After my brief career at Athleta- you can see why GAP INC is closing 350 stores in North America alone. Good people don't leave good jobs.. they leave because of bad bosses, and poor management, who don't appreciate their value. I never understood why companies don't pay attention to the great employees while they are there. Had you treated the new great employees better, maybe you wouldn't be closing as many stores and laying off/ loosing as many people. I quit willingly and happily. It's time to restructure your area managers, district managers, and last but most importantly your store managers. With the vast choices in the competitive retail industry- people will always quit bad managers. Maybe stop focusing so much on pushing credit cards and start caring about your actual clientele and employees. Athleta spent an obscene amount of training hours pushing size inclusion only to cut all plus sizes out of the vast majority of old stores as well as new build-outs. Not to mention "women empowerment" it was the polar opposite there. Let's practice what we preach Athleta! Be the change don't just...
Read moreI bought several Athleta branded items as a gift for my wife from an online store. My wife went into the Athleta store in El Segundo to get a 1-for-1 exchange OR a credit so she could purchase other Athleta clothes. The clothes were brand new with the Athleta tags still on them and they would not accept them, even though the items were clearly Athleta items. So the store does not represent Athleta. It's simply another local retail store trying to maximize that one store's profit, regardless of how it might impact customer service from the larger company. The second star is given because the store gave my wife a $50 gift card to use on their $100+ items (a somewhat nice gesture)...which is just encouraging my wife to buy one overpriced item at a regular price but really hoping she'll buy several overpriced items. Again, focused on local profit, not on fairness to...
Read moreAthleta has some fantastic pieces and the quality is amazing. They also offer free hems!! They social distance and masks required for in store shopping. If you are concerned you can order online and use the curbside pick up. Everyone at this location is very knowledgeable. The shop is spotless and well stocked. They also provide free catalogs right outside the front door. I fell in love with a couple pieces and I am definitely going to return. I hadn't planned this visit. I went with my sister so this was my first experience in this shop. It is located at the The Point shopping center. Love it. I'm adding a...
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