Earthbound Trading reviews

3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(486 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 486 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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486 reviews
4.0
Nov 30, 2012

Good

Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed environment Freedom to run store your way Great discount incentive Not over run by corporate policies Great growth potential Easy to become a store manager Two district managers I had were great Overall, I had a great experience. I left for a better paying job. I would go back to earthbound if they became more competitive in today's job market. I would recommend this job to someone starting out. In addition, there is alot of growth opportunities.

Cons

Not alot of organization in corporate Too focused on opening new stores instead of other growth areas Terrible pay for anyone except a sales associate Some corporate employees are very rude and not knowledgeable Low volume stores, so bonus is low Sales goals are pulled from the heavens because they don't make any sense

2.0
Oct 4, 2012

This company is a joke

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexible schedule (except if you're a manager- then you're forced to work every weekend). My manager (who was unfairly fired because our store never makes goal) was very accommodating and understanding. -50% employee discount. I'd never pay full price for the garbage that was sold and I felt bad that people had to pay the full retail price.

Cons

-Unrealistic sales goals. We NEVER made our sales goals because the location where I worked was in a mid-sized economically depressed college town. -The district manager -The products are so cheaply made. Things (especially jewelry) would frequently fall apart when they were taken out of the packaging -EBT markets their items as "exotic imports" when in reality most of it is just mass-produced crap manufactured in China and Indonesia. Dreamcatchers made in Indonesia? Hmm....

4.0
Nov 13, 2012

Fun but boring, could have been better

Recommend
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Pros

Fun co-workers, interesting customers. very efficiently run, decent starting pay and easy opportunity for small raises

Cons

Can be extremely slow moving, strict rules, upper management is not focused on the new employees and can be insensitive

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