Company Culture

Company culture is nowhere, they claim that Armani is elevated style and you must act accordingly, yet vulgar and inappropriate behavior was only corrected on two occasions. There is no cohesion in this company

Support from management

Management is everywhere, the gm was a hipocrate who was not in touch with Armani "culture"
The district manager is severely out of touch with the collections and customers who frequent the store, the regional manager was there once in the year I worked there

Teamwork

Daily sales goals are so heavy team members are constantly devided. Lots of fights

Freedom to work independently

You are told it's all up to you to make goals, however be prepared to be micromanaged. Management will cut in and take a client if they don't like what you recommend or force you to suggest things a customer did not ask for.

Internal Communication

The only communication we had was usually about what "changes" needed to be made.

Gender Equality

Single mothers were definitely given lots of privalages.

Attitude towards older colleagues

They were treated like the rest of us

Career Development

There is no future for an associate here, you will work 40 hours as a part time, but won't be promoted, there are clear favorites. Whenever a management position came up the most knowledgeable top seller was passed up for promotion and it was given to someone outside the company who quit a couple months later. You will not advance, if you question upper management they will retaliate in small ways, cut time in the next week. Harrass your uniform ( even if you are in compliance). As far as training there is none. You get taught a few things but ultimately you learn from co workers who may only teach you what's convinient to themselves.
Over all there is no way you will climb the ladder here.

Overall compensation for your work

Haha!! If you get overtime you get more pay. or if you hit a sales goal with a tiny payout

Office / Work Environment

The store is ok, it's been recently renovated so I can't attest to it now.

Environmental Friendliness

Not that I was aware of

Work-Life Balance

What life. Armani exchange was a high maintenance significant other. You're sick, too bad. Holidays, you need to stay extra late. Some days we would leave at 3 IN THE MORNING!! You would be expected back at 12 pm. School, too bad switch your schedule or take online classes they will not respect that. They state they have flexible hours but once you are hired that changes.

Company Image

The name Armani has weight. And you do feel proud until you see how terrible the environment was.

Job Security

Not stable. Many people were told they should start looking for other jobs.

Handicapped Accessibility

It was inside a mall so yes

Workplace Safety

It was safe

Challenging Work

It sells itself, the challenge was the environment

Inclusive / Diverse

It says it does, however when we a had an employee who preferred to dress in men's clothes ( she was a woman) management tried to force her into heels and dresses. She quit soon after

Support from management

Store manager at the Waikele store, was an ineffective leader. She could not resolve issue on her own and had to reach out to regional manager all the time. Her leadership mantra was "I'm not going to recognize you for doing your job because that's what you get paid for. Her passive aggressive approach to leadership terrible, very non effective. She lost three members of that store management staff prior to my leaving . These were also unhappy with her leadership. Employees were not involved in the decision making process everything was top down.