REI reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,370 total reviews)
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Mary Beth Laughton

38% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,370 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 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

the discounts, work life balance is awesome, fun people, fun environment

Cons

Pay is low when compared to the overall quality of the company. Retail work is still retail, though REI is as good as it comes. Its hard to move from retail to a corporate career.

4.0
Sep 16, 2015

Overall Good Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with people who share love of outdoors; amazing discounts/ prodeals, flexible hours, supple vacation time (might be unpaid or paid), free rentals such as bikes, boats, camp gear, etc.), annual bonus. This is a great job if you love camping, climbing, biking, paddling, etc. and love talking gear!

Cons

lower pay - hourly (many employees have a Bachelors or higher), management can be overbearing at times, poor 401k match if at all, paid vacation time is minimal (accrue about 1 hour per week of work), hours not guarenteed

5.0
Sep 14, 2015

Great Place Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent place to work, great discounts in gear. The coworkers for the most part are very nice. The customers are also for the most part nice too.

Cons

The pay it's ok, the problem is that I ended expending most of it in gear. That's why I left, I was not able to save any money while I worked there.

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