V Cool Brand Identity. Hollow Values. - Store Manager Levi Strauss Employee Review

Senior Leadership out of touch with store teams. Company very behind in tech resources for both consumers and employees. This became my biggest struggle: Company does not invest in positive employee culture. The cool, relevant brand identity attracts high level talent, but leadership does little to cultivate and retain this talent. As a top performing store manager, I spent my own money regularly to recognize my team. For a team of 60 employees, I was given $25 "fill the fridge" money as an intentional employee engagement strategy during Black Friday Weekend, a time where excessive (underpaid) output from all employees is mandatory. That is FORTY TWO CENTS per employee. Rather than asking my underpaid, exhausted employees to contribute to a potluck to supplement, I paid for it out of pocket. My team made our company well into the six figures in a 24 hour period, and their "recognition" was FORTY TWO CENTS per employee. Yikes. I received a monthly bonus if certain targets were met - so minimal. I made a point to reinvest that into my team every month. I worked for this company for a total of 7 years and never saw growth in this area. For three years I've worked for a company with a younger, but much healthier, retail culture and it has been a breath of fresh air.