Fine for a Part Time job - Store Sales Specialist REI Employee Review

3.0
Aug 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Helping customers find gear to help them get outside can be really rewarding -Most co-workers are cool and fun to be around -There is health insurance for part-time which is really nice

Cons

-No consistency in scheduling, so really difficult to work 2 part-time jobs if you need and you will NOT get enough hours here to be sustainable -No ability to grow--almost impossible to move into full-time position

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

very supportive management and team members.

Cons

sometimes, the hours are late. But very doable.

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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