REI reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,372 total reviews)
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Mary Beth Laughton

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,372 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The REI 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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3.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, great co-workers, like working in a toy store for adults. Good training program to get yourself started.

Cons

Extremely hard to get hours. They will hire for their high season and cut regular employees hours to accommodate new hires. If projected sales levels are down, all hours are cut except 5 year + employees. They will expect you to keep yourself with full availability but might not schedule you those hours. When you take another job to supplement your income, they will cut you even more then bring you in to the office and let you go. There will never be much opportunity for a decent pay.

2.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great training programs, excellent merchandise discounts, department managers try to promote fun work environment and employee appreciation events

Cons

Employees doing actual work are not seen as vital to company success, managers are arrogant and seem to feel threatened by employee ideas

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