Solid product, discounts, bonuses, but unsupportive management on all fronts. - Assistant Manager Bonobos Employee Review

3.0
13 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have a generous employee discount to encourage you to wear their product, as well as a solid bonus structure for the sales staff. If you have a supportive manager and team, it can make your experience here fruitful.

Cons

Literally everything else. Managers will constantly hound you on converting every footstep, to the point where we’ve been told to chase people out of the door in order to buy something. I’ve watched management push people into $500+ purchases that clearly couldn’t afford their products. There’s almost no support from upper management to the guideshops. CONSTANT staffing issues, can’t say I ever worked in a fully staffed store. Even when the guideshops do have the staff, there’s inconsistencies everywhere with training. You may luck out and have an invested manager to train you, or end up being thrown in with no assistance, there’s no almost no in between. And not to mention, but if the stores are short staffed, which they always are, it makes it substantially harder to make bonus which can easily knock $1000 off your check monthly. They also use said bonuses as leverage upon hiring to pay qualified people much less. The closest I’ve ever seen upper management come to actually assisting the stores is occasionally reposting your LinkedIn posts. Extremely toxic and gossipy environment.

Explore other reviews about Bonobos

5.0
28 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lovely culture. Community is important here and your voice is heard. Potential to meet many incredible clients to friends. A lenient environment that'll carry many laughs and friends to make while wanting to help you grow as a salesperson.

Cons

Hours are a consistent 10-7 everyday but Sunday. Very statistic focused based on last year, month, year gross and conversion.

2.0
30 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Mostly a chill job depending on your manager - Pay is better than most retail jobs with monthly bonuses

Cons

- A lot is riding on how good of a seller you are. Otherwise your store will struggle because the model is so different from traditional retail - You will give them your all just for them to promote someone external because they liked their personality better but they know nothing about the company If you just want to come to work to sell, and you have no bills or goals--you will do great. But don't expect any promotions or rewards for your hard work

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All