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      Cabela's

      Part of Bass Pro Shops

      Engaged Employer

      Cabela's reviews

      3.1

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (2,416 total reviews)
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      Johnny Morris

      40% approve of CEO

      33% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Cabela's has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cabela's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      2K reviews
      2.0
      May 13, 2015

      outfitter

      Manitoba
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Talk about hunting equipment. Help others.

      Cons

      Low pay standing on concrete all day. Boredom. It's really not all its cracked up to be

      1.0
      Dec 28, 2014

      Would not recommend

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice co-workers. Nice break room

      Cons

      Even thought I was full time I got totally random hours every day. This made no sense at all. Very poor and unprofessional management. No phones allowed on the floor. Company phones and computers are crap

      3.0
      Jun 7, 2013

      Management leaves more to be desired.

      Outfitter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great co-workers for the most part, Regular in-store events, Average employee discount pro-rated to individual product, Good health, dental, and vision benefits, Fantastic customer base, Annual "summit" discount opportunity, Paid and incentive-based training (in-store and 3point5 online,) Opportunities for recognition from customers and co-workers (Voice of the Customer, Hook & Bullet, Bulls-Eye, Fish Cards.)

      Cons

      Poor management, DOES NOT FOLLOW LABOUR STANDARDS (Pay, scheduling, reviews,) Non-commissioned, Poor scheduling due to unreasonable time off requests, Favouritism, Very recognizable hierarchy of departments, Poor communication between stores and head office/main warehouse, Poor communication between managers, Poor communication between sales floor and back room, Poor communication between some department leads and outfitters, Poor communication between stores and company buyers, Unwillingness to review compensation outside of the annual performance review, Poor treatment of "senior outfitters" - expected to do the same work (or more) as leads without the same recognition or compensation, Unreasonable deadlines to re-merchandise and sign flyer drops, Unacceptable lack of inventory of flyer items, Very high employee turnover, High sales pressure (and when lofty goals were met, higher ups never offered anything more than a rare pat on the back,) Little to no advancement opportunities unless you're good friends with or a favourite of (not treated as a regular employee) management.

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