You’ve seen their ads and coveted their clothes — but after reading this, you might just want to start working at lululemon too. After all, the company scored a 4.1 rating and Glassdoor’s coveted Employees’ Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work in 2018, after having scored the same honor in 2017. But what exactly do employees love about it? Here are a few reasons.
The Perks
Employees who left reviews on Glassdoor gave lululemon’s benefits a rating of 3.9, citing the company’s impressive fitness reimbursement program as one of its top perks.
“I felt very valued as a part-time employee with lululemon,” said one former Educator. “As an Educator, I was able to sweat once a week on the company (in other words, was reimbursed up to $25/week to [interact] with the community while promoting my own health and wellness!)” But more than a reimbursement program, lululemon also offers fitness freebies to employees, according to another former Educator, who wrote in a review, “You have a lot of opportunity to improve your own health and wellness through free classes, and company-paid fitness classes, which many employees attend together.”
lululemon also gives employees deep discounts on their products: part-time employees score 40 percent off and full-time employees get 60 percent off, according to reviews.
Beyond that, lululemon offers “excellent health insurance, including vision and dental,” said a current Manager. “[Plus] a 401k for full- and part-time employees. There is [also] a stock matching program. Overall lululemon takes care of us.”
The People
An impressive 86 percent of employees who left reviews on Glassdoor approved of the CEO at lululemon, Laurent Potdevin. And his good leadership seems to have trickled through the rest of the company, as employees report being happy.
“[lululemon is] an amazing company to work for that truly cares about your development, career, and goals – whether that is within lululemon or somewhere else,” wrote one former Seasonal Educator. Another former Educator said, “the people working there were by far the best people I know. [They are] always so positive and uplifting in any situation.”
The Office Digs and Culture
As a company that stresses the importance of fitness to their employees, you would expect that the company culture would also be, well, healthy — and according to employees, it is.
“[lululemon has a] great culture [and] great perks,” wrote one former employee, who added “overall, [lululemon] really preaches goal setting, work-life balance, and a healthy lifestyle.” Another employee called the company culture a “supportive network” promoting “growth.”
If you work at lululemon, there’s a good chance you’ll work inside one of their store across the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Hong Kong. As photos show, those stores are brightly-colored — like lululemon’s clothing — and sometimes have fitness studios inside.
The Pay
More than 1,000 salaries have been reported on Glassdoor for lululemon, sharing that wages on average are $12.79 per hour for an educator and about $15.22 for a key leader.
When you make your way up to a managerial position, you can expect to make more: assistant store managers are paid about $22.42 an hour, while store managers make about $58,253 per year, according to the salaries reported to Glassdoor.
The Verdict
lululemon is known for helping their patrons achieve a healthy lifestyle, and it seems like they want the same things for their employees, too. Based on employee reviews and ratings, it seems lululemon cares greatly about the health and overall well-being of their employees — perhaps this is why they’ve been named one of 2018’s Best Places to Work.
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