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      REI

      Engaged Employer

      REI reviews

      3.6

      63% would recommend to a friend

      (4,371 total reviews)
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      Mary Beth Laughton

      38% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,371 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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      4K reviews
      4.0
      Sep 8, 2014

      pay is just OK but employee discount is HUGE

      Customer service specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A healthy work environment, both physically and culturally. A lot depends on the individual manager you work under but there is a robust system in place to make sure managers are thoroughly trained and encourage to improve. Almost all of the work day is spent on your feet.

      Cons

      Pay is not great, not much room for moving up without relocating to another state.

      5.0
      Sep 7, 2014

      The very best retailer to work for.

      Store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People matter. The Cooperative is working very hard to do right by the customers and employees. Business prospects are good with growing opportunity in the company. Great benefits, a sense of community. Small company feeling in a large company. Healthy lifestyle encouragement.

      Cons

      REI isn't the best at rolling out new technology but give employees what we need to get the job done. Some systems are not intuitive in the Apple operating system age.

      3.0
      Sep 2, 2014

      REI is a CO-OP and is one of the best Retail Organizations to work for

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The ability to look out 10 years+. We need to make sure the CO-OP is around 100 years from now and we don't need to look at making a $1.00 for the street and we don't have to worry about the CO-OP being sold due to ownerships end of life.

      Cons

      Work life balance is unbalanced. REI growth and change is fast, quick and a struggle to keep up with.

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