Earthbound Trading reviews

3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(488 total reviews)

Suzana Gordon

42% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Earthbound Trading has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 488 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Earthbound Trading 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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488 reviews
2.0
Feb 5, 2017

Unfortunate.

Recommend
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Pros

Solid employee discount, learned good sales

Cons

No communication with upper management made for no accountability for in-store management, consistent in-store gossip made working there horrible, sales goals and hours structuring made for a hostile workplace, never got an exit interview after I requested one

1.0
Feb 3, 2017

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount, the store sells some neat stuff at times.

Cons

Store management is usually young and inexperienced, quality of upper management is dependent entirely upon your district and can be okay as long as they like you or don't have other plans, health insurance for management is expensive and baseline, things change regularly in the store (sets often change from week to week and sometimes multiple times in the week in a complex way), company uses some questionable employment practices that ride the fine line between ethical and unethical, the corporate office is on a completely different plant from the stores, you don't work on commission but you have sales goals which make or break you, sales techniques and tactics are usually "whatever it takes" even if it involves bending the truth or excluding information, communication between staff, managers and other stores can be horrible, you must have super human time management skills and be willing to work like a dog or you will fail, potential for toxic work environment is very high, physically exhausting. It's retail but on the shadier, darker end of retail.

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Earthbound Trading Response
9y
I'd very much like to get additional information from you about your feedback. Knowing what store/district you worked in would be helpful to identify if we have stores that need additional training on our selling practices. Please contact myself (elizabeth@earthboundtrading.com) or your former district manager to discuss your experiences with us.
4.0
Jan 22, 2017

Key holder

Recommend
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Pros

Great people. Great products. The customers are nicer than most retail.

Cons

The pay is not great. No benefits. Hours can be cut without warning.

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Earthbound Trading Response
9y
Thank you for the feedback. Are you aware that hours are based on making sales goals? Please reach out to your Store Manager, District Manager, or myself for additional clarification about how hours are scheduled. -Elizabeth, elizabeth@earthboundtrading.com
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