Orvis Company reviews

4.0

71% would recommend to a friend

(324 total reviews)

Simon Perkins

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Orvis Company has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 324 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Orvis Company 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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324 reviews
2.0
Oct 23, 2015

Need to do better

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits and product discount, lots of really nice people.

Cons

Leadership is out of touch with the technology required for their web business. Managers are often unprofessional and rude. People get promoted based on how well they are liked more often than their job performance.

1.0
Feb 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Get to teach fishing classes Get to meet great customers Probably good if you are a part time sales associate

Cons

Middle management is absolutely atrocious. This company can't keep a manager in place because middle management is so bad. People at corporate are out of touch with the retail stores and don't give you the right products to sell in store. The company doesn't care about fly fishing. They use it to try to set them apart from other stores but use fly fishing as a resource for selling more clothing. Orvis doesn't use their retail store to make sales, as a company they use the stores to create business for the online/catalog ordering. They don't give you the tools to be a successful store. The way this company is run and handles things is absolutely appalling and it is showing in sales across the board.

2.0
Oct 13, 2015

Loyal Customers, So-So Bosses

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Represents good values regarding environment and preservation of habitat.

Cons

The owners never let you forget they are owners. If you don't fish and hunt you are regarded as support staff regardless of your position.

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