H&M reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(17,376 total reviews)
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62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

H&M has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 17,376 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The H&M employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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17K reviews
3.0
Feb 14, 2018

Business Controller

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Pros

H&M has a great name and pride itself with endless opportunities. Each department or division is handled as their own company and you will quickly, as a graduate, take on a lot of responsibility and are expected to show maturity and leadership.

Cons

Being the big company that they are there are sometimes communication issues that arises between different functions within H&M. The clear distinction of a "company within a company" strategy sometimes hinders information and knowledge exchange between similar or completely different company functions. You will work hard, and if personal chemistry is right, you will be rewarded. However, a larger amount than one might think are not allowed to stay after the initial 6 months before a full-term contract is given. Big heads up!

1.0
Jul 12, 2017

Bullying, Poor Communication, Low Pay/High Work Load, Unethical Shift Hours

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, good company values, theoretically good succession planning

Cons

This company is good at marketing their work place but the management at this particular store is very unethical. The turnover rate is extremely high and the people who have quit have all experienced this. I just want to highlight my points so people applying can read about what goes on here. I left my job there due to these circumstances and stand by all these observations. Managers belittle other managers to employees, managers talk down upon other employees to employees. This creates a culture of negative gossip in which employees will want to befriend the managers in order to not be bullied. This also creates a culture of fraternization. Respecting the power figures is of certain importance, any feedback is met with no changes what so ever. Pay is minimum wage. You are on your feet your entire shift, breaks are frowned upon you can get between 4-9 hr shifts. Be prepared to be standing this long as well as running around. The job itself as expected is doing cash, customer service, processing shipments and putting out new clothes. Your functions will change every hour. Some days you will not get a break, you could be working until midnight and work at 7am the next day. This is EXPECTED. You are expected to work these types of hours for minimum wage. You will notice there is little to no consistency with the management, most will do whatever they want, this confuses employees on what the standard operating procedures actually should be creating a really difficult environment as there's no real direction, especially with managers talking badly about other managers. Part time employees do most of the work for minimum wage and there isn't enough of them. Managers are paid well with benefits. However the environment at my store was extremely toxic. I think the company has a good direction but they do not have the right people executing it at certain locations. If you are looking for a part time job I would look elsewhere, it's marketed as a "fun job" but there's virtually no fun involved. You are expected to work in silence some days for increased productivity. Missed breaks happen often, long hours with incomprehensible tasks. A task may be to clean an entire department by yourself, help customers, do cash, and expect everything to look according to standard by the end of the night without help from others. Customers will clearly note there isn't enough people. If the company thinks this produces productivity that's up to them but everyone else can be the judge of that. Don't be deceived by their marketing, behind the scenes it's not well run. Lack of training in managing people as well as human resources is quickly seen.

4.0
May 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits Amazing 8 week full expenses paid training Employee discount & coupon is a plus!!! 50% off 3 items every other month H&M policies are built to protect and be fair to all employees Competitive Starting Salary Hands on Communication with corporate Travel to help new stores across the world is a amazing experience -work/life balance i give two thumbs up!

Cons

-Alot of stores i worked in bay area has no structure. -Bad work habits built - no one is held accountable -alot of gossip! -alot of theft

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