fulfillment associate

stylist

warehouse associate

material handler

receiving associate

AKIRA

When you first walk into this place to shop at, you would think that working here would fun however, from my personal experience, it was awful! Working here changed me and my energy completely. I can't even explain how much I hated working at Akira. Don't get me wrong, I think they have great things here that you can shop for however, I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING AT AKIRA!!!! First of all, management is horrible. I was constantly being yelled at for doing something I wasn't aware of in front of costumers. When I asked for help, they just took over for me without guiding me through it step by step. They told me a billion different ways to do my job without sticking to the original plan, and when I stuck to the original plan, they put me on blast in front of costumers which was very unprofessional and disrespectful. They stood literally by me and screamed in my ears as if I couldn't hear them. It's very fast paced, I felt like I was suffocating. There are times where I just got done with a whole line of costumers, stand for not even a minute to catch my breathe, get yelled at for it to do something, and then come back up front to see managers not doing their job. I despised it. The pay is NOT worth the work at all! My shifts were extreme and I worked so hard and tried my very best for such a small pay. I didn't learn anything new, or something I could take from here. I was treated poorly since day one for TRYING to the best of my ability. I originally applied to become a stylist and they just put me up doing cashiers when I specifically said I wanted experience with a different position. I constantly would have mental breakdowns after work every single day because I was overly stressed and frustrated and I'm usually a happy, positive person. My schedule changed every few hours in a day and got super annoying to look at because of the fact that it was so unorganized. I feel like the majority of things at Akira was so unorganized. The breaks are so short. When I quit, I felt free and felt like I could breathe again. The only things I did like about working at Akira was that there was no dress code to "express" yourselves, which I felt like I couldn't even do but honestly it's not even worth applying for. I also enjoyed the music choice, how the place was set up, the items they had, and the costumers. I lost the person I was before working here, it really did make me feel miserable and now I'm trying to find myself again. Please don't apply here if you can't deal with unprofessionalism, un-organization, poor management, and a fast-paced environment. I felt like I deserved better and I believe that if anyone is interested in working here, look over your options because you deserve better too! Good luck!

The management will tell you an average person walks 6-8 miles a day at a "brisk pace" at this job and hits goal. This is a lie. As a picker you are expected to pick a minimum of 40 units per hour after 4 weeks at the company. I am not exaggerating when I say 40 units/hr requires you to walk at a speed of around 6 MPH (almost jogging speed) during the whole 12 hour shift. They do give 2 breaks and a lunch, and you have to walk across most of the 352,338 square foot warehouse to take them (that is the official size of the warehouse). Any period of time you are clocked in as a picker and do not pick something counts against your goal. The time for walking to the breakroom and back to the warehouse floor for breaks and lunch, the morning meeting held by your supervisor, the time you spend waiting while being assigned orders, and going to the bathroom is all counted as "picking time" and counts against your goal if you are not picking orders during it (which obviously you can't). A plus is most items are fairly light (5 - 15 LBS). An average day for me was walking 12 miles which I measured using an app on my phone (the equivalent of walking from Aurora to Naperville on foot). The shifts leave you very drained and it takes most of your time off to recover from this job. Your feet will be extremely sore and chafing will occur due to the amount of standing and walking. Be warned that this is a very intense physical job and do not believe the management that plays it down and makes the job seem like a cakewalk. 

This company is the most awful retail company to ever work for. 1st, sales people, you're all commission and you have to fight your co-workers to get it. I've seen fights in front of customers. So embarrassing. Staff comes to work drunk, lots of internal theft, and there are no managers. In life, managers manage situations, update staff on daily stats, and run a business. Here, they are just over glorified sales people who stand around and talk about the guy they had last night, the party, and if a customer needs help, it's a burden on them. If there is a problem, it is not resolved and management will debate and argue the customer. If you are a good manager and really know how to run a business, you won't last here...mostly because you don't get high at work and you actually want to help customers instead of bombard them with cheap clothes from China. Here, you are literally forced to bring heaps of clothing to a room that no one wants. The clothes are bought super cheap and sold over priced. This is the most unorganized company ever and they build their "brand" to look like that. The owners know how to buy party clothes, but have zero clue that most of the staff puke on it in the back. In order to work here, you have to be snorting in the back in order to prepare yourself for the amount of energy you'll need to make a $1 of commission. If you want stress, micro managing, no breaks, and work for a company where ALL OSHA laws are broken, this is for you. Be a professional, and skip this company.

I got this job because I thought it would be a fun experience. I mean who wouldn't want to dress people up? But it was terrible mainly because of the managers. I should have known something was very wrong when I saw a plethora negative reviews but I still have the job a chance. 

Despite some snooty coworkers (who I felt thought you were their competition) a lot of the employees were cool. But management was below subpar. Upon working there was little to no training, they just throw you out there and have the nerve and audacity to "grade" you on how well or bad you did. All 3 managers were telling me different things. One said come in at a certain time, I come in and I'm told by another manager to come the next hour. I was to leave at a certain time and I left 2 hours earlier. Then one manager tried to play me by saying she didn't tell me to come in at a certain time. My last day I came in and the manager lied and told me she said to come in in the morning. She sent me NO email, I was NOT put on the schedule and the last time I talked to her it was about bringing my ID in, which I'm glad I didn't. 

So not only are the managers unorganized, they play these mental games with you. The pay is super low it's a shame. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone.

I walked in this place with high expectations.
They give you false promises of moving up in the company. 
The warehouse is disgusting, dogs everywhere especially in the break room all over the couches and table seats. 
The bosses Arika & Eric are extremely rude to almost all employees. 
To where one of the bosses went on a screaming rant that was completely unprofessional towards all of the employees, favoritism is a major part of this company.. if one of their favorites dislikes you, you are not likely to get fired. 
Hypocrisy rises in this company as well. 
The bosses have family members working there which are treated ten times better than the employees. 
The employees are under poor management and working in poor conditions. 
Worked at the store to pick up more hours, the stores are SAD! looks like a basement with over priced clothes. Not to mention everything else. I've seen the bosses kids working there too!!! Security guard texting! Stylist are paid commission when they go the extra mile to sell the merchandise. 
This Company alone is a ripoff. The bosses are fake. The managers have no idea how to run the business. The clothes are overpriced and if you seen the stuff they sell put of boxes you too will not shop here.

A typical work day at akira seems to be exciting but looks can be deceiving. I had fun coming to work dressed nice because I am into fashion but to be making $5 a hour and to barely get any hours was a big disappointment. I got alot of compliments on my customer service, and I had fun helping customers find what they needed to help them look beautiful. The hardest part of the job was being told that I had to bring the shoppers clothes that they specifically stated that they weren't interested in. I felt as though they were over-pressuring us to sell things that customers just weren't looking for at all which would cause an irritation in them.The most enjoyable part of working there is discussing clothing items with the customers and seeing their reactions to the outfits I helped put together for them. I tried to get trained as a cashier because they made more money an hour and their job was less stressful but my managers ignored my request so therefore I decided to leave.

The chase for more money and sales from its "clients" are so demanding that the company proudly identifies itself as an "aggressive selling culture". The downside is this belief of greed that gets in the way of the culture. Being allowed to wear whatever you want and dance is not enough compared to the demanding nature to upsell costume jewelry and clothing to customers and meet high goals with such a low hourly rate and commission percentage. To sum it all up, this company only cares about the money and not about the people. Turnover rate is unprofessionally high. Store managers will expect so much from the team with little training and a lack of concern for their well being. I've experienced seeing 7 team members quit from all levels within a month leading up to myself after only a short period. There's no support from store management and upper management with the absence of team work and collaboration. 

This job wasn’t too bad but it can be very TIME consuming.. you literally have no days to yourself (work from 11am- 10:30pm ). So, if you thought you’d have a life just know that it will be a struggle to maintain. There is a lot of emphasis on working faster but sometimes there is little to NO order from management and sometimes coworkers don’t contribute to productivity. 

The greatest scam is Styling.. you’re paid 6$ with 4% commission and have to get 3k sales goal EVERYDAY to see any REAL MONEY. I loved styling but the reality of it was that it  does not pay the bills . 

So why does it say stylist pay 15$ … pssst SCAM!

The turnover for employees (coworkers/management) is crazy because if you’re late more than 3 times you’re fired or people just don’t return to the job.. due to dissatisfaction . 



A typical day consisted of:customer service, styling,and merchandising. I did learn how to listen to work with people of different back grounds and how to be a better employee. Management was changed frequently and rules varied from manager to manager. I honestly had some of the best co-worker at this job. We worked well together, and had fun while getting our jobs done. The hardest but most fun part of my job was trying to make a disgruntle customer happy. On multiple occasion I had a client that shopped at a different an had a bad experience, so it was up to me to change their entire outlook on the company and create a friendship. The most enjoyable part of my job was being around different people all the time and creating client relationships into actual friendships.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING HERE!! Management sucks and are so disrespectful! Management is rude and they like to pick on certain employees. It’s a lot of gossip & they’re messy. I would rather just shop at Akira instead of being an employee. They don’t know how to balance there personal feelings with business. Management talks about their employees as well. Every day i went to work i dreaded it. It’s so much TENSION. You can literally feel the tension the minute you walk in for work. Management is down your back constantly you can never have time to just breathe for a few seconds! I liked the job & working there, but management made it so stressful. Management gets away with a lot even with all the complaints, going to corporate, and NOTHING is being done about it!! It’s an unhealthy and toxic environment and would never work here again. 

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