Unfair Metrics, Employee Morale Low - Concierge Advisor Aritzia Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Discount -Some coworkers are easy to talk to

Cons

Everything is timed like how long you need to use the bathroom and how long it takes to be on the phone. It feels like I work at an Amazon warehouse. 
 The metrics are ridiculous. You're basically penalized for trying to be thorough. You are expected to review an entire email thread AND draft a personalized response WITH upselling and leave case notes in under five min. If you go over 5 min your metrics will be flagged and your shifts will be taken away. So some advisors have all their shifts while others have had zero shifts for several weeks. Also there are various roles within the support email team. Some advisors only have to send one email (e.g. letting customers know their order was cancelled) while other email advisors handle ALL general inquiries. This include serious fraud cases or complicated international and return cases. Despite the difference in complexity the expectations are the same no matter what emails you’re assigned, 12 emails an hour. And if your a favorite (i.e good looking and dress well) then you will get one of the easy email jobs or quality jobs so your metrics will be boosted so you will get to keep your shifts and be in line for promotions. Emails are subject to quality reviews. It seems they are trying to bring down scores to justify upcoming layoffs because the evaluations make no sense (layoffs happen every 3-4 months) Everyone is panicked and morale is really bad.

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Pros

Opportunities for growth within brand with great starting salary

Cons

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2.0
Jan 13, 2026
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Pros

- The pay is higher than a normal retail job BUT they tell you not to communicate pay with your coworkers even though it’s completely legal to. They pay some employees a lot less than others and want to get away with it. - The clothes are fun and the discount is good (40% off and sometimes 70% off) - You will enjoy some of your coworkers and make good connections with clients

Cons

Where do I begin…. - They schedule you LAST minute. They only schedule ONE WEEK ahead. They don’t care about your work life balance. Sometimes we don’t even get our schedule for the next week until Tuesday/Wednesday. Incredibly unprofessional. - Micromanaging to the max - Managers use ChatGPT to communicate (zero empathy) - Managers are late to their shifts but get upset when you are 5 min late due to holiday parking or life in general - They really pressure you to make sales because they only care about money - Managers benefit off of your hard work and get bonuses when making sales goals but as an employee you get nothing - You only get hours based on the sales that you make -They treat the store like it’s a designer boutique when in reality it’s all polyester and basically one step above Forever 21 - There is a black out period during the holidays where you are worked to the bone and cannot request time off but management will take time off as they please - You will never be able to leave on time - You get 30 minutes to eat. That’s all. Even during a NINE HOUR shift. They don’t offer ten or even fifteen minute breaks

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