I am a former employee of an Aerie. Aerie's message is be yourself and be body positive. I got a job at Aerie after the store i was previously working at was closed. I got the job almost immediately and told my friends who were in need of a job to apply. 2 of the girls I worked with at my previous store looked more alternative rather than clean cut. Aerie continuously hired other girls who fit into their definition of "pretty", despite their very own message about being "aerie real". My friends were denied of a job because of the way they looked. Aerie missed out on having 3 hard working and reliable employees, my two friends and myself. I quit this job after I felt disrespected and lied to about scheduling. They NEVER put me on the schedule but kept hiring new people to take my hours. I then got a another job so I could make enough money to live off of. After I informed Aerie management about my new job, they treated me as if I had traded them. Black Friday rolls around and my new job asks me to work thanksgiving night and black friday. I tell them yes because Aerie had not been consistently scheduling me for a few weeks. After a few days i shockingly get a few hours at Aerie. While i'm there the store manager asks if I can work Thanksgiving night and Black friday. I tell her that I've already told my other job that I will be there for them, and she says to me, "So you basically told them to kiss my [censored]". That was my last shift. After a month of maybe getting 24 hours THE ENTIRE MONTH, i was DONE. I am a very hard worker and would do anything they asked of me including trying to go through the maze of a back room they had and almost injuring myself multiple times trying to reach the very top shelf with a huge box of over priced bras. Never once did I treat them badly or disrespect anyone that worked there. I think it comes down to catty women. At the time I worked there I was 19. My store manager was in her 30's. I am not going to tell all the details of what they had said to me and how they treated me out of respect that i shouldn't even have for them. I am truly disgusted in how your company is letting management treat their employees or potential employees. Disgusted.