Does Brooks Running pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Brooks Running employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Brooks Running. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Brooks Running?

84% of Brooks Running employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Brooks Running 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Brooks Running?

Customer Service Representative (12) , Runner Experience Specialist (8) , Marketing (4) , Customer Service (3) , Designer (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing Specialist (3) , Supply Planner (3) , (2) , Anonymous (2) , Brooks Guru (2) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (2) , Developer (2) , Devops Engineer (2) , Employee (2)

What are the pros of working at Brooks Running according to real employee reviews?

"I'm sure I could make more $ elsewhere but no way would I have such great people and culture!" ((in 47 reviews)); "Many great peers and people who care about the brand." ((in 34 reviews)); "Indeed, there are great teams of folks who really love their work and care about the product and the brand." ((in 10 reviews)); "Casual work environment." ((in 8 reviews)); "great PTO" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Brooks Running according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low for Seattle standards and they tend to hire from outside inside of promote from within." ((in 26 reviews)); "Low salary, no extra bonus packets" ((in 9 reviews)); "management is awful." ((in 8 reviews)); "My manager was a part of this also." ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management does not care at all." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Brooks Running layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Brooks Running layoffs and their outlook for job security at Brooks Running in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Brooks Running locations?

Seattle , Bothell , Sumner , Washington , Minneapolis , Whitestown , Kansas City , Bozeman , Nashville , Indianapolis , Columbus , Los Angeles , San Francisco , San Jose , Mansfield

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Brooks Running reviews

3.9

84% would recommend to a friend

(239 total reviews)

Dan Sheridan

91% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

Brooks Running has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 239 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brooks Running employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

239 reviews

4.0

Dec 22, 2015

Great Company!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I work with a great team of like minded individuals. Love coming to work everyday

Cons

Pay is a bit low in a competitive market. Hard to live with rising costs in Seattle.

2.0

Nov 20, 2015

The awkward years

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, pretty low key relaxed atmosphere, people want to be helpful for one another. I have been with Brooks for 3+ years. Brooks means well, wants to grow and succeed....I think this is a good place to work for a while.

Cons

The pay is really low. They will do a song and dance about how they compare in the market, the reality is that it is well below Seattle standards. Make sure to get what you want. The company offers no equity, raises are 3% ish, the health benefits aresof. This is an old school manufacturer that is turning over people and struggling to figure out how to make their product relevant and adapt to shrinking retail. Very much a slow moving, meeting heavy, must get buy in, and more buy in, then check with 10 more people before doing anything. If you are entrepreneurial, be warned...Did I mention the turnover of senior leadership? This place has been a revolving door and organizational shifting is happening frequently.

2.0

Nov 6, 2015

Run happy work sort of happy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

What makes brooks is the people there. The employees there are simply amazing they are all passionate about one thing and that is basically the run. It's a awesome place to get your career built up.

Cons

I see that Brooks is slowly getting ruined, by ruined there are some people in the company that just ruin it for people and that just makes people want to leave the company. It feels like a high school in Brooks if your not with the popular people they just treat you unfairly. Brooks promotes the "run happy work happy" life style but how could one work happy if They are always being abused and treated with no respect. When people talk about leaving the company they don't want to leave they just want to leave the people that they are fed up with. Don't plan on seeing yourself surpass 3 years

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Jobs at Brooks Running

Administrative Assistant, Runner Experience (REx)

Associate Footwear Merchandiser

Customer Service Specialist - Wholesale

Designer I, Inline Footwear Design

Functional Analyst - ERP