J. Crew Reviews

- The overall atmosphere is very immature and the only way to get ahead is to constantly compliment (or gossip with) senior managers on everything they do or wear (I was amazed to find this is true even at the director to senior VP level!). It felt like a high school. - Don't be expected to be judged by only your work, if you're not the right fit personality-wise you won't get ahead and it will take years to get promoted - Almost everyone works through lunch and eats at their desk - Very few minorities or diversity - Information told to HR is not confidential, no matter what they say, and it gets back to senior management... and then eventually the rest of the department (then everyone gossips about it) - Very few people seem happy there, almost every planner has been seen crying at their desk due to treatment/belittlement from others - Very high turnover (obviously people don't stay long) - Decisions are merchant-led and merchants will buy way over budget, which the Planner will then need to fix - The company is unorganized at all levels. Meetings never start on time and are regularly rescheduled. Good thing you came in over the weekend to prepare for it.

I completely believe that J.Crew is a great place to work in other places other than Ontario. But there are large pieces to the people puzzle missing, or darn-right wrong, when it comes to J.Crew Canada. They company itself has paid large sums of money: flights, training documents and hours of training to instill a "people first", "creative" and "inspirational" management within stores. But there is absolutely no one holding these managers accountable to ensuring that the training lives within the stores. Unless you're doing it for the money or the power, there is no incentive to stay in the company as a manager. You can learn things, but there is no development. And a company that doesn't know the difference between learning and development cannot be successful in building a successful international business within Canada.