Horrible place to work - Front End REI Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great discount when you work there

Cons

Management is horrible and very dishonest. If you don't fit in to the so called REI crowd they will try everything in the book to get you to quit. I have worked over 20 years in my life and this is one of the worst jobs I have ever had. They are so focused on what REI has to offer and REI will be there for you.

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Pros

- Excellent coworkers - REI does a great job of hiring enthusiastic and personable staff - Slightly better pay compared with other retail in the area - Prodeals and discounts - Flexible hours - Good (although rapidly diminishing) healthcare benefits

Cons

- Once a (better) company known for its investment in knowledgeable and friendly staff via extensive training and investment, the company has been slowly slashing away at most of what makes it special since the pandemic - Hours and benefits are worsening, proper employee training is becoming hard to come by - lots of mediocrity and sometimes questionable ethical calls made by management - Punitive disciplinary policies that seem to be designed to create higher turnover (advantageous to them given the gradual pay, benefit and policy changes)

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