REI reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,373 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 4,373 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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5.0
May 17, 2016

Sales Lead

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working at REI is great because if you're at a retail location, and you have a great management and OPO coordinator, then you have all the opportunity in the world to have a fantastic work / life balance.

Cons

It is very difficult to move from retail into REI corporate. You really have to be driving for store management to be successful.

5.0
May 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Company provides great benefits to employees. They truly understand how important it is to have a happy workforce. I enjoyed the network of industry experts to help me further my knowledge in the industry.

Cons

Orientation was a bit dull at times. I found that moving within the company was hard due to the overwhelming amount of talented employees. Sometimes customers could be down right rude and would have to learn to have a thick skin.

4.0
May 16, 2016

Awesome Empoloyer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are very few "cons" to working for REI. Very supportive environment, good managers, enthusiastic and helpful staff. And the clients who come in are always excited to buy new things. They love REI.

Cons

The pay is very difficult for us in the Bay Area. I don't know if they pay varies in different parts of the county but I do know that a starting salary under $12/hour is tough especially when part time don't know how many hours they will have in any given week.

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