Foot Locker Employee Reviews

it is fun, you meet amazing new people. however the manage ment is very bad. they dont pay for overtime.would avoid working here!they dont pay sick. your expected to stabnd on your feet al day and they refuse breaks.

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Fun but difficult

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Liverpool, Merseyside - 18 September 2023

Was a fun place to work , I made lots of friends and the benefits were amazing however management made it often unpleasant to work at . Wasn’t very flexible and very demanding

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Based on 90 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Inclusive work environment
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Fair pay for job
Time and location flexibility
Sense of belonging

Avoid if you can!

anonymous (Former Employee) - anonymous - 12 September 2023

Never felt a sense of belonging within the company from the moment I started there, hugely unorganised and unhelpful! Good probably for students but if you’re looking for long term i’d look elsewhere.unfortunately, not a place I would recommend unless you enjoy feeling stupid and being spoken down to constantly by the management team and even rest of the team. Also unless you’re a boy or man i’d also say avoid- teams are predominantly headed by them, uncomfortable setting for girls.

Pros

Discount and good pay for age

Cons

Everything else really

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Standard retail job

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Birmingham, West Midlands - 11 September 2023

Decent job, wouldn’t recommend if you want long term progression. Not that hard of a job, decent co-workers, discount isn’t that much though and location isn’t bad

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Company gone downhill, fast

Assistant Manager (Former Employee) - South East London, Greater London - 9 September 2023

When I first started footlocker 8 years ago it was an enjoyable place to work. Competitive sales team made for a great environment, this was mostly due to personal commission earned from sales. However over the last few years the company has completely shifted and made budget cuts that effect all store members. Now 90% of associates are under 18 due to footlocker paying minimum wage, my store lost all our best members when they made this change. Instead of commissions it’s now a monthly bonus dependent on store KPIs and league KPIs. Terrible decision. Easy enough to progress through store roles however always felt like a dead end. No real display of opportunities outside of store level, so if store manager is your dream, go for it! Be careful not to speak against the new changes footlocker implement or you will be blacklisted for promotions. Avoid sticking up for your sales team during management meetings with HR & other bosses as they will also blacklisted you for this. Distract managers we’re always clueless and completely unhelpful, never had an answer to your questions. Lastly the discount has been limited yet again, now new releases can’t be purchased with discount and store members even have to join a league raffle for a chance to purchase, absolutely bonkers. Great company turned terrible in just a few years.

Pros

None

Cons

Minimum wage, more restrictions on discount, poor higher management

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They dont care ..

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Birmingham - 14 July 2023

They dont care for their associates, speak to us anyway they want and were supposed to accept it. They only give out hours to their favourites & the district manager is rude and not very approachable.

Pros

The associates

Cons

The managers/district manager

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Decent

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 27 June 2023

Nice working environment, easy job, can move up in position quite quickly, experience working in a fast past environement. If onyl the pay was better compared to JD and other sports stores.

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Good job of studying

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex - 25 June 2023

Good job if you’re in your early 20’s and studying, can get tiring at times when you’re expected to work weekends. Otherwise no complains. It’s good for a first job

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Over promised and under delivered

Sales Assistant/Manager (Former Employee) - North East - 5 April 2023

The staff and team are fantastic and it's a great group to work in but you are totally under valued by higher ups (store manager and above). You are expected to work as long as required (some days 8am-9pm) and have to repeatedly ask for your time back as they don't offer overtime. The used to have commission which was a great incentive, then changed to a bonus which they took away. Basic pay and not at all acceptable for all the work you're expected to take on. Would only recommend as a job for part time sales who need a weekend job as anything higher is far too stressful (coming from someone with over 16 years in retail)

Pros

Discount is good

Cons

Under appreciated

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The most chilled place you’ll ever work at

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Birmingham - 9 March 2023

The best job I’ve ever had literally, you was aloud to add to the store music playlist. So you’d be serving customers, all while listening to bangers haha. On a serious note though, stay faaar away from the Kids Footlocker in the Bullring. Every other store is fine but that was the absolute worst store I’ve ever worked at in my life. I’ve never seen so much unprofessionalism in terms of management. Plus good luck trying to progress in that particular store, even if you’re at the top of the leader board every shift for sales; or you go out of your way for the store and cover shifts. Management do not care whatsoever, you will not feel appreciated. Hence why I decided to leave, that store.

Pros

Great uniform, Store music selection & very flexible in terms of hours

Cons

None really, I loved working for the company; I’d just say stay away from the kids store in bullring

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Hard and Stressful

Shift Leader (Current Employee) - Gateshead - 8 March 2023

Stressful retail environment at the best of times. The Christmas period proves the most under appreciated time of the year from both management and the general public.

Pros

Discounts

Cons

Stressful

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Ok

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 7 March 2023

Was decent. Good discount. Good staff. To much pressure to hit target to sell. However pay could be alot better not ideal for someone who has a family.

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fast paced and sometimes stressful

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Westfield Stratford City, Greater London - 7 February 2023

-Can be very fast paced depending on the time of day or very slow.-Job itself is fairly easy.-Management can be toxic.-Hardest part of the job is dealing with workload when it can get crowded

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Rewarding and fun place to work

Store Manager (Former Employee) - Bradford, West Yorkshire - 2 February 2023

Place was what you made it. Depending on your team and your market the work was either gruelling and miserable or enjoyable and fun. Overall a good place to work but pay did not reflect the effort

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No encouragement or support

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Westfield white city - 11 January 2023

This is THE worst place i’ve ever worked at. I didn’t receive any training from management, but they got angry when i made a small mistake EVEN THO I DIDNT GET TRAINED?. it is also very cliquey - management seems really snobby and the workers seem enslaved. no one is happy except the managers and shop floor leaders who get happy over controlling sales associates. customers are horrible and there’s is honestly Nothing good about this job. JD sounds better.

Pros

Nothing

Cons

No training or support, minimum wage, bad management

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No goals ok for part time.

Sales associate (Former Employee) - Leeds - 9 January 2023

Typical retail job, was fun when first started but got more and more pressure to sell. This is ok for a temporary job but if you're looking to progress it's not your cup of tea.

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It’s ok

Visual Merchandiser/ sale associate (Current Employee) - Birmingham - 2 January 2023

Treated as a number, the company literally only care about you getting every possible sale pushing pushing pushing people, gets old real quick, not worth the 30% discount

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Great workplace but low pay

Sales Assistant (Part-time) (Former Employee) - Trafford Centre, Greater Manchester - 29 December 2022

The pay is really low for all the work your doing. As big as Footlocker to pay people 16-20 year olds 6.83 p/hr is ridiculous in this economy. Workplace enviroment is fun and bubbly.

Pros

Work Enviroment

Cons

Long hours and low pay

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Fun workplace

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Metrocentre - 26 November 2022

Good co workers, have a laugh. can get very busy, some customers talk down to you but managers stick up for you. Upper management wouldn’t let you use tills until you worked there 6 months?

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Low wage

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - North West - 9 November 2022

Low wage only making 30-25 pounds a shift if your under 18. Great atmosphere and the staff were lovely all bubbly and a joy to work with. Good if you like shoes but you wouldn’t be able to afford them because of the wage.

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Not worth it

Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Manchester - 4 November 2022

used to enjoy working here before the pandemic, but after the pandemic, things changed drastically, they removed commission which made the job not worth it. They expected us to work harder without commission. Some management were very nice, some were just plain corrupt.

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