Is Hobby Lobby a good company to work for?

Hobby Lobby has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 5,092 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Hobby Lobby to a friend and 45% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Hobby Lobby have been left by employees working as Customer Service , Stock Associate and Stock Person .

Does Hobby Lobby pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hobby Lobby employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hobby Lobby. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Hobby Lobby?

47% of Hobby Lobby employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hobby Lobby 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Hobby Lobby?

Cashier (609) , Sales Associate/Cashier (307) , Department Head (229) , Sales Associate (185) , Assistant Manager (128) , Store Manager (122) , Co-Manager (121) , Department Manager (111) , Stockman (98) , Retail Sales Associate (88) , Certified Custom Framer (85) , Stocker (78) , Customer Service Manager (CSM) (76) , Customer Service Manager (61) , Order Puller (60)

What are the pros of working at Hobby Lobby according to real employee reviews?

"pay can be good but not what they advertise on sign when they are hiring." ((in 817 reviews)); "You get to have great coworkers and lots of jokes are made while working hard." ((in 245 reviews)); "Great people to work with crew was great" ((in 227 reviews)); "Good benefits for you and or family." ((in 157 reviews)); "Great Employees who are dedicated to what they do and long term employees" ((in 77 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Hobby Lobby according to real employee reviews?

"Managers don't have very good customer relations skills." ((in 267 reviews)); "Long hours expected and could be sent to other locations with short notice and no ability to refuse." ((in 180 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible" ((in 86 reviews)); "Not very accommodating to time off even if you have a crisis." ((in 63 reviews)); "You get no training and your DM's only job is to nit pick you to death." ((in 62 reviews))

What are employees saying about Hobby Lobby layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Hobby Lobby layoffs and their outlook for job security at Hobby Lobby in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Hobby Lobby locations?

Oklahoma City , Houston , Atlanta , San Antonio , Austin , Dallas , Orlando , Tulsa , Phoenix , Las Vegas , Birmingham , Kansas City , Jacksonville , Fort Worth , Knoxville , Mesa , Nashville , Indianapolis , Wichita , Plano , Cincinnati , Louisville , Denver , Baton Rouge , Greenville , Charlotte , Murfreesboro , Roseville , Colorado Springs , Logan

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Hobby Lobby

Hobby Lobby reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(4,943 total reviews)

David Green

45% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Culture & values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Hobby Lobby has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,943 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

3.0

May 6, 2025

District Managers can ruin your experience here...

Department manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent wages, some really great managers who can uplift and inspire staff.

Cons

No continuity between districts. How can one be so great and another a dark depressing cloud. Good work is punished with more work, same wages as the weak links. Nowhere to turn for bullying by Management, I've never shared the same sadness with so many people while simultaneously feeling so alone.

3.0

May 6, 2025

Unlikable Management

Department manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is good and the job itself is USUALLY easy. That is, up until some people in charge make it needlessly difficult.

Cons

Dealing with the store manager, specifically for this location. From my POV, he has made working there more difficult than it needed to be. And (in my opinion) he couldn't hire an ant to farm for sugar. I wasn't hired under his regime so that was not a me-problem. There are some things I'd like to go over in great detail here for why I'm saying that he made working there more difficult than it needed to be, but I'm sure that would require lawyers at the table. However, I will say this: if you question my work ethic or why something is taking so long, just realize that I'm a notorious hard worker with normally good speed and that it might just be SOMEONE ELSE'S fault that I'm falling behind on a task. Especially if that someone was also responsible for the last minute rush of completing a certain other task behind it with haphazard results that made it difficult to complete a certain task involving ordering. And your time-based math is horrible. The one SM that I was hired under was way better, but unfortunate circumstances happened. (EDIT: just some grammar)

4.0

May 5, 2025

Hobby lobby

Head of department

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty nice team of people

Cons

It's constant heavy work which i don't mind but I feel like between season there needs to be a break

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Jobs at Hobby Lobby

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