Lush reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(2,218 total reviews)
avatar

Mark Constantine

52% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Lush has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,218 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lush 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

2K reviews
4.0
Aug 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

On the job training, great discount, fun work environment, equal opportunity employer

Cons

Pushed very hard, mistakes not looked over kindly, corrupt founders

1.0
Aug 15, 2017

Racist and Awful at handling it.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-decent pay, -50% discount, -floor staff is generally hard working and creative nice people. - I had a really great manager who tried to fight for my voice to be heaard during complaints. (unfortanately, she had no real power and no final say in the matters) -they DO sometimes hire people of different sizes genders, faith and ethnicities. (though don't get your hopes up, you will be the minority) -great place to work if you are a conventially attractive, (or slightly alternative) white "Lushie" who will break your back for, love and defend the company by any means.

Cons

- LUSH gives the impression that they would take complaints about abuse of power, favoritism, and racism seriously and they do not. In my personal experience, Direct Managers, People Support AND the CEO were contacted about such behavior and no resolution or even sincere consolation was recieved by any staff that complained about racist treatment. -Never saw or met a manager or person in an authoratative position that was not white in the 3 countries and 12 locations I've visited and/or worked in. -Was personally not given equal opportunities to progress as my white colleagues -false sense of diversity -It is difficult to recieve a full-time contract with benefits. -I was encouraged to push sales in ways that felt unethical/aggressive. (i.e. told trainers that I had several firends who felt harrassed during their shopping experience, and were nonsconsensually touched by Lush employees and was told "That's just how we make sales" by managers, Also mentioned that people I knew have bought things out of pure pressure and not because they wanted the product....which I think is highly unethical...but it IS a large corporation still so...) -Poor communication amongst managerial staff leading to massive disorganiztion in scheduling and task assignments. -Saw people of color being BULLIED by adult white women in authoratative roles. - MANY of my colleages who were not white shared the similar experience and feelings but did not speak up for fear of losing their jobs. -They expect Lush to be your entire life.

2.0
Aug 9, 2017

Lush Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good quality products and ethics Can have a fun atmosphere Good coworkers Interesting customers, often nice and open to talking 50% discount in all stores and online

Cons

I have worked at different stores and this has been my experience at both: You are told to always give 5* customer service, but aren't allowed to spend too lon with a customer and so feel rushed or worried you'll get in trouble if a consultation runs long. Management staff often rush to tell you what you've supposedly done wrong but don't want to hear your explanation of the situation. It is often presumed that if you aren't talking to a customer then you are avoiding doing your job. There is a lot of pretending to care about staff but not truly. Feedback tends to feel more negative focussed rather than constructive or positive. Sales competitions - whilst they can be a good idea, in practice makes you feel very pushy with customers Clear favouritism

Viewing 1993 - 1995 of 2,218 Reviews

Glassdoor has 2,761 Lush reviews submitted anonymously by Lush employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Lush is right for you.