August 27, 2008
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Are You Hot Enough to Work at Abercrombie?
Abercrombie and Fitch has come under fire for their focus on appearance with their employees.
Employees are hired based partially on their looks. Evaluations of employees by managers include questions like “Do all female models currently working have beautiful faces?’
Employees get rated on a scale of 0-5 based on the appearance of their faces.
It is reported that people that get a low “face rating” have to work in the stockroom folding clothes and are not allowed to talk to customers. Here is the link: Link
If you worked at Abercrombie, do you think you would be judged hot enough to work with the customers?
Comments (196)
I worked at abercrombie in highschool. Its true though, they do only hire people with a certain “look”. I quit after about a month. I couldnt stand being around all the shallow people
absolutely not. i definitely don’t think i’d be judged “hot” enough to work at abercrombie.
i don’t think i’d even be worthy of working in the stockroom.
I don’t think I have that look, besides my self-confidence is too low to even think about applying for a job where looks matter so much.
I agree with lovesporks. I don’t think I would even make the stockroom.
That’s really horrible though. I’m glad I don’t really like Abercrombie.
Dude, i’m not hot enough to even shop at Abercrombie.
Hell yeah I am. Well, at least my avatar on Mass Effect is….
Weren’t they already sued a while back for not hiring someone because of their looks or race?
Nope, not even close. I have body fat and I spend less than $100 a week on hair product. Plus, I don’t even like walking by the store. Isn’t that the one that smells really bad or am I thinking of a different one?
Oh jeez, that’s so lame. If I looked like this profile pic, then heck yeah I’d be hot enough. But I don’t so I’m not.
Wow, I knew they were superficial, but I didn’t know it was actually measured. What the fuck. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Society is headed down the toilet anyway, the ugly, the handicapped, the minorities, the mentally-challenged or simply the less-than-perfect be damned.
I’m not even attractive enough to shop there.
No most definitely not… In fact I wonder if tey would let me in the store. *sigh*
heck no.
@MCTCanadian - i know! it’s somewhat.. eerie.
Aha. No.
Xo
I wouldn’t be caught dead working in a store like Abercrombie. In a way I’m afraid of the store. It’s way too dark and shadowy there and there always seems to be loud music with a constant bass…like bump bump bump
I used to be into A&F and american eagle etc. but now i just realize that its all the same. I don’t want to walk into a room with three other girls wearing the same shirt as me. whether its from A&F AE or Hollister. Id rather show my style anyways, whatever that is! As for the looks its true – I used to work at AE and although they were as strict about the looks they still made their comments. I quite a year later cause I couldn’t take any of the comments anymore…its ridiculous. I dont think high school students should work there its just more drama outside of school that they don’t need.
No and I am too old to work there as well.
hell no. lol. i never liked abercrombie that much to wear it.
My Daughter worked there for about a year. And yes, I am sure from what she said, that you had to have a certain kind of look, natural beauty is what they told her, even their dress code seemed unusual. They didnt want her to wear make up, they wanted her hair straight and not “made up”, she had to wear flip flops but no colored polish on her fingers or toes. She did mention the majority of workers were all very conceited and acted as though they were the Abercrombie Models themselves.
size zero i’m not, so i don’t think i’ll qualify.
No. But I’m glad they’re being honest about their ridiculous subjective standard. I prefer sales people who know their business to good-looking ones…but good-looking is always a nice bonus.
I wouldn’t want to work at or do business with, a place like Abercrombie.
Kathi
psh i wouldnt even THINK about working there. oh yeah hanging out with a bunch of mindless superficial people all day is exactly what i’d want to do with my time.
i dunno. where i lived there was instead a hollister and one of my friends was the manager. i’ve heard both though. some people tell me i’m beautiful. but someone recently called me fugly. lol so who knows. i guess it’s subjective.
i will definitely not make the cut. if its beauty and perfection they are looking for.
@sherrytwinklz - hahahaha!! somehow i do not doubt that !
Nope! They’re a bunch of racists. Does anyone know about the time in late 2006/early 2007 when their corporation was sued for racial discrimination? If not, Google it. They barely hire anyone outside of the Caucasian race, yet their shopping demographic is at least 1/2 minorities, I bet!
too buff and big to even fit their clothes….the men’s section are for lil boys with just enough muscles for movement….pussies!!
@Evolutionary_21 - yea seriously…..why do most minorities try so hard to be caucasian???? just weird
Based on what I’ve been told by random people I don’t even know, I think I would be judged “hot” enough to work with the customers.
they probably wouldn’t even hire me to scrub their bathrooms… which is fine with me; i wouldn’t even apply to work at a place like that.
I think maybe I could, but I don’t even like their clothes so why would I work there?
god, this is why i hate abercrombie. boycott!
I don’t know. I’m hot in a Medieval sort of way, but I don’t think that’s quite what they are looking for.
A&F is ridiculously overrated and expensive. i don’t even wear their stuff so i don’t think they will hire me.. and i don’t fit their *style* anyways
http://www.abercrombiekids.com/kids/onlinestore/collection/14868_03_p.jpg
This shirt upsets me. Take a look through their kids section. They should include condoms in each of the pockets of the girls and boys clothing starting at size 10. They may consider it a compliment.
no
Probably not. I’m not blond, I have small boobs, and even at 21 I still struggle with some acne.
But I don’t care. I’ve never worn an article of clothing made my Abercrombie and Fitch and I probably never will.
I hope I would be. Hollister does this too.
No… I’d be one of those people working in the back
Plus, they probably want you to wear pink.. right? *horror face*
I didn’t like that place before, and now I have reason to hate it.
I’d be in the stock room. For sure.
You should really watch this…
Everything is so true about A&F
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-WzqfbVHU
This is why I love working at H&M, they don’t judge you at all ;-P
Could I? Yes. Would I want to? Hell no.
I would be happier burning A&F stores to the ground.
And no, I’m not white enough.
I don’t think I would be able to work with customers for many reasons…
1. I am not attractive enough
2. I am not a stick thin straight body type… I have boobs and hips
3. I don’t think I can even fit in their clothes. I don’t buy juniors sizes anymore so I don’t know…
4. I am probably too old… Not a teenager anymore
5. every list must have a #5
I might be able to work in the stockroom folding clothes… but that is only because I folded clothes for something like 7 years… and that is if they base stockroom off experience. I was a specialist at Target that only folded clothes. I probably still wouldn’t get the job if it was based on my appearance.
I think im hot enough but my style isnt abercromie at all. If I was in high school and went to a white school im sure Id make the cut.
However….heheh my hunnie bunnie will fit in just fine. An asian with arms, chest, and almost a full fledge 6-pack! =P
I have no idea! But why in the world would I want to work for Abercrombie????
My boyfriend’s best friend models for them.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that we live in a superficial world. I thought this was old news to everyone.
I think I’d make the cut, but unless I was getting on their posters, and paid a lot more than their measly minimum wage, I wouldn’t bother dealing with spoiled bratty high schoolers.
Very unlikely.
@lovesporks - Me, too.
I actually had an interview and they never called. Jerks. I just wanted the discount.
I don’t shop there & I wouldn’t be caught dead working there.
But yeah, I’m hot enough.
I don’t really care one way or the other, after all it is just one company’s/person’s opinion, so it just depends on so much sujectivity. I think if they state up front though that it is part of their job requirements, then that’s their right. If they don’t put that somewhere as available information, that’s THEIR fault. I wouldn’t want to work there anyway because I hate retail and only did it for one Christmas during the summer break and totally hated it. But models too are hire, on their looks, so what can they do? Sue an agency for not hiring them? Doubt they would ever win that one. Doubt the person who sued or is suing A&F will win either. Just waste a lot of money and make themselves look like an idit, being that worried about what one company thinks. Screw ‘em. If they didn’t like me, I’d just go work somewhere else.
@OneBadMother - hahahaha
There’s no way that I’ll ever work in that place. :
Pfft. I doubt they’d even want me visiting.
they asked me if i wanted a job there..and i was broke..so i went to the interview. but even the questions in that interview were so superficial and based on what we all were wearing (group interview) that i didnt even finish applying.
You tell me.
Probably not but selling clothes isn’t exactly a dream job, is it?
Definitely not hot enought for Abercrombie, or Hollister for that matter.
Not even close.
I doubt Abercrombie and Fitch is the only store to do this… haha.
WOW. Maybe. I have a pretty enough face but I rarely wear much makeup and they might think I didn’t look “polished” enough or something. But I’d never work there. I don’t like the atmosphere. It’s totally not my type of place. Feels FAKE.
My question is: If you were to know that they only hire based on looks, why would you want to work there anyways? Regardless if I make the cut or not, I wouldn’t want to associate with people like that.
To answer your question, no.
I could see that policy as setting the stage for quid pro quo harassment. Unless they want people to do “favors” for the better positions which would result in harssment lawsuits, they shouldn’t have such a subjective measure for their employee evaluations.
i worked for hollister, …but i quit because i hated having all the girls stare daggers at me and the managers are so superficial and stupid, that i wanted to puke
No way
Hah… probably not. I’ll never look like I fell out of an Abercrombie ad, even if I was the most gorgeous girl in the world. But I do remember that this girl I know was approached while shopping in A&F and asked to work there, just from looking at her. So I guess they’re pretty serious about their looks requirement.
I better be! (well actually I don’t think it would affect me too much either way).
Though they’d prob want me to shave. And then i’d tell them to fuck off. And then I wouldn’t get hired.
haha, no.
i guess it’s the backroom for me ~ jack
@Evolutionary_21 - i remember that. i can’t believe the company (them/hollister) is still in business.
I don’t know whether or not I’d be considered “hot” enough to work at Abercrombie…
But I’m fairly certain the beard would eliminate any possibility of me getting a job there.
No. Just no.
Hell no
I don’t even like that store. But if I did…I don’t really know what they would say,
My cousin worked their, said exactly that.
I feel to old to wear their clothing, but when I’m at the mall, I like to walk through just to see if the staff there will even acknowledge me, most of the time no. Though I’ve lost about 20lbs, I should try this week and see.
Its a shallow image they promote.
@saintvi - thats the first thought i had too!
I don’t think so. I don’t have the “porn star” hottness, at least not when I don’t want to. And I definitley don’t have the abercrombie personality.
No, although I don’t think I’m a dog, I’m not a model. They’d put me in the back because I’m too overweight and I don’t think most of their models are beautiful (seriously, I don’t). Besides, I’m a bitch. I hate dealing with customers.
But aside from that, I’d rather cut my own limbs off with nothing but a spoon and my teeth than work at Abercrombie and Fitch. I hate that store. It’s pointless clothes that are overpriced, made of really thin materials by eight-year-olds in sweatshops in China, and just say A&F on them. What’s the fucking point? If I’m endorsing your retarded clothing company I expect to be paid for my services!
nope…im not even allowed to shop there
I’m pretty, but I’m not hot… and I would not dress like a teenage slut, nor would I work at Abercrombie.
Currently, I work at hollister co. as a “model.” which means sales associate. we have our district manger come in the store and rate our workers with our look policy. Now, the company is making us wear only grey, white, and navy. Ehhh. This company has so many rules that it’s too much sometimes.
Anyways, I don’t know if would be hot enough to work at abercrombie.. but I do know that I got hired from hollister for the diversity requirements.
-_-
wow…look at ‘em..i dun mind shopping there everyday. lol
I would be a 0 on their scale.
I could not even wear anything from that store…unless it was from the mens section. i do like their perfume.
Nope. They won’t even look at me and tell me to get out because I’m a bit heavier then the anorexic chick that they want. Plus, I’ll get fired for not having air for breakfast and a piece of lettuce for lunch.
Wow, no forward progress there……nah, I’d be in the storeroom for sure! Then again I wouldn’t apply!
Wow. For some reason I’m not surprised. The store wants a certain look and will only hire people with that look. Reminds me of modeling. I definitely don’t have the look for either!
I actually worked at Abercrombie in high school.
Although it’s true that they look for a certain “look” (pretty basic clean scrubbed All-American) and they did do things like take polaroids of us when they hired us and encourage us to get our “hot” friends working there too, it was kind of a joke. I don’t remember any open discrimination like “Uglier people go to the store room!”. In fact, the people who worked in the back rooms got paid more money because they had harder jobs and weirder hours. Some people even thought of it as a promotion..And I have to say, just because some of the people who worked there were incredibly good looking does NOT make them stupid or shallow. Everyone who worked there didn’t do so just because they thought they were “the shit”. High school jobs are hard to come by, and it was a pretty decent one to have…
Uh, no. I have a good look for radio.
Nor would I want to work there or shop there. I can barely stand to walk past the place with the stench of cologne and loud, blaring music accompanied by photos of half-naked pre-teens. And, I’m a mother of a 17 and a 13-year old; who I am pleased to say don’t own a single item of clothing I’ve ever purchased from that store. They seem to share my opinions on over-priced, too-hip-for-thou clothing stores.
Definitely not. Haaa.
I can’t even GO in that store.
The music is too loud, the perfume stench is too strong… Makes me think they’re brainwashing people.
x__x
No.
PS.. Thanks for the eye candy.
It’s nice seeing something other than tits and asses on your site. =P
wtf
The real question is, is Abercrombie & Fitch hot enough for me?
And the answer is no. I’m more of GAP person.
Oh yeah – I’ve got Salma’s eyes and Jennifer’s ass…
Pffft.
Perhaps, I had a friend who stuck out in every way (Asian, very petite, kid-face) that managed to work there and I’ve been told I’m pretty before.
I don’t know, but would I even actually want to? Not really…
i knew some people that worked there…they too have said that some of their co-workers who aren’t as “attractive” aren’t allowed to work at the front of the store.
Yep!
That’s basically how it works at Vicroia’s secret-you either need to have a) a nice body, b) big boobs, or c) a pretty face, if not you’re in the back putting sensors on clothes. The only reason I was hired was because of choice b
No..I would need to be white
@oxkataaxo - That’s odd. At the AE by where I live it’s almost like walking into Hot Topic because of the employees. They have SO many piercings every where on their faces. Chicks are decked on tattoos. I can assure you that people didn’t get hired there for their looks but more for how they interact with people.
I worked for Abercrombie and yes, the over weight people, those with tattoos/piercings, or colored crazy hair… work in the back doing stock. Those with more model like statures and chisled faces were put in the front to be seen by customers.
Management fell into three sectors: Stock, Runners, and Models.
Upon hire the rumor was the goodlooking and dumb folks worked up front. Their job is easy, a monkey could do it.
Those who did stock were considered less than attractive by A&F standards but smart enough to do a lot of grunt work effectively.
Runners had to be both attractive and intelligent because they had to work up front and back. They always had to keep moving though- note the name.
But honestly, when I worked there no one was mean to the other. As much as it sounds like some weird high school clique no one acted on it.
A&F is known for its stupidity… when they sold men’s jeans they literally were advetised as how it would show off or increase the size of a man’s package. There was no “boot leg” or “relaxed fit”… it all had to do with how the jeans fit your penis. I kid you not!
As far as women’s shirts go with slogans on them that suggest how you might steal the other girls boyfriend… then… you can guess what moron or slimy c*nt might wear that.
The truth is… they carry some good staples though. Like basic tanks or lounge wear. So they are not entirely bad… I just dont shop there or work there anymore.
Nevermind how they spray that store with perfume every 30 minutes!! Its part of store policy that the place reaks!
@fatcatUS - Excuse you? I listen to rock ‘n’ roll and use proper English. I’ve been called “Oreo” and “wannabe white girl”. What are you trying to say?
@MetallMaus - I know, right? The white man always wins. :whateva:
I think the whole thing is plain disgusting. I refuse to go into Abrocrombie all together. All it does is use nakedness to sell clothing. Go figure? Why does life have to come down to a beauty contest all the time. I hate how shallow our world is. That faces(or Bodies) would sell clothes just shows were we are. How sick.
Nope.
Hell yeah!
I probally don’t look good enough to even work in the stock room :-/
I have a chubby face, so I would be in the back room. Though hopefully I never have to lower myself to be working at a place that’s so focused on who’s “hot.”
Yeah, of course. Just have to add about 30 lbs, actually get style in my hair, and get a tan. There’s nothing wrong with their image though — you can’t expect them to be hiring obese people with back hair and a mullet to be topless in front right? Besides, lots of places seem to trend toward slimmer and more attractive hires: the GAP, news anchors, Hooters.
I wouldn’t work there. I have a bad temper when it comes to stupid people. I’d probably end up throwing someone into a wall or window.
Imagine that.
My brother actually worked there and he told me that the employees were told that if they saw someone in the store who “didn’t look like Abercrombie material” then they were to try to get them out of the store as fast as possible without making it look like that was what they were doing. I didn’t believe him so I asked my friend Liz who worked at a different Abercrombie store and she confirmed this.
No wonder I’ve also hated this store.
LOL. They don’t have a body rating? Only faces count toward the score? Damn. I’d be in the back room for sure. But I would never consider working for or shopping at Abercrombie anyway, so no loss
Retail work would be too mundane on that level. I don’t think I’d even think about what I look like, because I’d never apply for a job there if I could help it (hint: Not saying I wouldn’t work there if I needed the job)
The people that abercrombie finds hot are most definitely not in my book. They’re boring.. too conventional.
Hollister is the same way.
Maybe.. I mean it’s possible but I doubt it.. I’d rather work in the back than talk to people that shop there anyway..
yes, but only because i do work there
I’m out…unless they hire people without six-pack abs. Hahaha
Firstly, prolly only as a not-so-hot manager. Secondly, this smells of a law suit.
Heck, no! I’m average-looking at best.
this is sort of old news.
no, i don’t think i’d be “hot” enough to work at abercrombie, but that’s fine with me. i’d much rather be less attractive and more intelligent than shallow and beautiful, like most of the people who work at that store.
@lovesporks - puuuulease. I’d hire you! =)
I worked at Abercrombie. It’s not solely based on looks, but the bottom line is, you represent a company that depends on it’s employees to target a key customer group. Plus, most of the not-so-beautiful people who decide to apply tend to apply for stock positions anyway.
@ClintPlumlee - ahahaha. thanks.
the obnoxious heavy cologne sends me running before i can even enter the store to evaluate what kind of hotness they hire… but judging from these pictures, prolly not
Ummm… no. Not that it matters, because I would NEVER work there. Never, ever.
Yes.
In my dreams.
Nope. I’m old and ordinary.
probably not~
i worked at american eagle though
Seeing as I’m not a size zero…no. If it was based just on the face…maybe. But I still would never want to work there.
If it’s just my face, then yeah! >_<
Except I’m not white, blonde, and skanky. So, maybe not.
And I think the model on the left is kinda ugly, actually …
In the end, though, I’d never want to work there.
Or shop there.
Or have anything to do with that store.
No.. not at all.
Lol no. I can’t stand that place.
@OneBadMother - LMAO!
If I were in better shape I’d probably have a 4 out of 5 on the face scale.
Your job options are limited by your looks? I smell class-action lawsuit.
And no, I would be considered too short and fat to work on the floor. At Banana Republic, my bosses picked on me until I quit because I just didn’t look right, or cozy up to the customers enough.
I fucking hate retail. Soulless machine that it is.
nah…
I’m sure I wouldn’t be hired. I wouldn’t want to work there anyway and I have never shopped there.
last year i walked through holister with a female friend of mine. they were hiring at the time and they came up to both of us and asked if we wanted to apply for a job. i didnt need a job (too busy with baseball) but she took an application.
they called her and told her she passed the first part of the process but she needed to put together a 3 to 5 minutes talent for her interview. she was gonna prepare a dramamtic dialogue but then thought “how fucking stupid is this to have to do to work at a brainless clothing store.”
she happens to be beautiful inside as well as out, and i’m glad she didnt go through with it.
I’m pretty hot, but I’d get sick from all the “FIERCE” fumes if I tried to work at Abercrombie.
I would be a manager.
@lovesporks - You were born in America weren’t you? You are actually quite alluring. Insanely so. You’re under 5’1″ aren’t you?
Heaven! I’m in heaven…
@lotta_valdez - I always thought you were beautiful.
@benjimau5 - i’m a little past 5’1″, and yes i was born in america.
thanks for the comment? haha.
I’m too busy running the world to care if I’m hot or not.
Come to think of it, those hot or not applications are taking up too much bandwitdth. Maybe I need to nix them from my planitary take over plan?
i’m too old to work there, and not ‘hot’ by any stretch of the imagination.
my youngest so worked there and got the job because he shopped there and they approached him because he had ‘the look’.
do i like their standard? not really, but it works for them.
This should be illegal. Experience should be all that you are judged on.
If there were a negative number i would get it if they even interviewed me.
Probably, just on the basis that I’m Sicilian, and it’s usually not a very good idea to piss one of us off.
haha i was offered a job at abercrombie :]
but i declined, due to shitty wages
I’m not white, and from the sounds of that article, it seems like I could be booted into the street on that point alone. Also, the way I dress is not very glamourous or attractive because I don’t give a damn. That pretty much rules out all possibility of me being a shop clerk anywhere because at the very least, they want their employees to be presentable.
Abercrombie… well, it’s just a marketing ploy. Shallow, perhaps, but it’s still just a marketing ploy. They want attractive people to up their image. It’s done all the time in the media, billboards, commercials, etc. It’s all about presentation.
Probably not. TT________TT Well.. noone has ever told me I am ugly but I have a feeling some people think so. Maybe I’m just paranoid.
Yeah, duh. Lol, joke.. it wouldn’t matter to me anyway, i dislike those preppy stores. Their clothes are so.. blah.
Wouldn’t want to work at a place like that anyway. Imagine the work environment: pretentious, snooty, narcissistic, entitled kids.
i was asked to work there by a hiring team standing outside, they said they were looking for 16 year old girls that fit my “type”. I told the guy I was 21 and it was obvious they needed better managers because their stores suck being ran by 16 year olds.
@saintvi - You and me both.
i get a headache just walking by the place, thinking about the ridiculous giant ad they always have in the entrance, and the terrible, TERRIBLE lighting. maybe that’s how they sell so much clothing: no one can really see what they are actually buying.
i tell management to hire cute girls/guys sometimes so that we’ll get more tips that way. being nice helps, yes, but so does being attractive, especially during short transactions where the customer doesn’t want to chit chat. does this surprise anyone?
i never mentioned these things to managers when i worked in clothing stores because i never got a chance to make extra money like with tips or commission.
you don’t even have to be that cute, really. if you wear a skirt and smile you’re bound to get extra tips from guys.
maybe this seems shallow, but i’m trying to be realistic here. i don’t bother with people who are really into their looks like the majority of people here, but i’m not going to pretend i’m not shallow to some degree.
Pshh, stupid question. The answer is obviously yes.
Just kidding. I’m uhh.. probably too young for them. ;D
I don’t think so. I am over the age, and weight requirements I’m sure.
i work at hollister, which is owned by a&f… and i know secret shoppers rate us on our appearance…
they actually prefer attractive looking employees for stockroom as well because they still have to go out on the floor and do have to talk to customers…
a&f is a little more particular about looks is because they often use shirtless male employees as eyecandy to make girls walk through the door…
also, considering they use real emplyees for posters and shopping bags, instead of models, i’m sure they prefer employees to be at least a little attractive
@laurenmaureen - and btw… we aren’t mindless and superficial, they may hire us for our looks, but a lot of use are trying to pay our way through college and rent with multiple jobs… and some just for extra cash….
First of all, I’m not a big fan of Abercrombie and Fitch’s clothing. I don’t see what everyone sees in them. Whats so wow about jeans, T-shirts, and sweats pants/shirts/jackets? Those are the type of cloths I expect girls to wear when they have their period. It’s not flattering and way too expensive.
Also, I believe men who buy Abercrombie and Fitch might be gay because there are way too much half naked male models poster hanning on the wall.
@benjimau5 - thank you!
haha, wow, hiring based on looks, thats becoming too common now..
but its business i guess..
it takes them 25 cents to make a polo and they overcharge that crap. i decided not to even shop there.
If they’re that damn picky, then I probably wouldn’t get hired. Who knows. The funny thing is, every time I’ve walked into Abercrombie, I can’t think of one hot, “oh my God she’s drop dead gorgeous” girl that I’ve seen working there. They’ve all been petite, skinny white girls that wear the typical jeans and flip flops. So ordinary. Definitely not anything praiseworthy or beautiful. I feel sorry for people who work in such a shallow environment. I imagine it can really bring down a person’s self-esteem.
Plus, I wouldn’t want to work there, even if they offered. I’m happy with my fancy 8-5 office job, at my Fortune 500 company
I think of Abercrombie as a job for a student. Either that, or teeny boppers who are into fashion and trying to impress others too hard. I find Abercrombie’s clothes aren’t exceptionally well made — I bought a few shirts from there, and they’re see-through and have all ripped because of their cheap, thin material. I prefer Express, personally; I believe there’s a certain degree of sophistication with that store that Abercrombie could never come close to.
WTF is wrong with abercrombie.
@oxkataaxo - Your AE must have some pretty high standards….You should walk into ours…definitely a variety of looks and types of people.
A couple months ago, no way. But since I discovered Isagenics & dropped 20 pounds, absolutely!
that is beyond shallow!
No I wouldn’t get the job.Probably too short and don’t look like I spend the whole day surfing.
No- Cuz I think I’m too old… However, a few years ago, I was told during an interview at a casino, that “The company tries to hire people that are considered attractive.” Then my interviewer asked if I would be comfortable wearing the uniform, which was a very short skirt, bustier, and 3 inch heels. She told me that I would be hired but that I should probably “get a push up bra, or do something to make my breasts appear larger”.
While I dont agree with it entirely, people /companies do the same thing everywhere- Abercrombie is just being vocal about their policy…
Yeah, I think I could…..I don’t where make-up at all………….except for lipstick.
And I’m a looker. Lots of people have compared me to Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen…..only minus the scary eye make-up.
That makes me want to put in an application and see..
idk if I’d pass it though- probably not.
okay. Deff not.
But hiring extremely attractive people is why they make so much money.
The boys are why I go in there.
@awokenfatality - Im not saying we didnt have a variety of people, because we did! but I guess I never really noticed it because well….I was one of them. The only thing I noticed were the girls wearing skimpy outfits (college girls might I add) and sleeping with every guy they worked with. I also had a manager that would never stop talking about her sex life right in front of customers. That was full of so much drama, it was high school if not worse, all over again for me.
@TillTheLastPetalFalls - Heh! High Standards? No not at all….they were strict about all the wrong things. Gotta get those damn credit cards! ugh! that still haunts me. My managers would go out and party with us all the time. About a month after I quit my store manager was fired for drinking with associates and my other manager was fired because she talked on the store phone all day with her boyfriend. So as for the High Standards? I dont think so!
I walked into an Abercrombie once with a friend who shops there frequently (it was my first and only time in the store) and we were both asked if we would like to work there. I had heard rumors about an “only hiring attractive people” policy, so I was flattered (although, looking back, maybe they only wanted me for the stockroom! Ha!), but I would never EVER work (or shop) there.
Hell no. I don’t have the “right look”. I’m a goth-emo-freak hybrid.
I like it when she wears abacrombie and finch* : -P Good song.
@OneBadMother - agreed! hehe
isn’t this a shallow question?
for one i wouldn’t want to work there.
i think i’m attractive, but i don’t think i have the abercrombie look. or maybe i do. i dunno.
@oxkataaxo - That is very unprofessional of your manager. Nobody wants to know that.
Jobs with a lot of high school and college students tend to become another high school setting unfortunately.
I mean it’s a store with good looking clothes for good looking people. I mean, they have no brain, but they look good not having a brain.
I am definately not hot enough. I think that alot of girls who could work there prob don’t even think they are.. My son’s girlfriend worked there.. She has a great personality.. I think that is a plus in any salesperson.. Shallow people I cannot stand… I could work anywhere if they hired you on personality.. I’m told it is my best feature… Oh well….
I wasn’t hot enough to work at Abercrombie, but I was cute and sexy enough to work at Bebe and I’ll take cute and sexy over hot anyday.
If they hired people based on ugliness, I’d be a shoo-in.
Ha, I don’t think I would.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m pretty sure that I’m hot. I’m just not the same kind of hot. I’m hot in a scrawny-sexy-dorky-cute sort of way. Not Abercrombie’s thing, really.
That’s hilarious… People are so shallow. I can’t answer this question because I would never work for that stupid store.
By the way, what’s the point of an advertisement for clothing if the models aren’t wearing any?
Abercrombie is garbage. It’s a waste of money to buy clothes, and then once you wear it…people assume you’re full of yourself because you’re hott and you’re rich enough to buy those clothes.
If I had a nice body, I might make the job but that’s just ridiculous. It really angers me how society is like that. It’s fuckin stupid. People who think like that should get taught a lesson.
If you haven’t seen Mad TV’s Abercrombie Skit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3-WzqfbVHU, then you should see it. It’s 24 minutes of love.
In my honest opinion that is discrimination. Abercrombie has already been sued for discrimination against race etc…I believe your looks falls under some categories that they were sued for.
I think it depends on the store and how the managers run it. My roommate (who is a wicked awesome girl and not a mindless, superficial bimbo) who’s from Connecticut (we go to college in Massachusetts) works at Abercrombie and looks like a regular girl. She’s not tall and definitely not model skinny. She told me she never had to deal with comments on her looks or anything like that, but that they do use some of their employees as their models, so there is that kind of standard when it comes to those employees.
But then I had a friend, who lives in Massachusetts, who went and asked an employee in Abercrombie for an application (she needed a job and didn’t care where she worked) and she was promptly told she was too homely to work there.
definitely no. american eagle didn’t even hire me and their expectation is a lot lower. i felt rejected =( but at least gap hired me!
Considering that I’m 30 weeks pregnant…. no, I don’t think they would allow me to work with the customers.
But I would NEVER work there to begin with. I don’t even buy their clothes… they are extremely overpriced and I really don’t like the kind of attitude that the people who wear the clothes usually have.
My friend has to work on “impact” at Hollister because they told him he didn’t “fit the Hollister image” when he got hired.
He also happens to be Asian. I think there’s a correlation there.
That’s also why, despite the potential pay raises, I’m hesitant to apply to Hollister or Abercrombie. I’d take it personally if I wasn’t hired.
I don’t think I’d make it. I’m a goth who’s also Wiccan and who has several facial piercings that I refuse to remove just to look “professional” or fit in, and while I love my short haircut, I’m afraid that it makes my face look fat. I’d fit in better at Hot Topic.