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Columbia Sportswear

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Columbia Sportswear reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,322 total reviews)
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Tim Boyle

68% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Columbia Sportswear has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,322 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia Sportswear employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Nov 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent enough products, decent enough prices, chance for eventual promotion to corporate sales or in the corporate office in Portland.

Cons

Terrible treatment of employees, Minimal raises (.25 a year for top sales individuals) I made 9.00/hr coming in brand bew, and someone with 1 1/2 years at the store and a top seller was making $9.13/hr, disposable workforce, little brand loyalty.

3.0
Oct 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Management and co-workers were friendly and laid-back, respected one another, team work on projects. Free columbia sportswear merchandise, employee store benefits.

Cons

The management seemed to be all over the place, I kept waiting for them to get their stuff together. Irregular hours, I was assigned a lot more hours then I wanted to work, wages start off at the bottom and I had to wait 9 months to even have the chance to get a raise.

3.0
Sep 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really, really good benefits. Nice people. Nice customers.

Cons

Cross training is lacking. No one to cover you if you are out due to illness, or on vacation. Management could not sit at your desk and cover it for a couple of hours if they had to. No support for cross training, causes stress on everyone.

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