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Columbia Sportswear

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A Great Place To Start........Not To Advance - Anonymous employee Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

3.0
Jul 20, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

CSC has generous health benefits, PTO, employee discount, employee store, etc. Senior management is professional, approachable, and well compensated.

Cons

There is little training in the stores located outside of the Portland area. Ideas flow down not up. The retail customer experience is driven more by a trip to the kiosk, to sign-up, than by the he needs of each customer or the individual customer service style of each associate.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Positive environment, great training, pride in products and technology.

Cons

Seasonal employees get "up to 25 hours" but I have only been scheduled up to 15 hours a week.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Good work-life balance and benefits.

Cons

What was once a pro for culture has now become a con. Uncertainty due to massive layoffs. Remote work has been largely eliminated, and thus flexibility has decreased signficantly. Offshore and AI initiatives to reduce local US workforce. Although collaboration is encouraged, departments are siloed and operate independently which causes significant inefficiencies costing the company millions of dollars. Diversity is also lacking in a number of departments. Over reliance on external consultants instead of leveraging internal expertise.

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