the way they acted showed me that the company didn't really care for me as a person, just as labor. The attitudes I was showcased to definitely showed off how unimportant the person is to the company outside of the paying customer. District managers and the store manager were very vocal about this attitude with assistants and associates."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help improve the training experience overall for new management and associates. Have more fun in the store. The Gap is a snotty environment to work in and it comes across through management that the store is more concerned about making money and getting credit cards than it is about having a good time, helping customers, and making the store a great shopping environment. I know in many cases I have seen teams concentrate on customer service, yet I still see the anxious abilities to badger and push customers away from the store with talks of credit cards and making $100+ purchases to the point customers begin shopping online more or come less frequently as they find a newer store who isn't as concerned with credit cards."

"Crap on a stick with absolute no respect, growth, benefits, culture or reliability for the employees and a structure that is all about treating people as if they are disposable things and not actual people who are worth getting to know or treating well"

"Differant"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"The Location and People."

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

"Be willing and open to 100% travel."

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

"It was really far, and Gap feels you have to move to move up."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more intune with fellow managers and there familes and how traveling will cause hurt and pain."

"horrible support"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"nothing"

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

"try to avoid it if possible."

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

"7 day work week, no support, rediculous expectations with no payroll to hire needed staff."

"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!"

"Startup Venture"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"It was a true Independent Venture that was a good idea but failed to produce."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. the busiess does not exist anymore."

"Former Visual at Store Level"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"Challenging."

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

"Not great job security. Pay is lower for managers than other chains like Express."

"Gap Inc is a great place to work"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"The people"

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

"Represent the brand during interviews."

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

"The product"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, they are doing a great job."

"Honest"

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"People, challenging, Running the business as if it were your own."

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

"Base on past experience, understand and know every aspect of your business"

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

"slow process of career advancement, salary"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"keep doing what you're doing"

"I am happy with my current role in the company, but would like to do more with my educational background."

What do you like about working at The Gap?

"I am able to interact with other employees and customers. I am continuosly challenged to perform better than the last great performance. I have the ability to speak my views and be respected."

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

"I enjoy working for Gap most out of all my previous employers. However, at this point after graduating with my Master's degree, I want to try to experience new things in my career outside of retail."

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

"You need a positive and friendly demeanor and the ability to stay focused on customer satisfaction."