Oak + Fort Employee Reviews

coworkers are super nice, fun working environment. not enough pay for the amount of work they expect you do. hard to grow within, high turnover rate for management

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toxic and stressful

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 21 November 2023

head office and management have created a negative work space, they all talk bad about eachother. they will treat and look at you like scum. they need a serious structural change or something for a more healthy work environment because these issues will come to light in a more serious manner. evoking fear and hatred in your employees does not work, i hope they educate their managers and those head office people who show face every once in a while. it was not worth the mental induced triggers, although fellow sale associates were nice but we shared all common sense of being victims to those on major power trips and egos.

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Jobs at Oak + Fort

Senior Merchandise Planner

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30+ days ago

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Richmond, BC

13 days ago

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Surrey, BC

3 days ago

Store Manager (McAurther Glen Outlet)

Richmond, BC

6 days ago

a really fun work place

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 10 November 2023

looooved it here! the environment is super welcoming and i made a lot of long term friendships and made great connections. no downfalls at all:) wish i didn’t have to leave

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Fast paced; favouritism

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Edmonton - 30 October 2023

Overall it's a standard sales job - commission + minimum wage makes it much more competitive than it needs to be, and the only way to get commission is if you're given hours. Your sales are calculated so if you work less hours or low-traffic days/times, then you're not going to get a lot of shifts because you don't get sales. Favouritism rampant in the workplace. No chance for you to move higher up.

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Productive and Great Learning Opprotunity

Assistant Designer (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 21 October 2023

Friendly and supportive cultureGreat place to learnWork-life balanceSmall company - teams work together closelyGet to know people on your floorWork-from-home opprotunity

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Insights into Oak + Fort

Based on 31 survey responses

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General feeling of work happiness
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Unfair workplace

Warehouse Associate (Former Employee) - Surrey, BC - 12 September 2023

Totally unfair and biased to whomever they want to be to, wouldn’t recommend to someone who is trying to be professional the boss is very open but not that professional

Pros

Free snacks and lunches sometimes

Cons

Biased staff and managers

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fun workplace

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Newmarket, ON - 24 August 2023

easy work basically no commission, hard to meet the target. Not very clear about the T&C of the commission . A bit misleading about that.the salary is not competitive but the staff discount is really attractive

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Just don’t

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 27 July 2023

Just a really messy place to work, can’t grow in the company, pay is bad for all the work they make you do….Depends on the location you work when it comes to hours and the people

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Not great

Manager (Current Employee) - Canada - 7 July 2023

The company is growing too quickly, creating a chaotic environment, unclear expectations, and unrealistic and arbitrary deadlines. The hardest part of the job is dealing with inexperienced management and poor cross-functional communication (blame games). The most enjoyable part of the job... A few of my colleagues.

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Constant layoff and turnover

Assistant Manager (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 2 July 2023

Was hiring and employee for just under a year. Company will lay lots of employees off routinely as they prefer “new faces” every now and then. Because of that, scheduling can be extremely disorganized and your shifts change weekly with only a 2-3 day notice

Pros

Employee discount

Cons

Inconsistent and random hours

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Not good

Manager (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 26 June 2023

Not good, company growing to fast to do any basic training for management. Bottom line wasn’t great for any store. When visits happen they sound fake and uninspiring. Ask you how you are to just turn and talk to eachother a minute after . No solutions to anything.

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Management

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Winnipeg, MB - 10 June 2023

not enough support from management, very unorganized. no increase in pay for the amount of work they put u into. too much pressure. only stayed for the people i worked with.

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Not That Friendly…

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Richmond, BC - 3 May 2023

Had coworkers take sales from customers I was already helping, management would ask me to do menial tasks during operation hours and then ask me why my sales quota wasn’t met. Not a great place

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Stay away

Manager (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 27 March 2023

The only thing you hear in the company is “Targets”. No work life balance, nothing about employee wellness, constant pressure.Worst company to work for.

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Too many expectations

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - GTA, ON - 18 March 2023

Not sure if it was just my store location, but management was always super strict and uptight (unreasonably so at times), leading to an overall poor experience. There was a commission program that was advertised for sales associates but we were never paid for our hard work. I did not feel appreciated as an employee.

Pros

Flexible scheduling

Cons

Stingy management (sent home early or shifts cancelled very commonly), too many expectations

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Toxic Work Environment

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 3 March 2023

Be prepared to work awful hours. To make things worse, they promote a competitive workplace which causes tension between you and other sales associates. Very hostile.The company also does not have very inclusive sizing, leaving sales associates in an extremely uncomfortable position when having to explain to customers that the company doesn't make clothing in the size they're looking for.

Pros

Good discount

Cons

Bad hours

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Productive and Fun work place

Stock Associate (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 27 February 2023

Such a positive and uplifting workplace! I'm a stock associate but a lot of the work is independent with lots of responsibility. Can be chaotic at times but it's all about multi tasking. Overall the team is great!

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No culture and expect a lot from people

Visual Merchandising Manager (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 22 February 2023

They’re extremely weird with people talking about wages and also are pretty undermining. Not a great environment to work in. I’d recommend looking elsewhere

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Good workplace

Sales Associate (Current Employee) - Metrotown, BC - 8 February 2023

Wide responsibility and gets busy since it's retail and have to service customers. Good people and motivating to work in. Management can get tough if underperform sales. Tiring because no chairs just stand all day and service.

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Not that great

Associate (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 10 January 2023

- Too much work considering your pay = overworked- Really high and unrealistic expectations to meet- No proper training- Micromanaging and terrible management- Only good thing would be the discount and the people who work there - Work-life balance not that great even as part-time

Pros

Discount, other employees

Cons

Long hours, limited availability, overworked, salary pay

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It was fun for the first couple of years, but work culture suffered due to new management

Warehouse Associate (Former Employee) - Coquitlam, BC - 6 January 2023

First year was fun and productive. The year after was stressful due to bad management. The work environment got very toxic. HR did not do anything to solve the issue.