REI is a CO-OP and is one of the best Retail Organizations to work for - Senior Software Engineer REI Employee Review

3.0
Sep 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The ability to look out 10 years+. We need to make sure the CO-OP is around 100 years from now and we don't need to look at making a $1.00 for the street and we don't have to worry about the CO-OP being sold due to ownerships end of life.

Cons

Work life balance is unbalanced. REI growth and change is fast, quick and a struggle to keep up with.

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5.0
Jan 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazon place to develop real world skills

Cons

The holidays were Crazy busy

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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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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