Pros
very good pay, fun city (Vancouver), good discounts, welcoming and professional treatment until the first day on the job
Cons
- worst job I ever had - toxic atmosphere, humiliating communication , dehumanizing treatment by managers and directors - insane work hours from day one: weekend and late night work always expected, weird looks if you want to take vacation - they have certain protective rules in place but your manager will get mad if you actually point those out. (At the beginning you are not to work at the weekends, you won’t get access to servers, but they make you work nonetheless) - getting „scolded“ like a child in front of collegues for not behaving exactly the way your manager envisioned - directors with obvious social disorder, making people in meetings so uncomfortable they start crying. Nobody dares to ever speak up because it is known such people get terminated - reports of unprofessional, psychologically abusive behavior to management will be reportet back to the abuser instead of protecting the person who suffered - abusers are being protected at all costs - management uses fear strategies as tools to make employees work even harder - praise is given to people in team meetings who sacrifies a vacation, a birthday of a loved one, or a bank holiday for a semi-urgent task - they describe their toxic work culture as high „performance culture“ which serves as a great excuse to create unhealthy competition between „team“ members - they make you sign an agreement to not work at any competitor for a year after Aritzia which makes it impossible to work anywhere within the clothing industry afterwards unless you switch careers (lol) - they make you sign NDA‘s to shut you up about mistreatment - they want every employee to use their special Aritzia language with lots of abbreviations and specific words no other company uses. Like this they can spot how fast you shed off your personal style and become one of them - you will probably develop ptsd, a sleeping disorder, loose social contacts - you might develop paranoia because they try to control every aspect of your personal life, wanting to know what you do at all times, why you have to go to the doctor, why you want to book a vacation, why you need any personal time etc. - your manager might share personal details you told them in private in team meetings - your director might create impossible scenarios to ridicule you in front of others to teach you a lesson and make you obey better - don’t ever question anything, you are nothing, you know nothing - don’t show any personal needs, you are not supposed to be human, you are a working robot who always agrees to whatever task outside your job description