Is Chanel a good company to work for?

Chanel has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,971 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Chanel to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Chanel have been left by employees working as Chef De Projet Digital , Assistant Chef De Projet and Conseiller De Vente .

Does Chanel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Chanel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Chanel. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Chanel?

72% of Chanel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Chanel 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Chanel?

Fashion Advisor (108) , Sales Associate (85) , Beauty Advisor (84) , Manager (40) , Business Analyst (32) , Chef De Projet (31) , Stagiaire (31) , Assistant Manager (26) , Makeup Artist (25) , Intern (23) , Conseiller De Vente (20) , Chef De Projet Digital (19) , Marketing (19) , Project Manager (19) , Account Manager (16)

What are the pros of working at Chanel according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits but not as good as they use to be" ((in 101 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 65 reviews)); "Pay was good and i liked my job" ((in 49 reviews)); "Good salary and carrying for employee" ((in 47 reviews)); "Great teams that work in the stores" ((in 47 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Chanel according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and hard to take vacation" ((in 36 reviews)); "The managers didn't care about that." ((in 31 reviews)); "No work life balance and need to commit long hours to work." ((in 29 reviews)); "No commission A lot of information to know Only receiving 3 items per new collection N/a N/a" ((in 16 reviews)); "Some upper management are not the nicest people to work with." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Chanel layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Chanel layoffs and their outlook for job security at Chanel in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Chanel locations?

Paris , Neuilly , Pantin , Chamant , Compiègne , Vémars , Lyon , Nice , Marseille , Bordeaux , Verneuil , Le Meux , Cannes , Brotte , Meux , Paris-l'Hôpital , Nantes , Saint-Tropez , Creil , Chamonix , Puteaux

Chanel reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,241 total reviews)

Leena Nair

79% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Chanel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chanel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Mar 6, 2017

Regional Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent Company and best product.

Cons

Hard to advance Hard to leave

3.0

Jan 30, 2017

Odd combination

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Worked for Chanel for 9 months, with my experience I ended up walking into the job, though they say that its hard to get a job at Chanel. Be prepared for Gabrielle Chanel to become your new "god" (not a bad thing for me as I already highly admired Coco). Worked through MYER department store. Honestly being employed through MYER was my biggest issue with the job. - Saying "I work for Chanel" and have people says "Wow, I'm jealous" (a small pro) - Some free goods every quater, sometimes they were great (i.e a free bottle of L'eau) -Achievable incentives

Cons

- I was the only trained makeup artist at the store, yet they had other people with no makeup training doing makeovers/formal/bridal makeups?? Whaat?! -15% discount -mature aged environment -The product names are all french so can be really difficult (especially when customers ask for things with the wrong pronunciation of the word) -very strict -very strict dress code (not even plaits in hair etc.) -Barely any training on anything! -Other team members backstabbing/stealing your customers & sales -MYER management atrocious

3.0

Jan 19, 2017

Sales

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Chanel has some of the best commission structure in the retail industry.

Cons

Highly competitive and the system does not promote a good working relationship with one another.

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