Hobby Lobby reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(4,941 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Hobby Lobby has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,941 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hobby Lobby 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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1.0
Oct 31, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Discount on craft supplies, Sundays off

Cons

Very little respect for employees, Very hard to get time off (said you would get any days requested 2 weeks in advance. I requested one day off for the high school musical I was starring in almost 2 months in advance, and was still put on the schedule. I was guilted by my managers when I tried to get someone to switch shifts with me), Management incompetent, Saturday mornings at the fabric counter are frantic and an unbelievable amount of stuff gets stolen from there, managers get upset when called to cash register, Low pay (I got under the minimum wage at the time.)

1.0
Oct 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's easy to get a retail job since turnover is so high.

Cons

Zero opportunities for career advancement... apparently, if you aren't already in with somebody in corporate, you are unlikely to even be interviewed for a corporate position. Huge amounts of stress for very low pay... feedback from management generally amounts to hurry and get you order finished, hurry and get your freight put away, hurry and straighten the stock, hurry and help cashier. When you are fortunate enough to work in their corporate store, you also get the district and regional managers looking over your shoulder and telling you to hurry up. You usually have to endure a lecture anytime you request to take a day or two of sick-time about how there aren't enough people scheduled to cover for you.

1.0
Oct 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

craft industry is fun. People are being creative and I like assisting them with their projects. I've done crafting all of my life find it a creative outlet to be around new product as it becomes retail available

Cons

company is owned by a very religious right wing family. they use their profits to promote their church and globalchristianity. even though they turn a large profit each year their pay scale holds employees to barely a living wage perferring to pay minimum wage or slightly above. The upper management that visits the stores don't compliment people they just point out everything that is wrong, no cost of living increases. if you don't accept med insurance when first offered you do not have an option later.

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