Camping World reviews

3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,554 total reviews)
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Matthew Wagner

55% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Camping World has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,554 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Camping World 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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1.0
Mar 9, 2021
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Pros

Fun business perks like Cubs tickets and decent holiday parties

Cons

Lying management. Had the Senior VP get on the phone with our department at the start of covid telling us we had nothing to worry about. 2 weeks later we take a pay cut, 2 weeks after that we’re told we need to use our PTO because we’re going to flex time off system. At the deadline of when PTO needed to be used? A TON OF PEOPLE WERE FIRED WITH NO SEVERANCE AND NO PTO TO COLLECT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO GET RID OF IT AFTER BEING TOLD THEY HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THEIR JOBS! Camping World picks favorites and unless you are a part of a specific department, don’t expect to move up. Be prepared to watch people who have no business being promoted actually get promoted. A lot of directors have no business being in director and manager roles, but if you brown nose enough to Marcus...you can do whatever you want! A lot of snakes and no one you can trust from top to bottom here. Someone tells you that you have nothing to worry about? Think the opposite. Avoid this place at all costs.

1.0
Sep 21, 2019

Revolving door

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Pros

POTENTIAL to make a lot of money (but 90% of salesmen will not). If you have a conviction record or are on drugs then this is the place for you because they don't drug test or do background checks. About half of my coworkers were ex-cons or had ankle monitors or came to work high on meth.

Cons

Many negatives, but I will try to list a few based on my experience: Deceptive recruiting practices. I resigned from a good job to take this job because the manager who interviewed me was dishonest about the pay structure. My fault for being naive. Long hours. 11 hour days are standard. Expect to stay late or come in on your day off for a delivery (when your customer picks up their camper). If you are not there for your delivery, half your commission will go to someone else. When sales were down they often made everyone stay late to cold call customers until 9pm. Expect to work 60-70 hours/week. Constant micromanagement is the norm. Revolving door of RV sales associates as they will hire anyone who applies. Most last a couple months or less. Expect to be treated like expendable cannon fodder because that's all you really are in their eyes. They know you will sell a few units and move on just like the dozens, possibly hundreds, of salesmen who came before you. Even the great salesmen get fed up within 1-2 years and find something better. Had to spend a couple hours every morning picking up trash and blowing up and hanging balloons all over the lot. Often didn't even get to start doing sales activities until 11am. Sales in spring and summer are pretty good and you might make some money. Sales in fall and winter drop to almost nothing and everyone gets desperate and then the back stabbing begins. I could go on and on but these are just a few things that come to mind.

2.0
Feb 21, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Nice environment. Great business model.

Cons

Treated poorly if you're not part of the inner circle. Business model not being executed. No follow through on training or getting the passwords for your own email. Just really poor attitude from the management

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